Telecommunications booth comprising a telecommunications train having a plurality of wheeled housings

Claim 1

A transportable telecommunications train, comprising: a self-propelled vehicle; a plurality of wheeled housings, each of said housings being walled and having a door, each of said housings including; a card reader supported by said housing for reading data on card wielded by a user; a preprogrammed computer system supported by said housing and including program means for interacting with said user; a telephone coupled to said computer system and supported by said housing; a facsimile module coupled to said computer system and supported by said housing; a modem coupled to said computer system: means for connecting to a public telecommunications channel, and means for selectively providing communication between said public telecommunications channel and one of said telephone, said facsimile module, and said modem; said communication providing means including means for switching connection with said public telecommunications channel connecting means to one of said telephone, said facsimile module, and said modem; said communication providing means further including means for controlling said switching means through said computer system based on interaction between said user and said program means; and means for hitching one of said wheeled housings to said vehicle and the remainder to one another thereby forming said train.