If you haven’t been keeping up with Adobe lately, this is one thing you need to check out: LiveCycle Collaboration Service. It’s a module for the Flash Platform that allows you to create real-time, multiuser collaboration tools.

As Adobe points out, you can:

• Enable VoIP audio — Improve productivity by enabling multiple users in dispersed teams to speak to one another through a browser, without the need to install additional software.
• Broadcast using webcam video — Meeting hosts and participants can use a webcam to broadcast live video to enhance the effectiveness of overall communication by enabling desktop video conferencing and sharing. Hosts and participants can pause, share, or stop their cameras at any time during the meeting.
• Offer real-time text chat — Conduct one-on-one or community chat in context within an existing or new application interface without having to launch or run separate desktop chat applications.
• Collaborate using multiuser whiteboards — Enhance collaborative experiences by providing multiuser whiteboards where users can explore and discover ideas rapidly and dynamically.
• Synchronize with real-time push messaging — Keep clients synchronized and enable developers to create collaborative portals and applications, ranging from a simple chat box to a complex collaborative application, such as expert consultation with an existing or potential customer, a live support desk, or a multiuser eLearning application.

This is a paid service, and here are the prices, as corlan.org pointed out:

• Live Stream Bandwidth ($0.49 per GB)
• Push Messages ($0.10 per 1,000 messages) – count messages sent in to LCCS
• User Minutes ($0.01 per Hour) – time clients spend connected to LCCS

These prices are pretty low, and could be easily passed off to the end-user through various means.

You can also check out the whole Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 2, which offers lots of amazing solutions.

I’m very excited about this new service…If you have any related info, drop it in the comments!