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Informed new site will be up by this weekend
"It's Currently going through big changes"
(as noted when I reviewed their background site)
FYI: Netman
You love to stir the sh_t for sh_ts sake.
"Hate to say this" - BS
new.uwink web site is now password protected.
UN:RE: Video, download QT 7.5.5 - works for me.
Saw - and heard all - Ted Leovich volume is very low, listen close to hear.
He is saying uWink delivers...and considering his experience background ("4 years of innovation"), he is "honered" to be involved in what they can deliver to companies. He says he "has yet to see anything like uWink that holds the promise for both the customer and the business." "we are here to not only build a business enterprise, but to revolutionize the future of food service entertainment around the globe."
Yep, I wanted to see if anyone would look at Partners.
HMSHost operates 2,500 facilities at 107 airports worldwide and 106 travel plazas in the United States and Canada. HMSHost operates travel plazas on 14 of the most heavily traveled motorways in the United States and Canada.
Airports List http://www.hmshost.com/documents/locations.pdf
http://www.hmshost.com/about/
To ratify the POS Technology in HMSHOST retail places, is to reduce cost of their Labor Force, thereby a worthy savings in their labor costs.
The point to all of us, is to consider how many HMSHOST locations this could be incorporated at.
DNC is a diverse group, with an Airport in FLA, etc.
http://www.delawarenorth.com/AboutDNC/HospitalityServices.asp
Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services is one of the world's leading airport food service and retail providers. With contracts at 20 major U.S. airports, Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services manages 300 restaurants and retail stores, and serves more than 350 million customers each year.
Many Web Site Changes - http://new.uwink.com/
uWink Corporate
uWink Restaurants
UNDER the <Corporate> PRODUCTS PAGE - LINKS:
Product Descriptions
Self-Service Ordering and Payment
Digital Entertainment
Branding, Promotion, Advertising
Hardware/Software
UNDER the <Corporate> HOME PAGE:
Give Your Customers What They Want, When They Want It
Let uWink’s interactive self-service and entertainment hospitality technology Put Your Customers In Control and help you Drive More Traffic and Improve Customer Satisfaction.
Your guests will be happier and you can:
Differentiate your brand in a crowded, "me-too" market
Upsell and promote effectively 100% of the time
Improve Speed of Service and Order Accuracy
Increase Average Check and Margins
Reduce cash handling by encouraging credit cards transactions
Raise Labor Efficiency/Reduce Labor Costs
Realize payback on your technology investment within the first year
People expect convenience, choice, speed of service and entertainment - they're already using ATMs, checking themselves in at the airport and checking themselves out at the grocery store; and they're already downloading and playing music, movies and games on their iPods. According to the National Restaurant Association, over 70% of key demographic groups prefer using self-service technology.
Whether you're in Quick Service or Casual Dining or operate in Airports or Assisted Living Facilities, using our market-leading, award-winning, proven and fully-integrated Self-Service and Entertainment Hospitality Software Solutions you can give your customers the convenience, choice, speed of service and/or entertainment they demand in a highly interactive, intuitive, engaging and social environment.
Click here for a short video overview [link to video – download video from here http://www.box.net/shared/eqrvzaphhv]
To learn more about our Self-Service and Entertainment Hospitality Software Solutions [link to Products Page]
[Netman Suggestion: Check out all their info now On-Line in the background web site pages.]
UNDER the <Corporate> PRODUCTS <Main> PAGE
WE FEEL YOUR PAIN – HOSPITALITY TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS BUILT BY AN OPERATOR FOR OPERATORS
All our products have been prototyped, tested and proven in our test lab and then in our three uWink prototype restaurants - so you can be sure that our products are fully customer tested and tailored to meet your needs.
Our software products run on table-side or Kiosk-based touch screen units with an integrated credit card reader. Learn more about our Hardware and Software Architecture. [link to Hardware/Software page]
We offer:
HOSPITALITY SELF-SERVICE ORDERING AND SELF CHECK-IN/PAYMENT
Intuitive, engaging, customer-facing, touch-based user interface allows self-order of food, drink, digital media, tickets and merchandise via touch screens. Customers can self check-in and self pay by swiping a card at the screen. Full integration with leading POS systems provides seamless transaction billing, processing and accounting.
