▁video ▁and ▁data ▁communic ations ▁on ▁Windows , ▁Windows 9 5 ▁and ▁UN IX ▁based ▁platforms . ▁N ets cape ▁integrated ▁In So ft ' s ▁products ▁in ▁two ▁phases . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁phase , ▁the ▁combined ▁companies ▁developed ▁Live Media ▁framework ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁promote ▁In So ft ' s ▁Open D VE ▁software ▁architecture ▁and ▁development ▁tool k its ▁and ▁applications ▁including ▁its ▁Global Con ference ▁tele communic ations ▁gateway . ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁phase , ▁N ets cape ▁integrated ▁In So ft ' s ▁real - time ▁audio ▁and ▁video ▁capabilities ▁into ▁N ets cape ▁N avigator ▁and ▁N ets cape ▁servers , ▁with ▁third - party ▁developers ▁contrib uting ▁add - on ▁audio ▁and ▁video ▁products ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Live Media ▁framework . ▁ ▁Product s ▁ ▁Comm unique ▁La unch ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁Comm unique ▁was ▁a ▁software - based ▁Unix ▁tele con fer encing ▁product ▁for ▁work st ations ▁that ▁enabled ▁video / audio / data ▁confer encing . ▁Comm unique ▁supported ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 1 0 ▁users , ▁and ▁included ▁revolution ary ▁features ▁such ▁as ▁application ▁sharing , ▁audio ▁controls , ▁text , ▁graphics , ▁and ▁white board ing ▁which ▁allowed ▁network ed ▁users ▁to ▁share ▁and ▁manipulate ▁graph ic ▁objects ▁and ▁files ▁using ▁simple ▁paint ▁tools . ▁ ▁Comm unique ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁operate ▁across ▁E ther net ▁and ▁between ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁data ▁communic ations ▁services ▁such ▁as ▁AT M , ▁frame - rel ay , ▁I