01496nas a2200157   4500008004100000245008000041210006900121300001200190520091700202100002101119700002301140700001901163700001401182700001601196856012601212       2002                        eng d00aAn Architecture for Interactive Distributed Multimedia Information Services0 aArchitecture for Interactive Distributed Multimedia Information   a 3 - 103 aIn this work, we present an architecture for interactive distributed multimedia information services. The service
consists of three basic parts, the clients, the access servers, and the content servers. Clients manage the
presentation of the requested multimedia documents, while also ensure the synchronization among various
involved media. Special policies for the synchronized presentation of multimedia documents and user
interactions management are discussed. Access servers authorize the users for legitimate use of the service,
while also provide various searching capabilities Content servers manage the transportation of multimedia
documents over a broadband network and the user interactions. The proposed architecture preserves
scalability, flexibility and modularity due to the distributed nature of the architecture, while also results in good
performance due to the dynamic allocation of resources.1 aBouras, Christos1 aKapoulas, Vaggelis1 aSpirakis, Paul1 aMoiras, D1 aOuzounis, V  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/architecture-interactive-distributed-multimedia-information-services