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES: automated, real-time full user interface translation into 11 different languages including French, Spanish, English, German, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, and Chinese.
Learn more about Self-Service Ordering and Payment [link to Self-Service/Payment page].
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
UWINK GAME/MEDIA LIBRARY: 100+ single and multi-player short-form, casual and "social" video games plus full array of non-game digital media.
MULTIPLAYER GAME PLATFORM: Allows venue-wide and venue-to-venue real-time, head-to-head and team game play.
"MICRO-TRANSACTION" CONTENT MONETIZATION SOFTWARE: "credit" purchasing, tracking and redemption, facilitating game/media purchases ($0.25 to $1.00 value per play). Great way to generate additional revenue and manage table turns.
Learn more about our Entertainment products [link to Entertainment page].
MEDIA DISPLAY SYSTEM AND BRANDS "POWERED BY UWINK"
System supports display of, and interaction with, virtually all forms of web-based digital content, including advertising and promotional content. The platform is easily digitally re-skinned to support multiple brands.
Learn more about our Branding and Promotion features [link to Branding/Promotion page].
MODULAR PRODUCT SUPPORT
Any particular deployment can be entertainment only or self-service ordering/payment only or both.
New Article: More Interest in Self-Service
Hotels, Restaurants Slowly Recognizing Consumer Interest in Self-Service
The findings of Hospitality Technology's fourth annual "Hospitality Industry Self Service Technology Study" show a continuing public interest in using self-service technology in the hospitality industry. Hospitality operators remain slow to adopt the growing technology, though this tide may be slowly changing, especially since self-services devises are shown to offset some of hospitality operators' chief business concerns.
Most of this year's lodging and restaurant respondents (68%) cite the economy as the major business concern for 2008. Staying technologically up-to-date becomes less critical in the short term due to the current economic climate. Experts, however, note that as labor costs rise and the labor pool shrinks, self-service can enable hospitality operators to save money by reallocating these scarce resources while also improving customer service.
The study collected data on consumer opinions of hospitality self-service. Consumers indicate that the top reasons they like using kiosks in restaurants are for shorter lines, faster service and improved accuracy; on the hotel side, guests add privacy to this list. The study further asks consumers to identify how many times they've walked out of a QSR during the past 12 months due to long lines. The majority, 54%, report having walked out one or more times, and just 42% report never having walked out due to long lines. In addition, 62% of respondents are either very or somewhat likely to use a hotel check-in kiosk, and 63% are very or somewhat likely to use a QSR food-ordering kiosk.
"These findings support what we've known for several years. Consumers are more ready to use kiosks than operators are to install them," says Hospitality Technology editor Abigail A. Lorden. "There are indications that the trend is changing, however, as more operators become aware of the growing public interest in kiosks." This year's study asked operators: Does knowledge of the disconnect that exists between consumer readiness to use kiosks and operator readiness to install kiosks affect your interest in installing such a technology? More than two thirds (39%) of respondents indicate that they would consider installing kiosks in light of this information.
http://www.htmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=3E19674330734FF1BBDA3D67B50C82F1&tier=4&id=64232BB323F64A64BAB772F6525E2605
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
New Article: Eat, Drink and Play Games
If the latest venture from restaurant entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell seems like a grown up and more sophisticated version of Chuck E. Cheese restaurants -where game play meets meal time- there's good reason for it. Bushnell not only founded Chuck E Cheese in 1977, but also video game company Atari Corporation in 1972. He has taken the concept of entertainment-based dining to new heights as founder and CEO of uWink, Inc., a digital entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California. The company operates three restaurant locations by the same name and has franchise plans in the works.
The uWink concept aims to create an uber-social entertainment and dining experience. Touch screen terminals are mounted at each table and loaded with not only digital restaurant menus (accessible in eight languages), but a breadth of games that facilitate interaction among guests. Diners can place their food and drink orders from the terminals, which are then automatically routed to the kitchen and delivered by runners.
Instead of a wait staff, uWink restaurants have entertainment directors who encourage group game play and social interaction. Even the walls are a part of the experience, displaying large projections that can be changed to reflect literally anything, including a theme, a game, or even guests' own electronic drawings.
