Patent ID: 9686673
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A wirelessly enabled content delivery apparatus for use in a hospitality environment comprising: a surface, the surface has a front side, a back side, and a conductive layer within a thickness of the surface; a trench, the trench is formed in the conductive layer to define a touch area, the touch area is isolated from the rest of the conductive layer; a conductive pickup, the conductive pickup is mounted on a back side of the surface over the touch area and the conductive pickup is electrically connected to a capacitive touch controller, such that when a user touches the touch area on the front side of the surface the touch controller responds to the user's touch; a wireless data module, the wireless data module is fixed to the back side of the surface, the wireless data module is configured to communicate with the capacitive touch controller and a user device and to receive a wireless stream of data from the user device; and a data output interface, the data output interface is configured to receive data from the wireless data module, wherein the data is derived from the wireless stream of data.