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 The
project is intended to present to the information
kiosks market a modern cross-platform software
called The EasyLink™, developed based
upon Java technologies. Atlantic-Link has also
developed unique software and a device called
The EasyLink™ Watchdog, which controls
and recovers the kiosks, the unattended
and remote computers after any failures.
Information Kiosks are autonomous high tech
computerized machines housed in specially
designed enclosures with graphical user-friendly
interfaces. Kiosks have been designed to
provide information, communication, banking
and entertainment services, as well as complete
e-commerce retail services.
The main differences between a kiosk from a regular
ATM or a computer based work station is
the following: the kiosk provides a full
complex of modern services for a wide client
range whilst at the same time the users do
not need to have any special technical or
computer knowledge.
The kiosks have an attractive, modern and
tailored look thus ensuring convenient and
enjoyable usage. It is technically designed
to ensure simple installation and integration
to any environment or location. There are
many positions, where the kiosks are usually
placed, and the most common placements are:
banks, railway stations, airports, offices,
hotels, museums, post-offices, hospitals,
restaurants, streets; in fact, anywhere
you need access to the world of business,
leisure or information.
One of the main kiosk’s devices is
a Sensor Monitor, which allows the user to
reach and control the services by simplye
touching to the desired function on the screen.
Individual kiosks are usually connected
by a specialized local corporative network.
This network (Intranet) is controlled from
a central location both by system administrators
and managers.
The kiosks are designed for easy use and
they offer a clear interface and a multitude
of great services: from the printing of photos from your mobile phone, burning your own CD's, Banking transactions,
Communication services with IP Telephony,
Video Telephony through simple Internet
access, sending both E-mail and SMS. The
kiosks are designed to be totally accessible
to everyone who wants to use it, providing
full access for people with physical disabilities.
They include the software, which serves
as a guide the user with physiacl disabilities.
The kiosks are designed to exclude no one
and socially include all! The kiosks are designed to be totally accessible to everyone who want to use them, providing full access for people with physical disabilities. They include the software, which serves as a guide to the user with physical disabilities. The kiosks are designed to exclude no one and socially include all!
- Photo Kiosks
- CD Burning Kiosks
- Municipal services (city and transport tourist
guides, public utilities, payments)
- Banking services (financial operations,
services, cash payments)
- Telephone communication services and payments
for the services including mobile
- Video-, Photo e-mail and photo services
- Public utilities payments
- Games and multimedia
- Retail and services
- Medicine and pharmaceutical (recommendations,
consultations, catalogs)
- Transport (information, passenger registration,
tickets booking and sales)
- Tourist and hotel businesses (reservations,
registrations, information, local service
providers)
- Exhibitions, museums, libraries (exhibitions
info, references)
- VideoTelephone access to calling emergency
services: such as police, ambulance, fire
brigade
- Providing services for drivers and petrol
stations (services related to the positioning
of service stations and travel guides)
- Job and vacancies search
- Gifts ordering services and greeting cards
sending
- Selling cinema, theatre and sport events
tickets
- Placing bets and accessing to on-line bookmakers
- Products and services catalogues
- Self and colleague testing (knowledge,
professional skills etc.) and much more.
- Video-, tele- and banner advertisement
- Actual information for user – interactive
map of the locality, city or any other map
information; news, announcements, municipal
and social services/organizations, information
service, documents, news, plans, addresses,
telephone numbers etc
- Multitude of services – plastic magnetic
strip or chip cards, bill/coin-acceptors,
digital color video camera, audio-stereo
system, video-telephone communications (between
the kiosks or with the information calling
center operator), intercity/international
IP-telephony, public telephone network
- Chargeable services – Internet, email,
photo-mail, banking transactions, video
telephony, booking and reservations, printing
- Gethering and processing of user’s
rating information.
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