WHAT’S NEW IN THE EMS ROOM SIGN APP

Thomas Allen

EMS Software | Senior Product Manager

• The EMS Room Sign application for tablets

• Web-based application

• Key features

• Book meetings

• View availability

• Extend / end meetings

• Check in and auto-cancel

• Identification

• Keyboard entry

• RFID reader

What is the Room Sign App?

As a meeting host…

• I want to quickly see what rooms are available

near me.

• I want to book this meeting room now.

• I want to check in so I don't lose my room.

As an attendee…

• I want to know if I’m in the right room.

As an executive…

• I want to impress my clients by creating a

slick, high-tech workplace

• I want to improve workplace productivity by

offering my employees easy access to spaces

Why the EMS Room Sign App?

• Updates to Interface

• Responsive design

• Better use of space on screen

• Easer to modify color / logo

• Experiential Changes

• Improved time picker

• Removed unnecessary clicks and user prompts

• Portrait support with schedule view

User Experience Changes

Room Sign Configurations for Different Spaces

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CONFERENCE CENTER /

STUDENT UNIONCONFERENCE ROOMS

WORKSPACES/

STUDY SPACES

DISPLAY Public May be public Not public

RESERVABLE No Yes Yes

BRANDING Yes, often Less important Not important

Current Customers

AccentureWilmerHale RAND

HARDWARE OPTIONS

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Enhance your digital workplace or campus by

integrating EMS with a variety of digital appliances

or consumer tablets. You can do this in two ways:

EMS For Digital Signage

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1. Use new or existing digital display appliances to

push meeting and event information from EMS.

2. Use consumer tablets and the EMS Room Sign

App to deploy on-the-spot displays and enable

more EMS features and security options.

Integrates EMS data with new or existing

wall-mounted room sign appliances.

• Pass meeting and event information from

EMS to a variety of digital appliances.

• Integrates with popular appliances

• Creston Connected Scheduling Application

• Steelcase RoomWizard

• Custom integrations with Visix and Four

Winds Interactive

EMS For Display Appliances

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• Room Sign appliance

• Integrated multi-frequency RFID card reader

• Built in side and front LED lights to provide a clear indication of room status and availability.

• Support WIFI and LAN connectivity option

Aura Room Screen from ResourceXpress

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• For protection and aesthetics

• Supports Android and Apple

tablets

• Can be configured to allow

walk-up reservations, check

in, cancelation, and meeting

extension

Consumer Tablet Enclosures

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COME SEE IT IN THE PLAY AREA

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TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS

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iPad vs. Android

iPad Android

Native Kiosk Mode ✓ x

Power over Ethernet ✓ ✓

Data over Ethernet x ✓

ROADMAP

• What could go wrong?

• Power failure

• WIFI failure

• Software updates

• Mobile Device Management systems can provide

Device Health Check

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Questions?