Burger King Franchisee and 3Com Serve Up ``King Size'' Video E-mail At Times Square, Wall Street.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000 3Com HomeConnect PC Digital WebCams Enable Videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems Between New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Restaurants Via the Internet and Video Email Anywhere in the World From the Burger King(R) restaurant at Times Square, visitors will now be able to send video e-mails of themselves to friends and family all over the world via 3Com(R) HomeConnect(tm) PC Digital WebCams. Burger King franchisee Peter Allen Abramson is collaborating with 3Com to offer video e-mail and videoconferencing in his new Times Square Burger King. The Times Square installation is in response to the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the 3Com video e-mail postcards available from his Wall Street Burger King since early last year. "This creative collaboration at Mr. Abramson's New York restaurants enables visitors to experience first hand the benefits of video communications over the Internet in a fun, friendly environment," said Anna Pappas, network devices product line marketing manager for 3Com's Residential Connectivity Group. "Using 3Com's HomeConnect PC Digital WebCam, visitors from all over the world can share a moment of their New York vacations with friends and family. New Yorkers in Times Square and Wall Street can also meet for lunch in each location for a video chat over the Internet." "Video e-mail and the Internet has been a major attraction for my Wall Street franchise," said Mr. Abramson. "I anticipate adding streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. technology and videoconferencing between restaurants will be a huge hit in tourist-driven Times Square." The Times Square Burger King restaurant, located at 327 W. 42nd St. (between 8th & 9th Aves.), offers customers who purchase a value meal the opportunity to surf the web and send video e-mails. The two-story restaurant houses 16 PCs, each equipped with a 3Com video camera. Additionally, customers can videoconference vid·e·o·con·fer·ence n. A teleconference using video technology, such as closed-circuit television. vid with Mr. Abramson's Internet Burger King Wall Street location, creating the first-ever online video chat between two quick-service restaurants. To send a video e-mail postcard, customers sit at a PC, with a mounted 3Com HomeConnect video camera and a microphone, and follow simple instructions. After recording a 20-second audio and video message, customers may send the video e-mail to business contacts, family or friends around the world. The addition of new 3Com technology, including high-speed digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ) technology, to the Times Square Burger King enhances the customer experience through high-speed Internet See broadband. access. When customers purchase a value meal, the cashier CASHIER. An officer of a moneyed institution, who is entitled by virtue of his office to take care of the cash or money of such institution. 2. The cashier of a bank is usually entrusted with all the funds of the bank, its notes, bills, and other choses in gives them a ticket with a PIN, good for 20 minutes of Internet-access time. The grand opening of the video-enabled Times Square Burger King will be Tues., May 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST P.M. also p.m. or p.m. abbr. post meridiem Usage Note: By definition, 12 a.m. . More information on Mr. Abramson's Burger King restaurants is available at www.burgercam.com. About 3Com Corporation With more than 300 million customer connections worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people and organizations to information and each other in more innovative, simple and reliable ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers web-enabled solutions to consumers, small- to medium-sized business locations and network service providers. For more information, visit 3Com's web site at www.3com.com/pressbox. 3Com is a registered trademark and HomeConnect is a trademark of 3Com Corporation. Burger King and Whopper Whopper - WarGames are registered trademarks of Burger King Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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