Graphical correspondence in electronic-mail networks using personal computers

Author

Arnbak, Jens C. ; Bons, Jan H. ; Vieven, J.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

1989

Firstpage

257

Lastpage

267

Abstract

A telegraphic technique for electronic-mail correspondence between industry-standard PC facilities equipped with a writing tablet is described. Algorithms for encoding graphical information into the fixed-word format used in the common message-handling architectures are discussed. It is proposed to adopt differential chain encoding which allows an efficient representation of graphics as strings of ASCII-compatible bytes. telematic service that is feasible with this PC networking approach is compared to standard facsimile transmission of compound documents with text and graphics.<>

Keywords

electronic mail; encoding; inter-computer links; ASCII-compatible bytes; differential chain encoding; electronic-mail networks; encoding; fixed-word format; graphical correspondence; message-handling architectures; personal computers; telegraphic technique; telematic service; telewriting; writing tablet; Computer graphics; Computer networks; Electronics industry; Encoding; Facsimile; Intelligent networks; Microcomputers; Telematics; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.17696

Filename

17696