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The Tokyo Research Laboratory has been studying a multimedia desktop conferencing system for several years. The system enables attendants to make arrangements by exchanging multimedia data, such as motion video, voice, and numerical data, using personal computers or workstations connected with communication lines. The results of our study have been transferred to IBM development and marketing divisions, and applied to products for domestic and international use. We are now applying this technology to an unmanned branch system . By using the system, a customer can arrange a contract at an unmanned branch with a clerk located at a remote site.