The Party Genome
"The genesis of uWink had as much to do with games as with restaurants," Nolan explains. "A party is usually some combination of games, food and drink. If you think of some of the more fun parties you've been to, they had structure with competition and prizes. So I thought, 'Could we create an environment that captures those DNA triggers for fun?'" Focusing on the current trend in social networking and online gaming, Bushnell quickly found that certain games, when coupled with food and alcohol, create what he calls a "perfect storm for people eating out."
The social aspect allows guests to engage in group competitions with others in the restaurant, watch movie trailers, and order up digital media entertainment. A library of more than 70 games serves as the backbone of the entertainment offerings, which range from family-friendly (such as trivia and word games, electronic card games and a selection just "for kids"), to the "After Dark" games that are accessible after 10 p.m. for grown-up guests.
Despite being justifiably accepted as the founding father of the video game industry, Nolan is a humble father when it comes to taking credit for uWink. His own children were, and continue to be, instrumental in the process. "I hate to take full authorship of it because we have had some pretty free ranging conversations about this around the dinner table," Nolan recalls, referring to his son Brent, now uWink's chief technology officer, and daughter Alissa, the company's vice president of public relations. "There were a lot of parts to this that I wanted to do back in the Chuck E. Cheese days. I'd see certain opportunities that we had, but it was too much of a kid experience. I did Chuck E. Cheese when my kids were little; now that they're grown, they're a great focus group," Nolan says. "Brent was every bit as much an architect of the original plan and Alyssa has written some of the better games that we offer," including Truth or Dare, a favorite among the "After Dark" crowd.
Today, Brent Bushnell is responsible for all development and infrastructure. Leading a team of 15 system engineers, he is charged with leveraging the technology platform to its fullest potential. "Engineering has always been something that I've liked. Nolan had us playing with programming at a very young age," he recalls. Before officially joining the uWink project, Brent sharpened his technology teeth at Interlincx, an Internet applications and marketing company, where he served as CTO for two years, and prior to that was founder and CEO of Izolo, a technology service provider focused on web applications and web hosting.
Smooth operator
Despite its now obvious benefits, automating restaurant operations at uWink was an afterthought to the game play aspect. "Once we had touch screens at every table, it became natural to say, 'let's automate the restaurant,'" Nolan explains. A standard point of sale (POS) system from Volante Systems (www.volatesystems.com) interfaces to the uWink platform. The two systems communicate seamlessly via an application programming interface (API) on the POS, which Volante customized for the uWink project. "Instead of needing a wait staff person to go to a POS terminal and make a request, our software communicates directly with the web service on the Volante POS to order food or ring up a credit card," explains Brent.
Despite guests staying longer to play games, table turns aren't an issue. "We bring drink and food to people four-to-seven minutes faster than any other well-run restaurant, so we front-load the deck," says Nolan. And if they're staying and playing, they're likely drinking, too. Plus, when a guest is ready to leave, they can pay their bill via the touch screen, removing the typical wait time associated with closing out the check and paying for a meal.
In addition, all game play is monetized. Guests are given an hour of free game play for dining. After that first hour, there's a charge. "We're still playing with the timing on that," explains Nolan. "Different parts of the country might have different approaches." In an airport, for example, they might consider monetizing game play from the first minute.
What's more, the restaurant's entertainment directors can manage 10 tables instead of the three or four handled by a traditional server. "The system paid for itself within six month based solely on labor saving," says Nolan.
Web-inspired platform
The infrastructure is a proprietary uWink solution built with a Web 2.0 approach and employing XML to move data around. "The entire front end is consuming content in the same way that an app on the Internet would," explains Brent. "Because it's so robust, we're able to present new types of media and repackage existing content." To users, it looks and feels just like using the Internet would, but it's a closed network; a deliberate decision to ensure that any content on the terminals is appropriate for the restaurant's goals of guest interaction. "Web 2.0 is about social media and its ability to encourage social interaction," says Brent. Checking e-mail, by comparison, isn't a social event, so the closed network prevents guests from "checking-out" of the socialization aspect.
The team is constantly developing new ways to leverage the platform even further. At the recently-opened uWink Hollywood location, for example, guests can play uWink Live using their personal cellular phones via a partnership with MegaPhone (www.playmegaphone.com), a phone-call-controlled game company. The guest's own cell phone becomes a game controller, and game play is viewed on large screen televisions in the restaurant. The platform works on any cell phone and with any carrier.
