<s>
InSoft	B-Protocol
Inc	I-Protocol
.	I-Protocol
was	O
an	O
American	O
developer	O
of	O
network-based	O
communications	O
software	O
and	O
multimedia	O
software	O
founded	O
in	O
1992	O
in	O
Mechanicsburg	O
,	O
Pennsylvania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
’s	O
applications	O
included	O
Communique	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
desktop	O
collaboration	O
and	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
InSoft	O
has	O
been	O
called	O
a	O
pioneer	O
in	O
the	O
desktop	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
market	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
credited	O
with	O
developing	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
Internet	O
media	O
streaming	O
and	O
VoIP/collaborative	O
software	O
applications	O
that	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
developed	O
into	O
NetscapeConference	O
and	O
NetscapeMedia	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
would	O
provide	O
the	O
groundwork	O
for	O
the	O
Real	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
Streaming	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
RTSP	B-Protocol
)	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RTSP	B-Protocol
is	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
incoming	O
data	O
when	O
streaming	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
jobs	O
were	O
introducing	O
computer-aided	B-Application
design	I-Application
systems	O
and	O
networked	O
workstations	O
to	O
the	O
manufacturing	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
men	O
left	O
AMP	O
to	O
co-found	O
InSoft	B-Protocol
Inc	I-Protocol
.	I-Protocol
in	O
1992	O
,	O
with	O
Harple	O
acting	O
as	O
Chairman	O
and	O
CEO	O
and	O
Pizzarro	O
as	O
Chief	O
Engineer	O
and	O
Vice	O
President	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
they	O
believed	O
the	O
solution	O
to	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
was	O
in	O
software	O
alone	O
,	O
they	O
named	O
the	O
new	O
company	O
InSoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
industry	O
magazines	O
were	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
pioneer	O
in	O
the	O
desktop	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
market	O
"	O
The	O
company	O
's	O
software	O
was	O
adopted	O
by	O
manufacturers	O
like	O
IBM	O
,	O
Hewlett	O
Packard	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1994	O
issue	O
of	O
VARBusiness	O
magazine	O
described	O
InSoft	O
as	O
pursuing	O
"	O
a	O
new	O
software	O
model	O
"	O
completely	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
compression	O
hardware	O
and	O
network	O
type	O
that	O
analysts	O
predicted	O
would	O
dominate	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sales	O
of	O
its	O
distributed	O
digital	O
video	O
solutions	O
,	O
desktop	O
conferencing	O
and	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
software	O
had	O
topped	O
over	O
$7	O
million	O
in	O
annual	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
resulting	O
new	O
Internet	O
product	O
was	O
nearing	O
completion	O
,	O
word	O
of	O
"	O
a	O
possible	O
picture	B-Application
phone	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Internet	O
"	O
reached	O
Netscape	O
founder	O
James	O
H	O
.	O
Clark	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
traveled	O
to	O
InSoft	O
headquarters	O
for	O
a	O
demonstration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
credited	O
with	O
developing	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
commercial	O
,	O
US-based	O
VoIP	B-Application
(	O
Voice	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Internet	I-Application
Protocol	I-Application
,	O
Internet	O
media	O
streaming	O
and	O
realtime	O
Internet	O
telephony/collaborative	O
software	O
and	O
standards	O
that	O
would	O
later	O
become	O
NetscapeConference	O
and	O
NetscapeMedia	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
would	O
provide	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
Real	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
Streaming	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
RTSP	B-Protocol
)	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InSoft	O
was	O
noted	O
for	O
taking	O
the	O
lead	O
in	O
establishing	O
online	B-Architecture
communities	I-Architecture
for	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technology	O
acquired	O
by	O
Netscape	O
from	O
Insoft	O
included	O
Communique	O
for	O
desktop	O
collaboration	O
and	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
,	O
InSoft	O
Network	O
Television	O
for	O
distributed	O
digital	O
video	O
,	O
and	O
CoolTalk	O
and	O
CoolView	O
for	O
Internet	O
audio	O
,	O
video	O
and	O
data	O
communications	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Windows95	O
and	O
UNIX	O
based	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Communique	O
supported	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
10	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
revolutionary	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
application	O
sharing	O
,	O
audio	O
controls	O
,	O
text	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
whiteboarding	B-Protocol
which	O
allowed	O
networked	O
users	O
to	O
share	O
and	O
manipulate	O
graphic	O
objects	O
and	O
files	O
using	O
simple	O
paint	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
because	O
it	O
used	O
InSoft	O
's	O
Digital	O
Video	O
Everywhere	O
(	O
Open	O
DVE	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
proprietary	O
algorithm	O
that	O
featured	O
an	O
API	B-Application
for	O
running	O
multimedia	O
conferencing	O
software	O
across	O
many	O
kinds	O
of	O
networks	O
,	O
not	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
they	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
InSoft	O
offered	O
Open	O
DVE	O
as	O
an	O
API	B-Application
toolkit	O
to	O
third	O
party	O
software	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
included	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
APIs	B-Application
,	O
libraries	O
and	O
management	O
tools	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
companies	O
to	O
add	O
conferencing	O
ability	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CoolView	O
was	O
a	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
tool	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
to	O
integrate	O
web	O
sites	O
with	O
corporate	O
call	O
centers	O
,	O
ICS	O
featured	O
H.320-compliant	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
and	O
allowed	O
web	O
sites	O
to	O
integrate	O
Internet	O
access	O
with	O
telephony	O
functions	O
-	O
like	O
call	O
transfer	O
,	O
hold	O
,	O
add/drop	O
,	O
conference	O
calling	O
,	O
and	O
answering	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
