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US 2022/0191585 A1Published application
Set-Top Box with Enhanced Behavioral Controls and System and Method for Use of Same
AssigneeEnseo, LLC
InventorsThomas R. Miller, Vanessa Ogle, William C. Fang
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Abstract
A set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a signal input, a signal output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box may pair with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door that is room-collocated with the set-top box in a hospitality establishment. The set-top box may then reprogram the electronic door locking apparatus as well as control amenities, such as a display, in response to presence signal from the electronic door locking apparatus.
Claims20
A set-top box comprising:
- a housing securing a. signal input, a signal output, a processor, memory, and storage therein;
- a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the signal input, the signal output, the processor, memory, and the storage;
- a wireless transceiver associated with the housing and coupled to the busing architecture, the wireless transceiver configured to communicate with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door, the electronic door locking apparatus being room-collocated with the set-top box;
- the signal input configured to receive a source signal from an external source;
- the signal output configured to forward a fully tuned signal to a display;
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- the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- pair with the electronic door locking apparatus,
- 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.
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A set-top box comprising:
- a housing securing a signal input, a signal output, a processor, memory, and storage therein;
- a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the signal input, the signal output, the processor, the memory, and the storage;
- a wireless transceiver associated with the housing and coupled to the busing architecture, the wireless transceiver configured to communicate with as electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door, the electronic door locking apparatus being room-collocated with the set-top box;
- the signal input configured to receive a source signal from an external source;
- the signal output configured to forward a fully tuned signal to a display;
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- the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- 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.
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A set-top box comprising:
- a housing securing a signal input, a signal output, a processor, memory, and storage therein;
- a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the signal input, the signal output, the processor, the memory, and the storage;
- a wireless transceiver associated with the housing and coupled to the busing architecture, the wireless transceiver configured to communicate with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door, the electronic door locking apparatus being room-collocated with the set-top box;
- the signal input configured to receive a source signal from an external source;
- the signal output configured to forward a fully tuned signal to a display;
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- the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- send the command signal to the electronic door locking apparatus.
- 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,
- send the command signal to the electronic door locking apparatus, and
- forward a status indicator to a remote server.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.