The bar area in uWink's Hollywood location taps into the platform via a 12-foot long, interactive, multi- touch bar, iBar from Mindstorm (www.mindstorm.eu.com). Guests can use their fingers, hands and drink glasses to digitally paint the bar top, play a game of pong and ultimately order food and drinks from uWink's digital menu.
Brent intends to leverage the platform even further to add greater levels of personalization for guests. "There are aspects that we've not fully realized yet that include the customer's ability to influence the display and put more of their own creation into the system."
The next stop for the Bushnells is to license the platform for use by other restaurant brands. "With the licensing approach, we can very easily provide an a la carte approach to the software features that a restaurant would want," says Brent. Through a scaled approach, restaurants could select such features as interactive ordering, the game platform, a content channel with news, surveys, comedy, etc., cell-phone interaction, or even the solution for the multi-touch bar service. "We have a really bite-sized plan," adds Nolan. "You can choose to convert your bar, convert your restaurant area, or you can become a full franchisee. We know the world is ready for this technology, and we're going to supply it."
Eat, Drink and Play Games
Abigail A. Lorden
http://www.htmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=8D86DF469BD74C098382D9532C904D8E&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=3E19674330734FF1BBDA3D67B50C82F1&tier=4&id=57E685C6923646828D0A367993A3EA2F
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
Are you making a prediction - or an Accusation?
Why would you try to Twist an Insider Buy like this?
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
?-You are unable to easily find Micros.com site.
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
BTW: Micros serves 70% of the POS Market, and another company I know...:) seamlessly integrates / interfaces with Micros applications.
MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, is the world's leading developer of enterprise applications serving the hospitality and specialty retail industries. MICROS serves table service and quick service restaurants, hotels, the leisure and entertainment industry, and specialty retail stores, with complete information management solutions including software, hardware, enterprise systems integration, consulting and support. MICROS's distributes its products through subsidiaries, independent dealers/distributors, and company-owned sales and service offices around the world. This global network consists of over 4,800 employees, more than 80 wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries and branch offices in major markets, and 115 distributors in 45 countries.
MICROS is the global leader in the restaurant industry with more than 310,000 installations worldwide. MICROS is the only full systems solutions provider for all market segments with a global distribution and service network in place for major chains, regional chains, local independents, table service, and the quick service market. MICROS provides restaurant information systems comprising hardware and software for point-of-sale (POS) and operational applications, as well as a suite of back office applications that include inventory, labor and financial management, and other centrally hosted enterprise applications. For large enterprises MICROS provides a scalable solution to manage the very large and very complex operational requirements associated with hotels, casinos, airports, theme parks, stadiums and cruise lines. MICROS’s restaurant client base includes HMS Host, Ruby Tuesday's, Burger King, Auntie Anne’s, Whitbread, the Wynn Casino and Resort, Hilton Hotels, and M & T Bank Stadium, to name a few.
Thanks for the intelligent information Greenband
Refreshing after reading another's "objective" thoughts.
However, try to consider another reality in which uWink is well beyond the "working concept" stage.
Alert! - All uWink Solutions are Imaginary! - LOL!!!
http://new.uwink.com/advertising
Sponsors include Pepsi, RedBull, EOS Estate Winery, Bass Beer, Fireman's Brew, and Fat Tire Amber Ale.
AND:
The uWink Multi-Player Game Platform at the Arbot Court in Lancaster, California
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/274/353/
AND: (coming to...)
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/261/341/
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/263/344/
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/264/346/
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/275/355/
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/282/359/
LOL - All this misinformation / misdirection posting by others is Laughable!
Netman
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
You think "software does not exist yet" - LOL!!!
Another objective TBG View - Like I said before, you do not understand uWink (Apparently...Not At All). I suppose you think their 'software solutions' are just more "wishful thinking" like Nancy Nino confirming their "satisfy our cash requirements" statement in the filing is 12 months from the date of the filing of the Q (which was 8/15/08).
And It's Still Not my concern if you can Never Grasp the technological / software aspects and full potential of uWink Solutions regarding other companies, their places, and interfacing with their equipment.
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
17754 that site info is "not of immediate interest"
Now TBG wants to know how do they...? - LOL!
BTW:
There is no transition, no deviation, shame that few get that.
