Set-Top Box Integration for Keyless Hotel Access and Room Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing locking systems in hospitality establishments, such as hotels, face challenges in providing enhanced convenience and security, particularly in managing guest access and controlling amenities like televisions, while minimizing misplacement and ensuring ease of use.
Innovation Solution
A set-top box with a wireless transceiver, processor, and memory that integrates with an electronic door locking apparatus and display, enabling enhanced behavioral controls by pairing with guest devices for keyless entry and controlling room amenities, and communicating with servers for management and status updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional mechanical locks or magnetic access cards are used, then security is provided, but convenience and ease of use deteriorate due to misplacement and complex operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the door locking apparatus and the set-top box into a single integrated system. The door lock and television control functions are merged into one device, eliminating the need for separate keycards and remote controls. This integration improves ease of use by providing unified access control while maintaining security through the same authentication mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The door locking apparatus is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a security device for door access and a control device for the television. By making the locking apparatus universal, the patent eliminates the need for separate access cards and remote controls, thereby improving convenience without compromising security.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate devices (keycard, remote control) are used, then specific functions are provided, but device complexity and the need for additional controls increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the door locking apparatus and the set-top box into a single integrated system. The door lock and television control functions are combined into one device, eliminating the need for separate keycards and remote controls. This integration reduces the number of devices while maintaining all necessary functionalities.
Solution Approach 2:
The door locking apparatus is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a security device for door access and a control device for the television. By making the locking apparatus universal, the patent eliminates the need for separate access cards and remote controls, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If integrated control is implemented, then convenience and user experience are enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the door locking apparatus and the set-top box into a single integrated system. The door lock and television control functions are merged into one device, eliminating the need for separate keycards and remote controls. This integration improves ease of use by providing unified access control while maintaining security through the same authentication mechanism.
Data Source
AI summary
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.