"STREP" research project under the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

Fraunhofer
HP
IRT
Logica
NEC
Philips
Telematica Instituut
Telenor

January 2008 to March 2010

The vision of iNEM4U is a networked system that facilitates enhanced multimedia experiences for individuals and communities. A major problem in realizing the iNEM4U vision is that today's landscape of networked multimedia consists of a number of non-interoperable technology domains. Examples are the consumer electronics devices and networks in the home, and different kinds of network and service environments for mobile, IPTV, internet, and broadcast usage. The root cause for their lack of interoperability is that each of these domains was designed for different types of users, services, content, and devices. This is for instance exemplified by differences in metadata formats, user identities, and communities.

The objective of iNEM4U is to research and develop a networked system that facilitates rich multimedia experiences across technology domains. These experiences will be far better than today's experiences and will ultimately result in shared cross-domain experiences. iNEM4U will furthermore investigate which business models will be viable for cross-domain experience sharing.

One of the main focuses of NEC within this project is on the utilization of the identity management as one of the cross-platform enablers. Another area where NEC will bring its experience is the development of context awareness platform.

One of the main focuses of NEC within this project is on the utilization of the identity management as one of the cross-platform enablers. Another area were NEC will bring its experience is the development of context awareness platform.

C. Hesselman, D. Abbadessa, W. van der Beek, D. Goergen, K. Shepherd, S. Smit, M. Guelbahar, I. Vaishnavi, J. Zoric, D. Lowet, R. de Groote, J. O'Connell, and O. Friedrich, Sharing Enriched Multimedia Experiences across Heterogeneous Network Infrastructures, IEEE Communications Magazine, Consumer Communications and Networking Series, June 2010

M. Martin, The Future of Social Networking: Let Everyone in, and Remember They're All on the Move, W3C workshop on the Future of Social Networking, Barcelona, Spain, January 2009

S. Smit, J. Broekens, M. Guelbahar, K. Shepherd, A. Visser, J. Vester, A. Tokmakoff, O. Friedrich, A. Domene, F. Winkler, M. Martin, J. Zoric, F.-X. Kowalski, D. Goergen, R. de Groote, R. Poortinga - van Wijnen, C. Hesselman, An Open Service Infrastructure for Enriching Networked Interactive Multimedia Experiences in a Converged World, NEM Summit 2008, Saint-Malo, France, October 2008. Republlished in October 2009 by RTI Magazine from Brazil: "Infraestrutura de servicos aberta".

Official iNEM4U Web Site