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
ok
Just more "wishful thinking", pay no attention...lol!
From August 25, 2008 through August 29, 2008, Mr. Wilkniss purchased an aggregate of 40,025 shares of common stock of the Issuer in the open market at an average purchase price of $0.6860 per share.
Peter Wilkniss - President
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
NO! and Spare Me Your Thinking.
I would sooner put a stock listing under my dog.
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
Yes panzer6, a feature especially suited for airports.
MrUW: I would say that Casinos are listed in their public statements, as I quoted in prior post #17474
"We also believe that the technology we have developed, and are continuing to develop, can be deployed more broadly in the hospitality and public-space markets including in hotels, casual / fast food restaurants, bars, apartments, universities, stadiums, theme parks, casinos, and golf and ski resorts"
However, if I dare mentioned that Fact, TBG would call it just more "wishful thinking" and say I am not being 'objective', like he always is...while he is "looking at a few hundred stocks" all the while clearly focusing all of his stock posting on a uwki board...
Therefore, I shall not mention that Fact.
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
Just another objective TBG view - LOL.
Like I said...you still do not understand...
Like I said...why bother to tell you...anything...
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
After your 428 posts on this uWink stock board regarding a Tech Company that you still do not understand, you still have no idea what I think, nor do you care what I think...so why bother to tell you...
I am going out to buy a rubber hose and some gas...
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
LOL - "not of immediate interest" - whatever you say TBG, just keep an eye on those other 'relevant' things like jack in the box instead...LOL!
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
By obvious, I mean its purpose. Anyone that has read my prior posts about it, has known about it for some time. I also have posted about all the other Product Links quite recently in the post #17699.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=31712962
It's their 'background' site where new web pages / links are created & fine tuned prior to their incorporation on the public web site. - Thought that was rather obvious...
http://new.uwink.com/
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
Hmmmm...HMSHost operates 2,500 facilities at 107 airports worldwide and 106 travel plazas in the United States and Canada. - HMSHost, is world-renowned for creating innovative concession plans in travel venues. HMSHost has revenues of more than $2.0 billion and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Autogrill S.p.A. Together, HMSHost, HMSHost Europe and the rest of the Autogrill Group are recognized leaders in retail, food and beverage concessions serving people on the move. With operations in 15 countries around the globe, the combined Company has annual revenues over $4.0 billion.
I wonder if uWink...
http://www.hmshost.com/
"The future for uWink lies not with its current three restaurant locations, but rather with the company’s potential to proliferate the market with applications and services to make things easier for people, and to help businesses squeeze higher margins out of their current operations."
"In essence, uWink will be a pick-and-shovel company selling the software and systems so that other companies can then in turn duke it out and compete with each other for consumer’s dollars, all the while, uWink sits back and enjoys their nice and juicy high margin recurring revenue."
http://seekingalpha.com/article/92102-it-s-a-good-thing-uwink-isn-t-a-restaurant-company?source=yahoo
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
New Link: uWink AIRPORT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/282/359/
The uWink Airport Self-Service Hospitality Software Solution puts the power of self-service technology into the hands of airport travelers while producing tangible operational cost savings and addressing key personnel concerns unique to airport dining. Our self-service solution caters to travelers looking to dine in a hurry as well as those dealing with long post-security gate wait times and is presented in over 13 lanugages including French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Hindi.
All components of the uWink Hospitality Solution are modular and can be used individually or in combination.
These modular components include:
• uWink Interactive uOrder System
• uWink Auto Tab Splitting System
• uWink Multi-Lingual Menu
• uWink At-The-Table Payment System
• uWink "Card-Less" Loyalty Program
The uWink Airport Self-Service Hospitality Software Solution is a complete self-service solution and allows patrons to take control of all aspects of the dining experience from table check-in to table check-out.
uWink Touch Software Solutions.
Robust. Customizable. Flexible.
uWink Interactive uOrder SystemThe touch-based uWink Interactive uOrder System allows patrons to place food/drink orders (with modifications) directly from their tables or bar seats. Orders are sent directly into our fully integrated POS system and then printed out on kitchen/bar printers. If you already have an existing POS, we can integrate with your system.
