Guest room service and control system
First Claim
1. A guest room service and control system for a building including a plurality of guest rooms, the guest room service and control system comprising:
- a local area network;
a plurality of guest room networks operably coupled to said local area network, each guest room network of said plurality of guest room networks is associated with a guest room in the building, said each guest room network includes;
a room hub operably coupled to said local area network, a guest room control device operably coupled to said room hub, said guest room control device is a centralized electronic locking system component, a guest room energy management system component, a direct digital control system component, a minibar monitoring device, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing guest room control devices;
a guest room service device operably coupled to said room hub, said guest room service device is a computer, a voice over Internet Protocol phone, an Internet Protocol radio, a television signal converter, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing guest room service devices; and
wherein data between said local area network and said room hub is communicated in packets configured according to a first communications protocol.
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Abstract
A guest room service and control system for a building including a plurality of guest rooms, the guest room service and control system comprising: a local area network; a plurality of guest room networks operably coupled to the local area network, each guest room network of the plurality of guest room networks is associated with a guest room in the building, each guest room network includes: a room hub operably coupled to the local area network, a guest room control device operably coupled to the room hub, the guest room control device is a centralized electronic locking system component, a guest room energy management system component, a direct digital control system component, a minibar monitoring device, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing guest room contol devices. A guest room service device is also operably coupled to the room hub, the guest room service device is a computer, a voice over Internet Protocol phone, an Internet Protocol radio, a television signal converter, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing guest room service devices. Data between the local area network and the room hub is communicated in packets configured according to a first communications protocol.
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29 Claims
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1. A guest room service and control system for a building including a plurality of guest rooms, the guest room service and control system comprising:
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a local area network;
a plurality of guest room networks operably coupled to said local area network, each guest room network of said plurality of guest room networks is associated with a guest room in the building, said each guest room network includes;
a room hub operably coupled to said local area network, a guest room control device operably coupled to said room hub, said guest room control device is a centralized electronic locking system component, a guest room energy management system component, a direct digital control system component, a minibar monitoring device, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing guest room control devices;
a guest room service device operably coupled to said room hub, said guest room service device is a computer, a voice over Internet Protocol phone, an Internet Protocol radio, a television signal converter, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing guest room service devices; and
wherein data between said local area network and said room hub is communicated in packets configured according to a first communications protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A guest room service and control system for a first building including a first guest room and a second building including a second guest room, said guest room control system comprising:
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a remote server;
a first smart router in operable communication with said remote server, said first smart router is configured to receive data indicating an energy demand situation from said remote server;
a first energy management system component in said first guest room, said first smart router provides said data indicating said energy demand situation to said first energy management system component in said first guest room;
a second smart router in operable communication with said remote server, said second smart router is configured to receive said data indicating an energy demand situation from said remote server;
a second energy management system component in said second guest room, said second smart router provides said data indicating said energy demand situation to said second energy management system component in said second guest room. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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