DYNAMIC OPERATION INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR ACCESS TERMINALS, A SHARING SYSTEM AT ACCESS TERMINALS, A MODULAR SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING AND CONTROLLING ACCESS TERMINALS AND A PUBLIC ACCESS SYSTEM AT A TERMINAL WITH TELEPHONY

• US 20100067673A1
• Filed: 07/27/2007
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fonet Brasil, S.A.
• Original Assignee: Fonet Soluçöes de Telemática LTDA
• Inventors: de Medeiros, Eduardo Medeiros
• Application Number:
  US12/438,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20100067673A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/93.170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/02 Coin-freed or check-freed systems , e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths

Abstract

The present invention relates to a public access system provided with an interface system for public access terminals with telephony (1), which has the objective of simplifying the operation and interaction of users through automatic conversion of information from databank, texts and miscellaneous contents. The interface means (11) is installed at a public access terminal with telephony (1) and comprises a display means (12) operated directly by screen touch, through hierarchical buttons (13), generated dynamically and in real time by automatic procedures carried out through a remote dynamic contents control station (4) or manually, effected by an administrative area (5). The user can further have access to customized information by means of an access card (6), which, upon being inserted into the reader (2) at the public access terminal (1), enables, through a sharing system, that determined companies share terminals and terminal networks with each other and with the users, temporarily providing the same access resources and services made available by companies that have dedicated terminals for their target public. The invention further relates to a system provided with at least one modular administration and control device (15) controlling public access terminals (1) with telephony, which has the objective of controlling any number of public access terminals (1), independently of the number of applications and independently of each other, the modular devices (15) further being arranged in layers (16, 18) of the equal or different hierarchies, according to the needs of expansion, security, velocity, latency, control, among others.

Claims

1. A dynamic operation interface system for access terminals, characterized by comprising:

at least one access terminal (1) composed of interface means (11), at least one telephone (20) and display means (12);

at least one content-control station (4), interconnected to at least one access terminal through a communication means (3); and

at least one administrative area (5), interconnected to at least one control station (4) through a connection (7);

wherein said interface means (11) comprises a plurality of hierarchical buttons (13), created from conversions of electronic address links (10) effected by the content-control station (4) and by the administrative area (5).

2. A dynamic operation interface system according to claim 1, characterized in that the hierarchical buttons (13) are created from automatic or manual conversions.

3. A dynamic operation interface system according to claim 1, characterized in that the access terminal (1) is a public access terminal with telephony of public use.

4. A dynamic operation interface system according to claim 1, characterized in that the access terminal further comprises an inputting keyboard (22), a QWERTY keyboard (23), audio means (24), camera (26), mouse (26), printing means (30), biometric sensor (31) and a telephone viewer (32).

5. A dynamic operation interface system according to claim 1, characterized in that the display means (12) of the access terminal (1) is a touch-sensitive screen.

6. A dynamic operation interface system according to claim 1, characterized in that the content-control station (4) can further be a conventional data processing center.

7. A dynamic operation interface system according to claim 1, characterized in that the communication means (3) is a network.

8. A dynamic operation interface system according to claim 7, characterized in that the network has an Ethernet standard and TCP/IP Internet protocol.

9. A dynamic operation interface system according to claim 1, characterized in that the connection (7) has an Ethernet standard and PCT/IP Internet protocol.

25. A public access terminal system with telephony, characterized by comprising:

said dynamic operation interface system as defined in any of the preceding claims 1 to 9,

said sharing system at access terminals as defined in any of the preceding claims 10 to 21; and

said modular system for administering and controlling access terminals, as defined in any of the preceding claims 22 to 24.

10. A sharing system at access terminals, characterized by comprising:

at least one access terminal (1) composed of an interface means (11), at least one telephone (20), display means (12) and at least one reading means (2) coupled with at least one identification means (6);

at least one content-control station (4) interconnected to at least one access terminal through the communication means (3);

at least one administration area (5), interconnected to at least one control station (4) through a connection (7).

11. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 10, characterized in that the reading means (2) and the identification means (6) are the key of access to the terminal, released by the control station (4).

12. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 10, characterized in that the access terminal is a public access terminal with telephony of public use.

13. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 10, characterized in that the access terminal further comprises an inputting keyboard (22), a QWERTY keyboard (23), audio means (24), camera (26), mouse (28), printing means (30) and a telephone viewer (32).

14. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the reading means (2) is a reader from the group consisting of magnetic stripe readers, smart-card chip readers, inductive readers, bar-code readers, input readers, among others.

15. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the identification means (6) is a device from the group consisting of credit cards, debit cards, magnetic stripe cards, smart cards, access-password cards, products bar-codes, code-scratch-off cards, among others.

16. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 10, characterized in that the display means (12) of the access terminal (1) is a touch-sensitive screen.

17. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 10, characterized in that the communication means (3) is a network.

18. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 17, characterized in that the network has an Ethernet standard and TCP/IP Internet protocol.

19. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 17, characterized in that the network uses Renpac protocols.

20. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 17, characterized in that the network is a VPN.

21. A sharing system at access terminals according to claim 10, characterized in that the connection (7) has an Ethernet standard and TCP/IP Internet protocol.

22. A modular system for administering and controlling access terminals, characterized by comprising:

at least one access-terminal (1) assembly (14); and

at least one modular means (15) interconnected to said at least one access terminal assembly (14) through a connection (17) with the network (3);

wherein the modular means (15) are connected with each other in an undetermined manner at the same layer level (16) and at undetermined levels of different layers (18) through a security connection (19).

23. A modular system for administering and controlling access terminals according to claim 22, characterized in that the connection (17) is a private connection using Ethernet standard and VPN and TCP/IP Internet protocol.

24. A modular system for administering and controlling access terminals according to claim 22, characterized in that the security connection (19) is an Internet-, Extranet-, Ethernet- and VPN-type TCP/IP network.