With the responsbility of order taking removed from hospitality staff, this enables them to focus on a stronger customer experience. In addition, the benefits include:
• Reduced Labor Costs
• Upselling Effectiveness
• Increased Table Turnover
• Reduced Menu Production Costs
• Greater Table Service Efficiency
• Higher Order Accuracy
• Larger Per-Table Tickets
• Every Item has Picture with Extended Description
uWink Auto Tab SplittingThe touch-based uWink Auto Tab Splitting System automatically places patrons' orders into their own individual tabs. No figuring out who ordered what at the end of the meal. Each patron only pays for what is on their individual tab, nothing more. Upon checkout, each patron even gets to choose their own tip percentage. All of this occurs without any work required by your hospitality staff.
This system fosters greater customer satisfaction due to the following factors:
• Increased Payment Flexibility
• Increased Personalization
• Individual Loyalty Points
• Post Meal Payment Stress Removed
• Removes Post Meal Payment Stress
As a result of individual tabs, our system even promotes increased dessert ordering through the removal of the "group consensus dessert ordering scenario" where individual customers often reject dessert due to the lack of an immediate and obvious consensus amongst their party. Not wanting to be the one who increases the overall party bill due to an extra order only they received, customers will often reject dessert despite their desire to order. In the individual tab scenario, customers often elect to have dessert knowing the amount will only be added to their tab.
uWink MULTI-LINGUAL MENUThe touch-based uWink Multi-Lingual Menu allows airport diners to easily convert the entire menu, including all modifications and table-help requests, with the touch of a flag to one of 11 different languages including French, Spanish, English, German, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, and Chinese. Business travels or tourists who may know very little of the local langugage or someone who simply feels more comfortable in their native tongue can now order in the way that is easiest for them while producing no extra work to your hospitality staff as all orders are printed in the local language.
This system foster greater customer satisfaction due to the following factors:
• Increased Personalization
• Tourist-Friendly
• Currency-Converter Option
uWink at-the-table payment systemThe touch-based uWink At-The-Table Payment System allows patrons to pay their individual tabs directly from their table or bar seat without any hospitality staff interaction required. Each customer even chooses their own tip percentage from a simple dropdown and the system automatically calculates the corresponding amount. An option for an email receipt or no receipt is presented to allow for customers to quickly checkout and leave immediately.
With the responsbility of payment acceptance and processing removed from hospitality staff, this enables them to focus on a stronger customer experience. In addition, the benefits include:
• Faster Customer Payment Checkout
• Increased Table Turnover
• Credit Card Never Leaves Customer's Hands
• Multi-Option Payment System (Credit, Cash, or Coupon)
• Greater Table Service Efficiency
uWink "Card-Less" Loyalty ProgramThe uWink "Card-Less" Loyalty Program solves a common problem of loyalty programs. Customers do not want to hold a loyalty card for every establishment they frequent and in groups they are unable to use them unless they are the one paying the entire bill. The uWink "Card-Less" Loyalty Program allows patrons to make their loyalty card for your venue a card that they already have, their credit card! When they checkout and pay their tab, as long as they use the same credit credit, their loyalty points will be added automatically. Loyalty Program Details can be viewed by any customer through the menu or in their Loyalty Program Summary section of their email receipt. Using Loyalty Rewards is just as easy with all rewards automatically applied to future tabs.
With the the hassle and common problems associated with Loyalty Programs removed, customers be be far more engaged and will be to reailze the benefits while you see an increase in repeat traffic.
Benefits Include:
• No extra loyalty card needed
• Increased repeat traffic
• Useable in Party/Group Situations
• Easy, Quick Signup through Touch Interface
• Rewards automatically applied
• Loyalty Program Summary on Menu and E-Receipt
If you wish to contact uWink regarding the uWink Hospitality Software Solution, please contact Jon Boucher (Vice President) at 310.382.0754 or jonb@uwink.
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
I know that - & why I obtained clarity.
Nancy Nino
nancyn@uwink.com
T (818) 909-6030, ext. 102
If you (or others) have a Question to Ask Nancy.
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
Nancy Nino confirmed their "satisfy our cash requirements" statement in the filing is 12 months from the date of the filing of the Q (which was 8/15/08), Not from the 11/7/07 date.
“On November 7, 2007 we raised approximately $9.3 million of net proceeds pursuant to a registered offering of our equity securities. We are using the proceeds from this transaction for new restaurant development and working capital purposes. We expect that we can currently satisfy our cash requirements for the next twelve months.”
