Patent ID: 7072937
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of executing one or more independent software application programs from a common use terminal of a hardware platform, comprising the steps of: launching an application program by browser software located in the common use access terminal; forming a secure web based connection between the browser software and software of a web server; providing exclusive control of the hardware platform including one or more peripheral devices associated therewith by said software of the web server for the duration of the application program; and wherein said one or more application programs include a package pick-up application server program, and further comprising the steps of: selecting said package pick-up application server program at the common use terminal; requesting tracking information by the package pick-up application server program; inputting said tracking information at the common use access terminal; validating the tracking information by the package pick-up application server program; sending a request to the browser by the package pick-up application server program to open a door of a storage device in the hardware platform for package pick-up; opening the door in front of a bin containing the package tracking information by the package pick-up server application program; receiving a pick-up confirmation from the common use access terminal by the package pick-up application server program; returning a screen at the common use access terminal to a main screen containing a menu of the one or more software application programs; and clearing a memory containing data entered at the beginning of the package pick-up application server program for a subsequent application.