HOSPITALITY MEDIA SYSTEM OPERATED BY MOBILE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A hospitality media system comprising:
- a media system controller;
a plurality of controllable devices accessible from within a plurality of rooms of a hospitality establishment, the controllable devices coupled to the media system controller by a computer network and preconfigured such that each of the controllable devices is in communication with and remotely operable by the media system controller via the computer network; and
a database storing an association between each of the rooms and one or more of the controllable devices that are accessible to a user within each room, the one or more of the controllable devices that are accessible within a particular room hereinafter referred to as in-room controllable devices of the particular room;
wherein the media system controller is operable to;
generate a passkey in response to an occurrence of a first event associated with the particular room;
store in the database an association between the passkey and the particular room;
cause the passkey to be displayed on a display device located within the particular room, whereby after being displayed in the particular room the passkey is entered into a mobile device by a user of the particular room;
establish data communications with the mobile device and receive the passkey from the mobile device;
query the database to find the particular room currently associated with the passkey received from the mobile device, whereby the particular room currently associated with the passkey is found to be the particular room in which the passkey was displayed;
query the database to find the in-room controllable devices of the particular room found associated with the passkey received from the mobile device;
include in an authorized subset of the controllable devices for which the mobile device is authorized to operate at least the in-room controllable devices of the particular room found associated with the passkey received from the mobile device;
operate the authorized subset of the controllable devices in dependence upon commands received from the mobile device until an occurrence of a second event associated with the particular room; and
remove from the database the association between the passkey and the particular room in response to the occurrence of the second event.
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Abstract
A hospitality media system includes a media system controller and a plurality of controllable devices operable by the media system controller, each of a plurality of rooms having one or more in-room controllable devices. A communication module performs data communications with a mobile device. An authentication module receives identification information from the mobile device, determines a registered room currently associated with the identification information, and includes in an authorized subset of the controllable devices for which the mobile device is authorized to operate at least the in-room controllable devices of the registered room. The media system controller operates the authorized subset of the controllable devices in dependence upon commands received from the mobile device.
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20 Claims
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1. A hospitality media system comprising:
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a media system controller; a plurality of controllable devices accessible from within a plurality of rooms of a hospitality establishment, the controllable devices coupled to the media system controller by a computer network and preconfigured such that each of the controllable devices is in communication with and remotely operable by the media system controller via the computer network; and a database storing an association between each of the rooms and one or more of the controllable devices that are accessible to a user within each room, the one or more of the controllable devices that are accessible within a particular room hereinafter referred to as in-room controllable devices of the particular room; wherein the media system controller is operable to; generate a passkey in response to an occurrence of a first event associated with the particular room; store in the database an association between the passkey and the particular room; cause the passkey to be displayed on a display device located within the particular room, whereby after being displayed in the particular room the passkey is entered into a mobile device by a user of the particular room; establish data communications with the mobile device and receive the passkey from the mobile device; query the database to find the particular room currently associated with the passkey received from the mobile device, whereby the particular room currently associated with the passkey is found to be the particular room in which the passkey was displayed; query the database to find the in-room controllable devices of the particular room found associated with the passkey received from the mobile device; include in an authorized subset of the controllable devices for which the mobile device is authorized to operate at least the in-room controllable devices of the particular room found associated with the passkey received from the mobile device; operate the authorized subset of the controllable devices in dependence upon commands received from the mobile device until an occurrence of a second event associated with the particular room; and remove from the database the association between the passkey and the particular room in response to the occurrence of the second event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of operating a plurality of controllable devices accessible from within a plurality of rooms of a hospitality establishment, the controllable devices coupled to a media system controller by a computer network and preconfigured such that each of the controllable devices is in communication with and remotely operable by the media system controller via the computer network, the media system controller having a database storing an association between each of the rooms and one or more of the controllable devices that are accessible to a user within each room, the one or more of the controllable devices that are accessible within a particular room hereinafter referred to as in-room controllable devices of the particular room;
- the method comprising;
generating a passkey in response to an occurrence of a first event associated with the particular room; storing in the database an association between the passkey and the particular room; displaying the passkey on a display device located within the particular room, whereby after being displayed in the particular room the passkey is entered into a mobile device by a user of the particular room; establishing data communications with the mobile device and receiving the passkey from the mobile device; querying the database to find the particular room currently associated with the passkey received from the mobile device, whereby the particular room currently associated with the passkey is found to be the particular room in which the passkey was displayed; querying the database to determine the in-room controllable devices of the particular room found associated with the passkey received from the mobile device; including in an authorized subset of the controllable devices for which the mobile device is authorized to operate at least the in-room controllable devices of the particular room found associated with the passkey received from the mobile device; operating the authorized subset of the controllable devices in dependence upon commands received from the mobile device until an occurrence of a second event associated with the particular room; and removing from the database the association between the passkey and the particular room in response to the occurrence of the second event. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A media system controller for operating a plurality of controllable devices accessible from within a plurality of rooms of a hospitality establishment, the controllable devices coupled to the media system controller by a computer network and preconfigured such that each of the controllable devices is in communication with and remotely operable by the media system controller via the computer network;
- the media system controller comprising;
a database storing an association between each of the rooms and one or more of the controllable devices that are accessible to a user within each room, the one or more of the controllable devices that are accessible within a particular room hereinafter referred to as in-room controllable devices of the particular room; and one or more processors configured to; generate a passkey in response to an occurrence of a first event associated with the particular room; store in the database an association between the passkey and the particular room; cause the passkey to be displayed on a display device located within the particular room, whereby after being displayed in the particular room the passkey is entered into a mobile device by a user of the particular room; establish data communications with the mobile device and receive the passkey from the mobile device; query the database to find the particular room currently associated with the passkey received from the mobile device, whereby the particular room currently associated with the passkey is found to be the particular room in which the passkey was displayed; query the database to find the in-room controllable devices of the particular room found associated with the passkey received from the mobile device; include in an authorized subset of the controllable devices for which the mobile device is authorized to operate at least the in-room controllable devices of the particular room found associated with the passkey received from the mobile device; operate the authorized subset of the controllable devices in dependence upon commands received from the mobile device until an occurrence of a second event associated with the particular room; and remove from the database the association between the passkey and the particular room in response to the occurrence of the second event.
- the media system controller comprising;
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