Key Benefits
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Five built-in applications
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Real-time monitoring
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Option to call external applications
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Fully secure
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Multilingual interface
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Built-in support for credit card and cash payments
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Highly customizable user interface
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Several advertising options
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Built-in automatic dialup (or use with LAN for access to high speed
broadband)
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Built-in reporting system (See
Webstats to view sample report)
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Option to prevent undesired content
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Support for camera, printer, and Video Conferencing
- No
royalties or recurrent fees
Payment Modes
Prepaid Minutes and Pages: In this mode, Access to the
kiosk can be controlled using accounts (either access codes or user
names/passwords) which are stored on a central database. This means that
accounts can be used at any kiosks that belong to one owner. These accounts
can be created by the kiosk when the user makes a payment, or they can be
created by the kiosk owner. In this mode, i-table!® supports coins
acceptors, bill acceptors, and credit card payments. The kiosk owner can
generate accounts with a fix number of minutes and distribute these either
by writing the access code on a card or by encoding a magnetic card. If a
user makes a payment without being already in a session, an account is
created and a session is started. If a user makes a payment while already
in a session, the purchase minutes are added to the current account (if a
user first makes a payment and specifies a user name/password combination
which exists in the database then the existing account is used).
A kiosk owner could for example distribute cards with 30 minutes then the
user could make a payment at the kiosk to recharge the same account with
more minutes. When created by the kiosk owner, accounts can be created with
an expiry date, or a number of days before expiring from the first time it
is used (useful for hotels who want to create a account valid for one day).
Accounts can be created so that the balance in minute will be reset to a
specified value daily (great for subscriptions). Accounts can also be
created so that a specified number of minutes is added daily. A separate
balance in maintained for minutes and pages.
Prepaid Minutes (Printing Charged as Minutes): This mode
is similar to the previous one except that printing is charged as minutes
instead of maintaining a separate balance.
Prepaid Amount: This mode is similar to the previous one
except that the balance is maintained as an Amount.
Cyber Cafe:
In this mode, the user would go to a cashier, get an access code or user
name, then enter that at the kiosk. The user will then gain access to the
applications until he clicks on Sign Off. At this point a window is
displayed showing the user how many minutes/pages were used and the amount
owed, including a description of the taxes. A receipt can also be
printed/emailed at this time. One possible scenario would be to have the
user bring this receipt to the cashier and pay. The access code/user name
used in this mode can only be used once.
Free Access With Timer: i-table!® allows for free
access but a timer is displayed and the usage will be terminated after n
minutes, where n is specified under Prices. For example if you specify 15 as
the number of minutes, then the user will be allowed 15 minutes of usage
before everything is closed. If a printer is available, a number of pages
that can be printed is also displayed, and the maximum number of pages
printed is also specified under Prices.
Free Access Without Timer: This mode also allows the
user to use application for free, but without any limit of time and pages to
print. The timer is not displayed.
Pay for Time/Printing Used (Display Min/Pages): In this
mode, the user swipes a credit card to start a session, and his card is
billed for the amount used. In this mode the number of minutes used and the
number of pages printed are displayed but not the amount. In this mode,
users can also gain access using an access code or a user name.
Pay for Time/Printing Used (Display Min/Pages/Amount):
This mode is the same as the previous one except that the Amount is also
displayed so that the user can see how much he has spent. |