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US 11,855,798 B2Granted
Hospitality property management tool and system and method for use of same
AssigneeEnseo, LLC
InventorsThomas R. Miller, Vanessa Ogle, William C. Fang
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Abstract
A hospitality property management tool and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, set-top boxes are located in respective rooms at a hospitality establishment. The set-top boxes are joined in network communication with environmental amenities, such as lights and a thermostat that respectively control lighting and temperature. The set-top boxes utilize an unoccupied room profile and occupied room profile to set the environmental conditions, such as lighting and temperature, in the rooms. A guest preference profile may be activated within a room to provide guest-specific environmental conditions in the room associated with the guest.
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A system for property management of a property, the system comprising:
- a programming interface being configured to communicate with a plurality of set-top boxes located in a respective plurality of rooms at the property, each of the plurality of set-top boxes having a processor, non-transitory memory, storage, a signal input, a signal output, and a transceiver communicatively interconnected in a busing architecture, the storage storing at least two of an unoccupied room profile, an occupied room profile, and a guest preference profile, the transceiver configured to be joined in network communication with an environmental amenity, the environmental amenity being co-located within the room of the respective set-top box, the environmental amenity controlling an environmental condition within the room of the respective set-top box;
- the unoccupied room profile providing environmental conditions in each of the plurality of rooms when unoccupied;
- the occupied room profile providing the environmental conditions in each of the plurality of rooms when occupied;
- the guest preference profile providing the environmental conditions in a particular room of the plurality of rooms when occupied by a particular guest;
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- for each of the plurality of set-top boxes, the non-transitory memory being accessible to the processor, the non-transitory memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- when the room is unoccupied, send environmental control information consistent with the unoccupied room profile via the transceiver to the environmental amenity, and
- when the room is occupied, send the environmental control information via the transceiver to the environmental amenity consistent with one of the occupied room profile and the guest preference profile.
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A system for property management of a property, the system comprising:
- a programming interface being configured to communicate with a plurality of set-top boxes located in a respective plurality of rooms at the property, each of the plurality of set-top boxes having a processor, non-transitory memory, storage, a signal input, a signal output, and a transceiver communicatively interconnected in a busing architecture, the storage storing at least two of an unoccupied room profile, an occupied room profile, a guest preference profile, and a housekeeping/maintenance profile, the transceiver configured to be joined in network communication with an environmental amenity, the environmental amenity being co-located within the room of the respective set-top box, the environmental amenity controlling an environmental condition within the room of the respective set-top box;
- the unoccupied room profile providing environmental conditions in each of the plurality of rooms when unoccupied;
- the occupied room profile providing the environmental conditions in each of the plurality of rooms when occupied;
- the guest preference profile providing the environmental conditions in a particular room of the plurality of rooms when occupied by a particular guest;
- the housekeeping/maintenance profile, the housekeeping/maintenance profile providing environmental conditions;
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- for each of the plurality of set-top boxes, the non-transitory memory being accessible to the processor, the non-transitory memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- when the room is unoccupied, send environmental control information consistent with the unoccupied room profile via the transceiver to the environmental amenity,
- when the room is occupied, send environmental control information via the transceiver to the environmental amenity consistent with one of the occupied room profile and the guest preference profile, and
- temporarily override one of the unoccupied room profile, occupied room profile, and the guest preference profile with the housekeeping/maintenance profile.
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A system for property management of a property, the system comprising:
- a programming interface being configured to communicate with a plurality of set-top boxes located in a respective plurality of rooms at the property, each of the plurality of set-top boxes having a processor, non-transitory memory, storage, a signal input, a signal output, and a transceiver communicatively interconnected in a busing architecture, the storage storing at least two of an unoccupied room profile, an occupied room profile, and a housekeeping/maintenance profile, the transceiver configured to be joined in network communication with an environmental amenity, the environmental amenity being co-located within the room of the respective set-top box, the environmental amenity controlling an environmental condition within the room of the respective set-top box;
- the unoccupied room profile providing environmental conditions in each of the plurality of rooms when unoccupied;
- the occupied room profile providing the environmental conditions in each of the plurality of rooms when occupied;
- the housekeeping/maintenance profile, the housekeeping/maintenance profile providing environmental conditions;
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- for each of the plurality of set-top boxes, the non-transitory memory being accessible to the processor, the non-transitory memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- when the room is unoccupied, send environmental control information consistent with the unoccupied room profile via the transceiver to the environmental amenity,
- when the room is occupied, send environmental control information consistent with the occupied room profile via the transceiver to the environmental amenity, and
- temporarily override one of the unoccupied room profile and occupied room profile with the housekeeping/maintenance profile.
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