Set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of same

A set-top box comprising:

• a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, memory, and storage therein;
• a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the television input, the television output, the processor, the memory, and the storage;
• a wireless transceiver associated with the housing and coupled to the busing architecture, the wireless transceiver operable to communicate with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device;
• the television input configured to receive a source signal from an external source;
• the television output configured to forward a fully tuned signal to a display;
• the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including first processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• pair with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door, the electronic door locking apparatus being room-collocated with the set-top box,
• receive and process keycard data from the electronic door locking apparatus,
• evaluate the keycard data to determine access rights,
• generate a command signal relative to the access rights, and
• send the command signal to the electronic door locking apparatus;
• and
• the memory including second processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• establish a pairing between a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device and the set-top box,
• receive and process virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device,
• evaluate the functionality input instructions to assign a meaning,
• generate a command signal, the command signal relates to causing one of the electronic door locking apparatus to unlock the door, the electronic door locking apparatus to alternate a do not disturb status, and re-programming the electronic door locking apparatus, and
• send the command signal to the electronic door locking apparatus.

A set-top box comprising:

• a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, memory, and storage therein;
• a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the television input, the television output, the processor, the memory, and the storage;
• a wireless transceiver associated with the housing and coupled to the busing architecture, the wireless transceiver operable to communicate with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device;
• the television input configured to receive a source signal from an external source;
• the television output configured to forward a fully tuned signal to a display;
• the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• pair with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door, the electronic door locking apparatus being room-collocated with the set-top box,
• receive and process keycard data from the electronic door locking apparatus,
• generate a command signal relative to the keycard data, and
• send the command signal to the electronic door locking apparatus.