Server for reconfiguring control of a subset of devices on one or more kiosks
US6195694A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/40
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A server system that is connected to one or more networks, e.g., the Internet, corporate or government intranets, extranets, etc. The server has one or more application files or configuration sets that the server serves to from one or more kiosks on the network. The configuration sets are application specific. (An application is a use for which the kiosks are configured or reconfigured.) One or more of the files in the configuration sets include one or more embedded (control) programs that are used to control the local APIs of one or more of the devices on the kiosk. In this way, the devices are controlled to configure the kiosk to perform the application.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.