Creative and DataBeam Announce Cross-Licensing and Joint Development Agreement

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Creative Technology Ltd. and DataBeam Corp. have announced their intention to enter into a cross-licensing and joint development agreement for a toolkit based on the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) T.120 communications protocols, allowing for real-time multi-point application sharing. This collaboration will enable users to share and control Windows-based applications between multiple sites. The new toolkit will utilize the T-120 communication protocols, allowing conference participation via modem, LAN connections, or T-120 compliant conference bridging and network services.

Key Takeaways:

  • The cross-licensing agreement between Creative and DataBeam will enable the development of a toolkit for multi-point application sharing based on the ITU T.120 communications protocols.
  • The shared technology will allow end-users to share and control Windows-based applications between multiple sites in real-time.
  • The new toolkit will utilize the T-120 communication protocols, enabling conference participation via modem, LAN connections, or T-120 compliant conference bridging and network services.
  • DataBeam will license Creative's ShareVision application sharing technology and incorporate it into its Collaborative Computing Toolkit Series (CCTS).
  • Creative will license DataBeam's CCTS to add new standards-based document conferencing capabilities to future versions of its ShareVision desktop video conferencing solution.
  • The collaboration aims to create a large interoperable base of communications, with DataBeam expecting to license the technology to developers building video conferencing and collaborative software applications.

Statistics:

  • The agreement involves the development of a toolkit for multi-point application sharing based on the ITU T.120 communications protocols.
  • The shared technology will allow for real-time collaboration between multiple sites.
  • DataBeam's Collaborative Computing Toolkit Series (CCTS) has been licensed to over 20 manufacturers of video conferencing and data sharing products and services.
  • Creative's award-winning ShareVision products have been leading in cost-effective desktop videoconferencing products.
  • ShareVision PC3000 is a revolutionary desktop video conferencing system that transmits voice, video, and data over a single analog telephone line (POTS) simultaneously.

Sources:

  • DataBeam Corporation: a leading supplier of standards-based collaborative software technologies and developers' tools.
  • Creative Technology Ltd.: a company developing, manufacturing, and marketing sound, video, software, telephony, and multimedia products for PCs.
  • International Telecommunications Union (ITU) T.120 communications protocols: a global industry standard for multi-point data collaboration.
  • FarSite: a related multi-point application software used by Fortune 500 companies and major organizations worldwide.