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Set Top/Back Box, System and Method for Providing a Remote Control Device

  • US 20170150201A1
  • Filed: 02/02/2017
  • Published: 05/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A set top/back box comprising:

  • a housing;

    one or more wireless transceivers associated with the housing, the one or more wireless transceivers operable to communicate with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device;

    a television input and a television output secured in the housing, the television input and the television output for receiving content from a source in a lodging environment and forwarding content to a television;

    a processor coupled to the one or more wireless transceivers and the television input and the television output;

    a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;

    send formatted parallel audiovisual experience instructions to a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device paired with the set top/back box,provide instructions for virtual buttons on a touch screen display associated with the proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device, the virtual buttons being associated with a particular amenity,receive and process virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device, andsend a command to the particular amenity;

    a configuration profile associated with the memory and processor-executable instructions that enables the set top/back box to control a plurality of proximate amenities in a multi-room environment, the plurality of proximate amenities including the particular amenity, the plurality of proximate amenities being associated with a user'"'"'s stay in the lodging environment;

    the configuration profile, for each amenity of the plurality of amenities, including instructions for virtual buttons on a touch screen display, and instructions for associating virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the touch screen display with commands; and

    wherein the formatted parallel audiovisual experience instructions include instructions that selectively display one or more sets of virtual buttons on the touch screen display, the one or more sets of virtual buttons relate to the plurality of amenities.

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