Patent ID: 6460040
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
In an electronic kiosk system having a plurality of interactive electronic kiosks for displaying information from a plurality of information providers, a method for presenting customized assortments of said information from said plurality of information providers at individual kiosks of said plurality, comprising:providing access to information from said plurality of information providers for prospective display on said plurality of kiosks; providing a plurality of pre-defined interface screen elements for prospective inclusion in a custom interface screen, wherein at least one of said screen elements permits limited variation in its on-screen characteristics in conformity with a desired uniform look and feel for said interface screens on the kiosks of said kiosk system, wherein said plurality of pre-defined interface screen elements includes at least one element for displaying information and at least one activation site for use in obtaining information for display from at least one of said information providers; enabling a kiosk user to select one or more screen elements from said pre-defined screen element plurality and to select on-screen characteristics of at least one screen element permitting limited variation in its on-screen characteristics; enabling said kiosk user to select an assortment of information from at least a portion of said information providers to define kiosk information content for an individual kiosk of said system; and associating said user selected kiosk information content with at least a portion of said selected screen elements, and associating said activation site with the displaying of at least a portion of said user selected kiosk information content.