Display Device Mediator for Hotel TV Remote Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hotel television systems lack convenient methods for changing local content and providing guests with easy access to various channels, often missing program guides and amenities typical of home viewing experiences.
Innovation Solution
A display device acts as a communication medium between a remote control device and a set back box or user device, generating and transmitting key codes to control devices without altering the codes, enabling seamless communication and control of user receiving devices for channel management and content distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a remote control device directly controls a set back box, then control functionality is achieved, but the system complexity increases and guest access becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The display device serves as an intermediary between the remote control device and the set back box. The remote control sends commands to the display device, which then forwards the appropriate key code signals to the set back box. This mediator approach simplifies the user interface while maintaining full control functionality, as the display device handles the complexity of signal routing and code translation.
2Loss of information
If hotel systems provide local content channels, then information distribution to guests is improved, but the ability to easily change and manage content deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service content management where the display device automatically routes control signals from the remote control to the set back box without requiring manual intervention from hotel staff. Guests can independently change channels and access content, while the system automatically manages the communication between devices, reducing the need for operational intervention.
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AI summary
A method and system for controlling a controlled device includes a display device and a remote control device generating a key code and communicating the first key code signal corresponding to the key code to the display device. The display device Communicates the key code of the key code signal through the display device without changing the key code and communicates a second key code signal from the display device to a controlled device. The controlled device is controlled in response to the key code in the second key code signal.