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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2010
John Richard Johnson, Buford, GA (US);
Andrew Colley, Dundee, GB;
John Richard Johnson, Buford, GA (US);
Andrew Colley, Dundee, GB;
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
A kiosk which is configurable to accept a plurality of different types of connections corresponding to a plurality of different types of customer media. In one example, the kiosk includes a mount; a computer in a first position on the mount including a touchscreen, a card reader, and a processor; a storage medium coupled to the processor containing content; and a content transfer device coupled to the processor. The content transfer device is configurable to include at least one connection of a plurality of different types of connections corresponding to a plurality of different types of customer media. The kiosk further includes a panel in a second position on the mount adjacent to the computer including at least one connection mounting location, and the at least one connection is removably mounted to the panel at the connection mounting location. The processor stores the content in the storage medium, operates the touch screen to display a menu of the content and to record selections made by a customer from the menu, operates the card reader to read a payment card of the customer as payment for content associated with the customer selections, and transfers the content associated with the customer selections to a removable storage medium of the customer.