PFU web-based development platform, KIOSK SERVICE PLATFORM simplifies development of custom kiosk applications.  This platform allows effortless development of a web-based application by large pool of web application developers.

PFU’s unique KIOSK SERVICE PLATFORM:

• Reduces costs of application development
• Opens up large pool of web developers to PFU kiosk application development
• Simplifies kiosk application development
• Eliminates need to know all device driver information
• 50% reduction in application development costs
• Increases speed to market
• Custom web applications are developed more quickly than kiosk applications
• Reduction of application testing time
• 50% reduction in time to completed custom application
• Enables use of all Internet tools and latest technology
• Makes available mash-up and the latest Internet techniques
• Provides easy integration with your Internet strategy
• Easy integration with existing enterprise back office systems
• Integration of new, advanced technologies, i.e. Contactless IC card

PFU recognizes a big cost to kiosk deployment is development of a custom kiosk application.  This requires the application developer have two different skills:

1. Being able to develop an intuitive and elegant user interface
2. Being able to monitor the kiosk equipment and control all the attached devices (sometimes more than five) for out-of-bound conditions and for every possible fault condition.  Detailed knowledge of I/O device driver specifications is required.
    
   Also, being able to develop the complex logic flow for the combination of out-of-bound conditions.  A large part of application development time is dedicated to writing the code of this logic flow.

This combination of skills requires a fairly high level of programming capability.  It is a rare application developer that is equally skilled in the creative portion of intuitive kiosk user interface design and in the analytical logic flow of out-of-bound conditions.  This latter skill is difficult, tedious, and prone to error.

KIOSK SERVICE PLATFORM is a development platform for web-based kiosk application development that uses JavaScript to control all devices connected to the kiosk terminal’s I/O ports; and uses the local program to control the terminal, its peripherals, and to manage all maintenance and servicing requirements.

The application developer focuses on developing a kiosk application that is intuitive, elegant, and with the same look and feel of the corporate web site.  Familiarity with low-level I/O device specifications is no longer required.  KIOSK SERVICE PLATFORM handles the control of peripheral devices locally.  A single or a few web servers manage the application and the content for the applications.  By managing the content and application at the server rather than at each individual kiosk, simplifies the ongoing management of your kiosks.

The result – faster application development by less expensive web-experience developers.  Studies indicate KIOSK SERVICE PLATFORM lowers kiosk application development costs by over 50%, accelerates speed-to-market by almost 50%, and significantly lowers maintenance and servicing costs. 

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