IE: Others Posts stating that they are (or will be) running out of cash soon is BS!
Advertising Link - to be linked on web site
(www.uwink.com)
http://new.uwink.com/advertising
Sponsors include Pepsi, RedBull, EOS Estate Winery, Bass Beer, Fireman's Brew, and Fat Tire Amber Ale.
AND:
The uWink Multi-Player Game Platform at the Arbot Court in Lancaster, California
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/274/353/
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/261/341/
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/263/344/
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/264/346/
http://new.uwink.com/content/view/275/355/
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
September
Bought 5K Shares at .52, Hold 125,675 - :)
And " :) " is all I have to say about that...
http://peakstocks.com/uwink-q22008-earnings-its-a-good-thing-uwink-isnt-a-restaurant-company
"The future for uWink lies not with its current three restaurant locations, but rather with the company’s potential to proliferate the market with applications and services to make things easier for people, and to help businesses squeeze higher margins out of their current operations."
"In essence, uWink will be a pick-and-shovel company selling the software and systems so that other companies can then in turn duke it out and compete with each other for consumer’s dollars, all the while, uWink sits back and enjoys their nice and juicy high margin recurring revenue."
"Finally, in my talks with management, they have assured me that they are in fact rolling out several test campaigns with high profile restaurant companies, that will provide further validation, and traction as they transition into a software vendor."
"These tests might lead to significant investments and purchases from these companies as they see the benefits of the uWink terminals and the cost savings it could lend to their operations, which in these lean economic times, is no small feat."
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
Yes - I Spoke w/Nolan Today - :)
And " :) " is all I have to say about that.
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
You said..."No amount of quoting positive-sounding statements from their report will counter that sentiment." - So your posting of negative-sounding statements is how you really define being 'objective'? - Jeezzz, does one have to duplicate the entire report here in its entirety to make you happy...I would hope that most people that care, and can read with comprehension, simply go to such reports themselves and read the full details for themselves.
And My other comment was no attack, my way of saying, to take a breath, and come up for air! (just review your own rambling posting of BS posts if you still can not get that point!). - Another thing, had enough of your vulgarity with the holy sh_t's, and the reference's to my balls, and your "fart while speaking" type comments you like to make... - If you have to keep on rambling, at least keep it clean here TBG.
As requested TBG, here is a fact with my opinion: Your usual consistent posting of rambling or random gibberish and / or off-topic garbage just so you can post something..., then to usually say duh..."I dont know" at the end, is hardly any worthwhile contribution to the board - IMO.
BTW: uWink is fine, PPS is not - IMO. - And It's Not my concern if you can Never grasp the technological / software aspects and full potential of future uWink Solutions regarding other companies, their places, and interfacing with their equipment.
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
Can you breathe out of your nose and mouth at the same time?
"We also believe that the technology we have developed, and are continuing to develop, can be deployed more broadly in the hospitality and public-space markets including in hotels, casual / fast food restaurants, bars, apartments, universities, stadiums, theme parks, casinos, and golf and ski resorts"
And Airports...(food service places)...perhaps - IMO
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
Someone was the first person to look at a cow and think, I think I'll squeeze those dangly things, and drink what comes out...
uThink...
Going forward, our strategy is to leverage our experience and software assets to license our technology to other hospitality and public-space operators and to franchise the uWink interactive entertainment restaurant concept.
Following the opening of our third company-owned uWink restaurant, we expect to emphasize technology licensing and franchising over the development of additional company-owned uWink restaurants.
In furtherance of the technology licensing component of our growth strategy, in December 2007 we announced plans to develop and market self-service technology solutions for the hospitality industry in conjunction with hospitality software provider Volante Systems.
uBuy until uSell - uWink, uWait, uWin! - Netman
On November 7, 2007 we raised approximately $9.3 million of net proceeds pursuant to a registered offering of our equity securities. We are using the proceeds from this transaction for new restaurant development and working capital purposes. We expect that we can currently satisfy our cash requirements for the next twelve months.
As of the date of this report, we expect to spend approximately $1,000,000 on the build out of our Mountain View, California uWink restaurant (which is currently under construction and expected to open in late August 2008). As of the date of this report, we have expended approximately $400,000 of this amount.