| 摘要 |
A set-top box with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, the set-top box is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The set-top box is associated with a room and includes a housing that secures a television input, a television output, a processor, a transceiver, and memory therein in an interconnected bus architecture. The set-top box generates a default interactive portal as well as a guest-specific interactive portal, which is generated from a guest configuration profile having information including guest identification, a guest channel preference presentation, and a guest service preference presentation with guest account information. The guest configuration profile may also enable the creation of a local area wireless network with substantially the same behavior as the guest's home wireless network. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system for configuring a guest experience in a hospitality establishment having a plurality of rooms, the system comprising:
a plurality of set-top boxes respectively disposed in the plurality of rooms, each set-top box programmably assigned to a respective room, each set-top box comprising: a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, a transceiver, and memory therein; a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the television input, the television output, the transceiver, the processor, and the memory therebetween; the television input configured to receive a source signal from an external source, the source signal including a plurality of channels; the television output configured to forward a tuned signal to a television in the assigned room, the signal being tuned from the source signal at the set-top box; and the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive a guest configuration profile, the guest configuration profile including guest identification, a guest channel preference presentation, and a guest service preference presentation with guest account information, the guest configuration profile being a guest-specific, guest-customized set-top box generated environment referencing an explicit digital representation of a guest's identity;in response to receiving the guest configuration profile, temporarily override the default profile and generate a guest interactive portal including a guest indication acknowledgement, the guest channel preference presentation, and the guest service preference presentation;in response to receiving the guest configuration profile, activate a local area wireless network for a guest device to a network associated with the hospitality establishment;the local area wireless network having substantially identical behavior to a home wireless network belonging to the guest, the local area wireless network providing substantially identical network configuration and device login credentials as the home wireless network;in response to a default profile, generate a default interactive portal; andforward one of the guest interactive portal and the default interactive portal to the television via the television output; and wherein at least one of the plurality of set-top boxes respectively disposed in the plurality of rooms generates a guest interactive portal and at least one of the plurality of set-top boxes respectively disposed in the plurality of rooms generates a default interactive portal. |
