Systems and methods for communicating with customers in the hospitality industry
First Claim
1. An interactive customer computer system for a hospitality facility, comprising:
- a Web client, the Web client presenting information to and accepting requests from the customer;
a property management system server, the property management system server comprising a customer database of the hospitality facility;
an event management server, the event management server providing convention scheduling information to the customer;
a facility services server, the facility services server providing the customer with the ability to request a hospitality service and to review information on the hospitality service; and
a Web server, the Web server connecting to the Web client, the property management system server, the event management server, and the facility services server, wherein the Web server associates the customer with a customer record from the customer database by matching data accepted from a request by the customer with a data element of the customer record.
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Abstract
An interactive customer computer system for a hospitality facility includes a Web client, a property management system server, an event management server, a facility services server, an advertisement server, a security server, and a Web server. A customer accesses the customer computer system using the Web client. The Web server manages communication between the Web client and the property management system server, the event management server, the facility services server, advertisement server, and the security server. A hospitality facility administrator uses the customer computer system to send a message to a group of customers and to target advertising to customers based on information in the customer database of the property management system server. A customer uses the customer computer system to send a message to another customer and to obtain directions from a customer room to a location within the hospitality facility.
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37 Claims
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1. An interactive customer computer system for a hospitality facility, comprising:
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a Web client, the Web client presenting information to and accepting requests from the customer;
a property management system server, the property management system server comprising a customer database of the hospitality facility;
an event management server, the event management server providing convention scheduling information to the customer;
a facility services server, the facility services server providing the customer with the ability to request a hospitality service and to review information on the hospitality service; and
a Web server, the Web server connecting to the Web client, the property management system server, the event management server, and the facility services server, wherein the Web server associates the customer with a customer record from the customer database by matching data accepted from a request by the customer with a data element of the customer record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for sending a group message from a hospitality facility administrator to a group of associated customers of a hospitality facility using a Web server of an interactive customer computer system of the hospitality facility, comprising:
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displaying a group messaging Web page to the hospitality facility administrator;
receiving, from the hospitality facility administrator, a message comprising a code identifying the group of associated customers;
querying a customer database of the hospitality facility for customers who are associated with the code; and
sending the message to the customers. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A method for sending a message from a first customer of a hospitality facility to a second customer of the hospitality facility using a Web server of an interactive customer computer system of the hospitality facility, comprising:
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displaying a customer search Web page to the first customer;
receiving an identifier of the second customer from the first customer;
querying a customer database of the hospitality facility for customers associated with the identifier;
displaying the customers to the first customer;
receiving a selection from the customers from the first customer;
wherein the selection comprises the second customer;
displaying a messaging Web page addressed to the second customer to the first customer;
receiving a message from the first customer; and
sending the message to the second customer. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A method for targeting at least one banner advertisement to a group of associated customers of a hospitality facility using a Web server of an interactive customer computer system of the hospitality facility, comprising:
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receiving an advertisement campaign from an advertisement server, wherein the advertisement campaign comprises the at least one banner advertisement and a code identifying a group of associated customers;
querying a customer database of the hospitality facility for customers associated with the code; and
displaying the at least one banner advertisement on a Web page sent to an associated customer. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for displaying to a customer directions from a customer room to a location within a hospitality facility using a Web server of an interactive customer computer system of the hospitality facility, comprising:
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displaying a map service Web page to the customer;
receiving from the customer a map type for the location from the map service Web page and a Web client identifier;
querying a database of the Web server for a room corresponding to the Web client identifier; and
displaying to the customer a map depicting a route from the room to a nearest elevator and from the nearest elevator to the location. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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