METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STORING, SEARCHING FOR AND PLAYING BACK DATA IN A MULTIMEDIA E-MAIL SYSTEM

摘要

PCT No. PCT/DE96/00617 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 23, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 23, 1997 PCT Filed Apr. 9, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/32802 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 1996Method and apparatus for storing, searching and playback of highly compressed audiovisual items of information and data files of a multimedia electronic mail system, using a protocol for multimedia multiplexing and multimedia control, with a control for the multimedia information streams in a separate virtual control channel according to ITU-T H.245, with multiplexers or, respectively, demultiplexers for information according to ITU-T H.223, with a video compression and coding means or, respectively, video decompression and decoding means, e.g. according to ITU-T H.263, with an audio/speech compression and audio/speech decompression means for compression or, respectively, decompression, using a high-compression speech compression algorithm, with at least one network access and with a control for controlling the multimedia electronic mail system via a separate logical control channel.