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US 12,316,472 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 method for property management of a property, the method comprising:
- establishing communication with a plurality of room controllers distributed in a respective plurality of rooms at the property, each room controller comprising a processor, non-transitory memory, storage, a signal input, a signal output, and a transceiver interconnected in a busing architecture;
- storing in the storage of each room controller at least two profiles selected from the group consisting of an unoccupied room profile, an occupied room profile, a guest preference profile, and a housekeeping/maintenance profile;
- joining the transceiver of each room controller in network communication with an environmental amenity located within the respective room, the environmental amenity configured to control environmental conditions within the room;
- providing environmental conditions in each of the plurality of rooms based on the stored profiles, wherein:
- the unoccupied room profile defines environmental conditions when the room is unoccupied,
- the occupied room profile defines environmental conditions when the room is occupied, and
- the guest preference profile defines environmental conditions in a particular room when occupied by a specific guest;
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- executing processor instructions in the non-transitory memory of each room controller to:
- when the room is unoccupied, transmit environmental control information consistent with the unoccupied room profile via the transceiver to the environmental amenity, and
- when the room is occupied, transmit 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 method for property management of a property, the method comprising:
- establishing communication with a plurality of room controllers distributed in a respective plurality of rooms at the property, each room controller comprising a processor, non-transitory memory, storage, a signal input, a signal output, and a transceiver interconnected in a busing architecture;
- storing in the storage of each room controller at least two profiles selected from the group consisting of an unoccupied room profile, an occupied room profile, a guest preference profile, and a housekeeping/maintenance profile;
- joining the transceiver of each room controller in network communication with an environmental amenity located within the respective room, the environmental amenity configured to control environmental conditions within the room;
- providing environmental conditions in each of the plurality of rooms based on the stored profiles, wherein:
- the unoccupied room profile defines environmental conditions when the room is unoccupied,
- the occupied room profile defines environmental conditions when the room is occupied, and
- the housekeeping/maintenance profile defines environmental conditions;
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- executing processor instructions in the non-transitory memory of each room controller to:
- when the room is unoccupied, transmit environmental control information consistent with the unoccupied room profile via the transceiver to the environmental amenity,
- when the room is occupied, transmit 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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A method for property management of a property, the method comprising:
- establishing communication with a plurality of room controllers distributed in a respective plurality of rooms at the property, each room controller comprising a processor, non-transitory memory, storage, a signal input, a signal output, and a transceiver interconnected in a busing architecture;
- storing in the storage of each room controller at least two profiles selected from the group consisting of an unoccupied room profile, an occupied room profile, and a housekeeping/maintenance profile;
- joining the transceiver of each room controller in network communication with an environmental amenity located within the respective room, the environmental amenity configured to control environmental conditions within the room;
- providing environmental conditions in each of the plurality of rooms based on the stored profiles, wherein:
- the unoccupied room profile defines environmental conditions when the room is unoccupied,
- the occupied room profile defines environmental conditions when the room is occupied, and
- the housekeeping/maintenance profile defines environmental conditions;
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- executing processor instructions in the non-transitory memory of each room controller to:
- when the room is unoccupied, transmit environmental control information consistent with the unoccupied room profile via the transceiver to the environmental amenity,
- when the room is occupied, transmit 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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