Method of integrating remote content with hospitality media system and media system thereof
First Claim
1. A method of integrating remote content with a hospitality media system, the method comprising:
- establishing communications with a mobile device over a computer network;
receiving an identification information from the mobile device during an authentication process;
authenticating the mobile device by querying a room authentication table stored in a storage device to thereby confirm that the identification information received from the mobile device is associated with a first guest room of a hospitality establishment;
after successfully authenticating the mobile device according to the identification information, receiving a location of a media asset sent by the mobile device, the media asset being stored at a remote storage location;
accessing the remote storage location via an external network by a set-top box in the first guest room;
downloading by the set-top box a plurality of media data corresponding to the media asset from the remote storage location via the external network;
playing an audiovisual content of the media asset by the set-top box on a display device in the first guest room according to the media data downloaded from remote storage location;
detecting a predetermined deletion event representing that a guest of the first guest room has checked out; and
in response to detecting the predetermined deletion event, dynamically changing the identification information associated with the first guest room in the storage device to be a new identification information thereby preventing the mobile device from successfully authenticating with the hospitality media system after the predetermined deletion event unless the new identification information is received from the mobile device in a subsequent authentication process.
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Abstract
A hospitality media system includes a media system controller and a plurality of media devices located in a plurality of rooms and coupled to the media system controller. Each room has one or more in-room media devices located therein for performing a media function. A connection port allows a user of a room to establish data communications between the media system controller and a guest device. The media system controller is coupled to the connection port and configured to catalogue guest content available on the guest device to thereby form a guest content list, associate the guest content with one or more associated rooms at least including the user'"'"'s room, and perform the media function utilizing content selected from the guest content list only on the in-room media devices located within the one or more associated rooms.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of integrating remote content with a hospitality media system, the method comprising:
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establishing communications with a mobile device over a computer network; receiving an identification information from the mobile device during an authentication process; authenticating the mobile device by querying a room authentication table stored in a storage device to thereby confirm that the identification information received from the mobile device is associated with a first guest room of a hospitality establishment; after successfully authenticating the mobile device according to the identification information, receiving a location of a media asset sent by the mobile device, the media asset being stored at a remote storage location; accessing the remote storage location via an external network by a set-top box in the first guest room; downloading by the set-top box a plurality of media data corresponding to the media asset from the remote storage location via the external network; playing an audiovisual content of the media asset by the set-top box on a display device in the first guest room according to the media data downloaded from remote storage location; detecting a predetermined deletion event representing that a guest of the first guest room has checked out; and in response to detecting the predetermined deletion event, dynamically changing the identification information associated with the first guest room in the storage device to be a new identification information thereby preventing the mobile device from successfully authenticating with the hospitality media system after the predetermined deletion event unless the new identification information is received from the mobile device in a subsequent authentication process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A hospitality media system for integrating remote content, the hospitality media system comprising one or more processors configured by executing software loaded from a memory to:
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establish communications with a mobile device over a computer network; receive an identification information from the mobile device during an authentication process; authenticate the mobile device by querying a room authentication table stored in a storage device to thereby confirm that the identification information received from the mobile device is associated with a first guest room of a hospitality establishment; after successfully authenticating the mobile device according to the identification information, receive a location of a media asset sent by the mobile device, the media asset being stored at a remote storage location; access the remote storage location via an external network by a set-top box in the first guest room; download by the set-top box a plurality of media data corresponding to the media asset from the remote storage location via the external network; play an audiovisual content of the media asset by the set-top box on a display device in the first guest room according to the media data downloaded from remote storage location; detect a predetermined deletion event representing that a guest of the first guest room has checked out; and in response to detecting the predetermined deletion event, dynamically change the identification information associated with the first guest room in the storage device to be a new identification information thereby preventing the mobile device from successfully authenticating with the hospitality media system after the predetermined deletion event unless the new identification information is received from the mobile device in a subsequent authentication process. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory processor-readable medium comprising processor executable a plurality of instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform steps of:
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establishing communications with a mobile device over a computer network; receiving an identification information from the mobile device during an authentication process; authenticating the mobile device by querying a room authentication table stored in a storage device to thereby confirm that the identification information received from the mobile device is associated with a first guest room of a hospitality establishment; after successfully authenticating the mobile device according to the identification information, receiving a location of a media asset sent by the mobile device, the media asset being stored at a remote storage location; accessing the remote storage location via an external network by a set-top box in the first guest room; downloading by the set-top box a plurality of media data corresponding to the media asset from the remote storage location via the external network; playing an audiovisual content of the media asset by the set-top box on a display device in the first guest room according to the media data downloaded from remote storage location; detecting a predetermined deletion event representing that a guest of the first guest room has checked out; and in response to detecting the predetermined deletion event, dynamically changing the identification information associated with the first guest room in the storage device to be a new identification information thereby preventing the mobile device from successfully authenticating with the hospitality media system after the predetermined deletion event unless the new identification information is received from the mobile device in a subsequent authentication process.
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