KIOSK APPLICATIONS

Kiosks are a user friendly computer based information retrieval system which can work online or offline simply by touching or a click of the mouse. They can be customized to fit the needs of different audiences, purposes and locations. They act as Access Terminals. These Access Terminals are user friendly solutions to everyday applications.
At Diginue Technologies we address the needs of both end-users and vendors. In fact Access terminals will be used in any area of application where information needs to be provided. Access Terminals will find their way into our daily lives where it will be used in the areas of banking, Info-highway applications, sending and receiving mails, Geographic Information systems as simple as buying tickets. It is not too far away where Access Terminals will be essential and available everywhere.

Kiosks are widely used because of its user friendliness and can work for 24/7/365. The contents of Kiosk are developed in Multimedia and are GUI based. Kiosks can be a revenue earner too.These Kiosks are placed in places where it attracts people to use them and to be placed where there is floating population like Bus stand, Railway station and Airports. Kiosks can be used for easy availability of information about a place or about the geography or about the kind of information tourists require. The success of implementation of kiosks depends on the strategic location of kiosks. Hence deployment of Kiosks is very important. Kiosks can also be placed in various Hotel Lobbies.The Kiosk will automatically update the data and give required information to the customer. The Dynamic ads will help to attract the customer. The second phase can be with telephony and video conferencing. The data can be remotely updated. Hence one telephone line is required. The Kiosks can be a basic model and can be upgraded; these Kiosks can be used for Video conferencing. The requirement is only dial-up ISDN 128kbps line.

Kiosks are revenue earners too. The revenue can come in various functions;
a. Kiosks can book Hotel Accommodation.
b. Kiosks can run Dynamic Ads.
c. Kiosks can also have multimedia ads.
d. Kiosks can dispense leaflets.
e. Kiosks can give hard copies.
f. Kiosks body can be sponsored.
g. Kiosks forms can have ads on back side.
h. Kiosks can be as telephones.
i. Kiosks can dispense forms at re 5 coins per form or as desired.

Kiosk applications can be segregated into following categories :

• Utility
• Information
• Payment
• Dispensing
• Video Conferencing
• Virtual Banking