THE PROVISION OF INTELLIGENT AGENT-BASED ENHANCED MULTIMEDIA NETWORK SERVICES

This paper describes some of the latest work in developing infrastruct ures that will provide customers with multimedia information. The pape r discusses the concept of providing enhanced multimedia network servi ces based upon intelligent agents (IAs), and the attributes of a user interface. Examples of emerging and future intelligent agent technolog ies are discussed, and delivery options for future enhanced multimedia services are examined. By evaluating trends in computer, networking, and multimedia processing technology, an approach is derived for creat ing and deploying enhanced multimedia network services. The paper conc ludes with examples of key components of the proposed infrastructure.