▁Har ple ▁saw ▁a ▁potential ▁market ▁for ▁In So ft ' s ▁products ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁Internet , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁low - band width , ▁co pper ▁wire - based ▁technology ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁Despite ▁his ▁board ' s ▁warnings ▁that ▁developing ▁Internet ▁applications ▁would ▁" kill ▁our ▁direct ▁sales ", ▁Har ple ▁set ▁up ▁an ▁internal ▁company ▁sk unk ▁works ▁team ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁low ▁cost , ▁mass ▁market ▁version ▁of ▁In So ft ' s ▁software ▁that ▁would ▁run ▁over ▁the ▁lower ▁bit - rate ▁Internet . ▁This ▁involved ▁the ▁in vention ▁of ▁lower ▁bit ▁rate ▁compression ▁algorithms ▁for ▁audio ▁and ▁video ▁signals ▁and ▁synchron ization . ▁When ▁the ▁resulting ▁new ▁Internet ▁product ▁was ▁near ing ▁completion , ▁word ▁of ▁" a ▁possible ▁picture ▁phone ▁for ▁the ▁Internet " ▁reached ▁N ets cape ▁founder ▁James ▁H . ▁Clark , ▁and ▁he ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁In So ft ▁headquarters ▁for ▁a ▁demonstr ation . ▁He ▁was ▁so ▁im pressed ▁that ▁he ▁prompt ly ▁proposed ▁a ▁mer ger ▁with ▁N ets cape . ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁developing ▁the ▁first ▁generation ▁of ▁commercial , ▁US - based ▁Vo IP ▁( V o ice ▁Over ▁Internet ▁Pro tocol , ▁Internet ▁media ▁streaming ▁and ▁real time ▁Internet ▁tele phony / coll abor ative ▁software ▁and ▁standards ▁that ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁N ets cape Con ference ▁and ▁N ets cape Media ▁Server . ▁These , ▁in ▁turn , ▁would ▁provide ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁the ▁Real ▁Time ▁Stream ing ▁Pro tocol