Person occupancy detection in hotels using UWB Technology and integration with matter Protocol in STB

A method comprising:

• scanning, by a hotel management server (HMS) communications interface (HMSCOM), for an HMS associated with a given hotel, at least one ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency for an UWB ranging signal emitted by a UWB tag (UWBT);
• and
• when the scanning results in a detecting of the UWB ranging signal,
• designating the UWBT as a detected UWBT (DUWBT);
• determining an HMS determined distance of the DUWBT from the HMS;
• determining whether the determined distance of the DUWBT from the HMS is within a threshold range;
• and
• when the determined distance of the DUWBT from the HMS is within the threshold range;
• and
• determining whether the determined distance is decreasing over time;
• and
• wherein a set top box (STB) is associated with a given hotel room, in the given hotel, and is communicatively coupled by a local area network (LAN) to the HMS;
• wherein an electronic device is associated with the given hotel room and communicatively coupled to the STB;
• and
• wherein the HMS instructs the STB to configure the electronic device, into a given configuration, when the determined distance is decreasing over time.

A computer readable medium containing non-transitory computer instructions which, when executed by a processor in a hotel management server (HMS) for a given hotel instantiates at least one computer engine which instruct the HMS to perform HMS operations (HMSO);

• wherein the HMS server is coupled to a local area network (LAN) provided by a hotel;
• wherein a set top box (STB) is coupled to the LAN, associated with a given hotel room in the given hotel, and further coupled to an electronic device in the given hotel room;
• and
• wherein the HMSO include:
• scanning at least one ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency for an UWB ranging signal emitted by a UWB tag (UWBT) associated with a user device;
• and
• when the scanning results in a detecting of the UWB ranging signal, the HMSO further include:
• designating the UWBT as a detected UWBT (DUWBT);
• determining an HMS determined distance of the DUWBT from the HMS;
• determining whether the determined distance of the DUWBT from the given hotel room is within a threshold range;
• and
• when the determined distance of the DUWBT from the HMS is within the threshold range,
• determining whether the determined distance is decreasing over time;
• and
• when the determined distance is decreasing over time, instructing the STB to configure the given electronic device into a given configuration.