Set-top box with interactive portal and system and method for use of same

A set-top box comprising:

• a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, and memory therein;
• a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the television input, the television output, the processor, and the memory therebetween;
• the television input configured to receive a source signal from an external source, the source signal including a plurality of channels;
• the television output configured to forward a tuned signal to a television in an assigned room, a signal being tuned from the source signal at the set-top box;
• and
• the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• generate, upon request, a housekeeping interactive portal providing a first interactive icon and a second interactive icon, the first interactive icon furnishing an informational job aid to ensure completion of each housekeeper's tasks, the second interactive icon furnishing a maintenance request, the informational job aid including a first visual indication that a maintenance item works properly and a second visual indication that a maintenance item requires the maintenance request,
• generate, upon request, a guest interactive portal providing the second interactive icon and a third interactive icon, the third icon furnishing a housekeeping request,
• receive an interactive instruction relative to one of the first, second, and third interactive icons, and
• send the interactive instruction to a server, the server determining, if the interactive instruction relates to the housekeeping request, the prioritization of the housekeeping request, the server determining, if the instruction relates to the maintenance request, the prioritization of the maintenance request;
• and
• wherein for an occupied room, the set-top box periodically resets the first interactive icon from a clean status to a dirty status.

A set-top box comprising:

• a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, and memory therein;
• a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the television input, the television output, the processor, and the memory therebetween;
• the television input configured to receive a source signal from an external source, the source signal including a plurality of channels;
• the television output configured to forward a tuned signal to a television in an assigned room, a signal being tuned from the source signal at the set-top box;
• and
• the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• generate, upon request, a housekeeping interactive portal providing a first interactive icon and a second interactive icon, the first interactive icon furnishing an informational job aid to ensure completion of each housekeeper's tasks, the second interactive icon furnishing a maintenance request, the informational job aid including a first visual indication that a maintenance item works properly and a second visual indication that a maintenance item requires the maintenance request,
• generate, upon request, a guest interactive portal providing the second interactive icon and a third interactive icon, the third icon furnishing a housekeeping request,
• receive an interactive instruction relative to one of the first, second, and third interactive icons, and
• send the interactive instruction to the server.