System and method for decorating a hotel room

• US 9,195,677 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2012
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Courtney Ball, Stephen Ball
• Original Assignee: Courtney Ball, Stephen Ball
• Inventors: Ball, Stephen, Ball, Courtney
• Primary Examiner(s): Keaton, Sherrod
• Assistant Examiner(s): Blaufeld, Justin R
• Application Number:
  US13/476,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20120297325A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,282 Days
• Field of Search: 715/764, 715/782, 715848-852, 703/3, 703/6, 345419-427
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3185 Geometric adjustment, e.g. keystone or convergence optical or mechanical adjustment of convergence H04N9/317; using scanning means H04N3/22; optical or mechanical adjustments of projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14

Abstract

System and method for displaying and managing content includes a database of content that a user may access, select and pay for. The content is distributed to a projection device and the user is able to control the projection with the use of a pointing device.

Claims

1. A computer system for managing the distribution of decorating content for decorating a private hotel room, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage comprising preferred decorating content uploaded over a network by a plurality of hotel guests, and subscription decorating content uploaded by a plurality of copyright holders for revenue;

a preference processor receiving input from a plurality of user interfaces operated by each of the plurality of hotel guests, the input including each hotel guest'"'"'s decorating preferences;

at least one projection system mounted inside each of the plurality of private hotel rooms, each projection system comprising a plurality of screens and a controller, the plurality of screens including a picture frame and a projection projected directly on a ceiling, a wall, or a piece of furniture,

wherein the controller automatically determines the identity of a first hotel guest among the plurality of hotel guests when the first hotel guest is inside a first private hotel room among the plurality of private hotel rooms, the first private hotel room being reserved by the first hotel guest;

a server in electronic communication with the non-transitory computer readable storage, the preference processor, and the projection systems, wherein the server;

receives the identity of the first hotel guest,

receives the first hotel guest'"'"'s decorating preferences responsive to the preference processor receiving an input including the first hotel guest'"'"'s decorating preferences,

receives the size of the first private hotel room and the layout of the first private hotel room, the layout including the number and placement of screens in the first private hotel room,

selects a selection of the preferred decorating content and a selection of the subscription decorating content based on the size and layout of the first private hotel room and the first hotel guest'"'"'s decorating preferences, and

transmits the selection of the preferred decorating content

and the selection of the subscription decorating content to the controller of the first projection system over the network;

wherein the controller causes the first projection system to project the selections onto the plurality of screens.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of user interfaces comprises a web page or an application for a mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a pointer operated by the first hotel guest, the pointer controlling positioning of at least one of the selection of the preferred decorating content and the selection of the subscription decorating content displayed by the controller of the first private hotel room, the first hotel guest clicking and dragging the at least one of the selection of the preferred decorating content and the selection of the subscription decorating content using the pointer.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the controller and at least one screen in the first private hotel room comprise a single physical device.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the controller of the first hotel room automatically adjusts an angle of display of at least one of the selection of the preferred decorating content and the selection of the subscription decorating content selection of the decorating content, creating an undistorted view of the at least one of the selection of the preferred decorating content and the selection of the subscription decorating content displayed on one of the screens.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of screens in the first private hotel room simultaneously displays a different one of the selection of the preferred decorating content and the selection of the subscription decorating content.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the selection of the preferred decorating content and the selection of the subscription decorating content comprises advertising.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein determining the room layout of the first private hotel room comprises scanning the first private hotel room.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the decorating preferences of the first hotel guest comprises a decorating theme and the selecting the selection of the preferred decorating content or the selection of the subscription decorating content is based on the decorating theme.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein a proximity to the first private hotel room of the first hotel guest is detected and the controller of the first private hotel room automatically displays the selection of the preferred decorating content or the selection of the subscription decorating content when the proximity reaches a predetermined threshold.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the selection of the preferred decorating content and the selection of the subscription decorating content comprises:

recommended content based on the decorating preferences of the one of the plurality of hotel guests; and

, subscription content provided on a subscription basis.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein a subset of the decorating content is uploaded using the user interface.

13. The system of claim 1 further decorating a plurality of physical surfaces in a second private hotel room,

the server identifying another of the plurality of hotel guests and selecting another selection of decorating content based on the decorating preferences of the another of the plurality of hotel guests and the plurality of physical surfaces;

a second controller receiving the another selection of the decorating content over the network

and displaying the another selection of the decorating content on the second plurality of physical surfaces.