Technical White paper

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LASeR: the MPEG Standard for Rich Media Services

Part of this document will be published as an article in the IEEE Multimedia revue.

Table of the technical white paper:

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
   • A Vision on Rich Media Services
   • State of the Art
   • Key Features that Make a Difference
3. Use cases for MPEG-4 Part 20
   • Rich Media Portal
   • Interactive Mobile TV
   • Interactive Screen Saver
4. Technical aspects of MPEG-4 Part 20
   •   LASeR
     • SVG Scene Tree
     • LASeR Scene Tree Extensions
     • Dynamic Updates
     • Binary Encoding
     • Audiovisual support
     • Usage of Font Information
     • Services as Incremental Scenes
   • SAF
     • Overview
     • Aggregation Mechanism
     • Caching capabilities
   • Relationship with Relevant Parts of MPEG-4
     • Overview
     • Storage in ISO Base Media File Format
     • Streaming
5.   Conclusion