Kiosk application mode for operating system

摘要

A method includes transforming a mode of a computer from an operating system mode to a kiosk mode, wherein the kiosk mode provides a user interface for one web application, and wherein the kiosk mode prevents access to any other application or the operating system of the computer. The computer automatically updates the web application via a network while the computer is operating in kiosk mode, and automatically updates an operating system of the computer via the network while the computer is operating in kiosk mode. The computer automatically re-launches the web application in response to detecting an interrupted status of the web application while the computer is operating in kiosk mode.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
transforming a mode of a computer from an operating system mode to a kiosk mode, wherein the kiosk mode provides a user interface for one web application, and wherein the kiosk mode prevents access to any other application and prevents access to an operating system of the computer; receiving the web application from a management console of a second computer; automatically updating the web application to an updated version of the web application via a network while the computer is operating in kiosk mode; automatically updating the operating system of the computer via the network while the computer is operating in kiosk mode; automatically re-launching, via the computer, the web application in response to detecting an interrupted status of the web application into a state of the web application at a time of the interrupted status while the computer is operating in kiosk mode; receiving a second web application from the management console of the second computer to replace the one web application running in the kiosk mode; and running only the second web application in the kiosk mode.