Patent ID: 9736532
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G08C,H04N

Claim:
1. A set-top box comprising: a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, memory, and storage therein; a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the television input, the television output, the processor, the memory, and the storage; a wireless transceiver associated with the housing and coupled to the busing architecture, the wireless transceiver operable to communicate with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device; the television input configured to receive a source signal from an external source; the television output configured to forward a fully tuned signal to a television; the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: a configuration profile associated with the memory and processor-executable instructions that enables the set-top box to control a plurality of proximate amenities in a multi-room environment, the plurality of proximate amenities including the particular amenity, the plurality of proximate amenities being associated with a user's stay in a lodging environment; the configuration profile, for each amenity of the plurality of amenities, including instructions for virtual buttons on a touch screen display, and instructions for associating virtual remote control functionality input instructions received as the spoken sequence of words from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device with commands; responsive to evaluating the spoken sequence of words, import content from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device and reformat the imported content such that the television output forwards a fully tuned signal including the imported content to the television; and wherein the fully tuned signal including the imported content provides an upstream parallel experience on the television related to the content on the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device.