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The BNS Scan-Pen

Interactive Multimedia for IPTV, Shopping and Hospitality Applications
The innovative Scan-Pen is a multimedia solution designed to open new revenue streams and enhance customer loyalty for telco, hospitality and catalogue shopping operators.

Based on revolutionary technology, the Scan-Pen is an online ordering system that marries the simplicity of the Internet with the viewing convenience of printed materials.

The Scan-Pen system comprises a scanner pen which is connected to the IPTV set top box (STB) and enables seamless connectivity between printed catalogues or information pages and online information, such as web pages and advertising information.

It is designed to enhance the service offerings of Telco IPTV operators, hotel and Multi Dwelling Unit (MDU) owners and catalogue shopping companies who can apply the Scan-Pen to many applications, including in-room dining, VOD, Karaoke and mail ordering:

  • IPTV operators will be able to offer tCommerce services through the remote control, a service that was previously not possible. The Scan-Pen has proven to increase VOD movie revenue by up to 20%.*

  • For Hotels and Multi Dwelling Unit (MDU) owners, the Scan-Pen will offer new revenue streams and greater convenience for guests and residents.

  • Catalogue shopping companies will be able to enhance their offering with a multimedia shopping experience using the familiar printed catalogue as well as the online environment and video applications. This enhanced shopping experience has proven to increase revenues by up to 200%.*

* In trials conducted in Japan

The Scan-Pen is part of BNS' turnkey IPTV technology solution but can also be installed as a stand alone solution in existing IPTV systems and other management systems.

EASY TO USE

The Scan-Pen system is very intuitive and easy to learn to operate. Colour codes guide users towards the scannable areas and the ordering process is simple and fast.



TECHNOLOGY

Using sophisticated invisible dot-code printing, the Scan-Pen does away with bulky and unsightly bar scanning labels and instead reads the almost invisible dot code which can be printed on paper, plastic and even metal. The code can be recognised within coordinates as small as 2mm square.

Using a small infra-red camera with a sensor, the Scan-Pen detects the dot-pattern and transforms it to a dot-code by scanning light reflection through infra-red LED.

The Scan-Pen is connected to the IPTV Set Top Box (STB) that provides the online connection to either the operator's servers, or directly to third parties' Internet sites.


Scan-Pen Infra-Red Technology





A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS




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