4) Siemens

Networked computers, multimedia, and mobile communication have already begun to fundamentally change working places and private telecommunication. This technological progress will enable new communication scenarios, which are much more complex since groups of users may communicate with each other using multiple media. In order to hide complexity, a number of new intelligent communication services are required. Such services are currently under development in the project Magic Lounge1. This paper provides an overview on the project’s goals and the research challenges which must be addressed for achieving these goals. Besides some illustrating scenarios, a sketch of the underlying technological approach is provided