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1. A system for providing awareness in an environment, the system comprising:
a vertical and horizontal array of set-top boxes, each set-top box being associated with a room in a hospitality environment, each set-top box having an identification including a room identifier; each set-top box of the vertical and horizontal array including:
a housing;a wireless transceiver associated with the housing, the wireless transceiver configured to send a beacon to communicate with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device;a television input and a television output secured in the housing, the television input and the television output configured to respectively receive content from a source in the hospitality environment and forward content to a television;a processor coupled to the wireless transceiver and the television input and the television output;a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
periodically transmit an identification beacon signal including set-top box identification; the wireless-enabled interactive device including:
a housing;an emergency button;a processor coupled to a wireless transceiver;a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive set-top box identification beacon signals;measure the strength of the identification beacon signals;periodically transmit a broadcast signal including a data packet having at least one set-top box identification, a corresponding signal strength identification indicating the strength of the set-top box identification beacon signal, and a proximate wireless-enabled interactive device identification;responsive to the activation of the emergency button, immediately transmit a broadcast signal including a data packet having at least one set-top box identification, a corresponding signal strength identification indicating the strength of the set-top box identification beacon signal, a proximate wireless-enabled interactive device identification, and an emergency alert; a vertical and horizontal array of wireless routers disposed in the hospitality environment, each wireless router configured to receive the data packet from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device and forward the data packet; and a server located within the hospitality environment and in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of wireless routers, the server including:
a processor; anda memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive the data packet from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device;process the data packet to determine the set-top box identification of strongest signal strength and the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device identification;determine the location of the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device as being proximate to the set-to box of strongest signal strength; the location of the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device being determined following communication from the vertical and horizontal array of set-top boxes to the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device to the vertical and horizontal array of wireless routers to the server; and
responsive to the data packet including an emergency alert, activating an emergency alert notification. |
