System for automatically changing language of a traveler's temporary habitation by referencing a personal electronic device of the traveler

• US 9,507,775 B1
• Filed: 03/27/2015
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Scooter Studio LLC
• Original Assignee: James E. Niles
• Inventors: Niles, James E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHEDEKEL, TABITHA F
• Application Number:
  US14/670,738
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/263 Language identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

A traveler habitation language setting system, including a plurality of habitations, each habitation having at least one smart device having an active language, for use by a traveler having a native language and carrying a personal electronic device. Initially the system associates the personal electronic device of the traveler with one of the habitations. The system determines the native language of the traveler by contacting the personal electronic device and sets the active language of the smart device(s) for that habitation. Example habitations illustrated in the present disclosure include airplane seating locations that have seat back infotainment systems, and hotel rooms having television infotainment devices.

Claims

1. A system for automatically setting an active language within a habitation for use by a traveler intended to occupy said habitation, said traveler being in possession of a personal electronic device, said traveler having a native language, comprising:

at least one travel habitation for accommodating at least one traveler within said at least one habitation,

a smart device associated with said habitation, said smart device having a settable active language;

at least one transceiver sensor associated with said habitation and said smart device for wirelessly connecting with the personal electronic device of the traveler to be accommodated within said habitation to determine the native language of said traveler from the personal electronic device possessed by said traveler; and

a server, connected with said smart device said server being adapted to associate the habitation with said traveler, and said server being adapted to receive the native language determination of said traveler for said habitation from the at least one transceiver sensor, and said server adapted to automatically setting the active language of the smart device in said habitation to be said native language; and

/or

at least one smart device within said traveler habitation, capable of communicating the native language to other smart devices located in said traveler habitation.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the personal electronic device has a language setting which is set by the traveler to the native language of the traveler, and wherein the transceiver sensor obtains the language setting from said personal electronic device and/or determination of the active language of the personal electronic device and setting of the smart device active language happens at the smart device itself.

3. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein said at least one habitation is a plurality of hotel rooms located within a hotel, said hotel having a check-in device, connected to the server where said traveler is assigned to one of the hotel rooms, and wherein at least one transceiver sensor is located adjacent to the check-in device.

4. The system as recited in claim 3, wherein the at least one smart device of each habitation further comprises a television infotainment system.

5. The system as recited in claim 2, wherein said at least one habitation is a seating location within an airplane having a plurality of seating locations, said airplane having a boarding gate scanner connected to the server where the traveler is associated with one of the seating locations, and wherein at least one of the transceiver sensors is located adjacent to the boarding gate scanner.

6. The system as recited in claim 5, wherein the at least one smart device includes a seat back infotainment system.

7. A traveler habitation automatic language setting method for use with a plurality of temporary habitations that are part of a networked habitation systems, by a plurality of travelers, each traveler having a native language and carrying a personal electronic device, each habitation having at least one smart device having an active language setting, comprising the steps of:

associating the personal electronic device of the travelers with one of the habitations;

determining the native language of said travelers by contacting the personal electronic device by the networked habitation system;

automatically setting the active language of the at least one smart device associated with said habitation to the native language of said travelers; and

providing messages and information to the traveler in the active language.

8. The traveler habitation language setting method as recited in claim 7, wherein the personal electronic device has a language setting, and wherein the step of determining the native language of said traveler by contacting the personal electronic device further comprises determining the language setting of the personal electronic device.

9. The traveler habitation language setting method as recited in claim 8, wherein the networked system includes a check-in terminal and a transceiver sensor immediately adjacent to the check-in terminal;

wherein the step of associating the personal electronic device of one of the travelers with one of the habitations further comprises contacting said personal electronic devices with the transceiver sensor adjacent to the check-in terminal; and

wherein the step of determining the native language of said traveler by contacting the personal electronic device is performed by contacting the personal electronic device by said transceiver sensor.

10. The traveler habitation language setting method as recited in claim 9, wherein the habitations are hotel rooms that are part of a hotel having a check-in desk;

wherein the check-in terminal and transceiver sensors are located at the check-in desk; and

wherein the at least one smart device of each habitation further comprises a television infotainment system.

11. The traveler habitation language setting method as recited in claim 8, wherein the habitations are hotel rooms that are part of a hotel, wherein each habitation has a transceiver sensor;

wherein the step of associating the personal electronic device of one of the travelers with one of the habitations further comprises contacting said personal electronic devices with the transceiver sensor at one of the habitations and associating the personal electronic device with that habitation; and

wherein the step of determining the native language of said traveler by contacting the personal electronic device is performed by contacting the personal electronic device by said transceiver sensor.

12. The traveler habitation method as recited in claim 8, wherein the habitations are seating location on an airplane, wherein each habitation has a transceiver sensor and a seat back infotainment system;

wherein the step of associating the personal electronic device of one of the travelers with one of the habitations further comprises contacting said personal electronic devices with the transceiver sensor at one of the habitations and associating the personal electronic device with that habitation; and

wherein the step of determining the native language of said traveler by contacting the personal electronic device is performed by contacting the personal electronic device by said transceiver sensor.

13. The traveler habitation method as recited in claim 9, wherein the habitations are on an airplane, wherein the check-in terminal is a boarding gate scanner located at a boarding gate;

wherein the boarding gate scanner and transceiver sensor are located at the boarding gate; and

wherein the at least one smart device of each seating location further comprises an infotainment system.

14. A traveler habitation language setting method for use with a temporary habitation, by a traveler having a native language and carrying a personal electronic device, each said habitation having at least one smart device having an active language setting, comprising the steps of:

associating the personal electronic device of the traveler with the habitation

determining the native language of the traveler by contacting the personal electronic device by the at least one smart device in the habitation;

setting the active language of the smart device associated with said habitation to the native language of the traveler; and

providing messages and information to the traveler in the active language.

15. A traveler habitation language setting method as recited in claim 14, wherein the habitation has a transceiver sensor associated with the habitation and located nearby, and wherein the step of associating the personal electronic device of the traveler with the location further comprises entering the location by the traveler with the portable electronic device and contacting the personal electronic device by the transceiver sensor.

16. The traveler habitation language setting method as recited in claim 15, wherein the habitation is an airplane seating location, and wherein the at least one smart device includes an infotainment system.

17. The traveler habitation language setting method as recited in claim 16, wherein the portable electronic device has a language setting, and wherein the steps of determining the native language of the traveler by contacting the personal electronic device further comprises determining the language setting of the personal electronic device.

18. The traveler habitation language setting method as recited in claim 16, wherein the habitation is a hotel room, wherein the smart device include a television infotainment system.

19. The traveler habitation language setting method as recited in claim 18, wherein the portable electronic device has a language setting, and wherein the step of determining the native language of the traveler by contacting the personal electronic device further comprises determining the language setting of the personal electronic device.