| 摘要 |
<p>A kiosk for use with smart cards includes a plurality of software services (200) accessible by one or more application programs executing in the kiosk through an application programming interface. The software services include operator interface functions (201), card data access functions (203), smart card stored value functions (204), and security functions (205). Various applications may be provided in the kiosk including applications for information access, card revalue operations, merchant ordering, and content delivery services. An automatic update feature (207) may be used to update data and code in the kiosk, and functions on smart cards which are inserted into the kiosk.</p> |
