A call for the home media network

Abstract

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."---Alan Kay "…or at least posit a vision for others to build."---The authors

References

1. Bell, G. A personal digital store. Commun. ACM 44, 1 (Jan. 2001), 86--91.
2. Bell, G. and Gemmell, J. A Call For The Home Media Network. Microsoft Research Tech. Rep. TR-2001-52, May 2001.
3. Bell, G. and Gemmell, J. On-ramp prospects for the information superhighway dream. Commun. ACM 39, 7 (July 1996), 55--61.

Index Terms

• Hardware

  • Communication hardware, interfaces and storage

• Information systems

  • Information systems applications

    • Multimedia information systems

• Networks

  • Network architectures