Patent ID: 9654826
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G07C,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A system for providing awareness in a hospitality environment, the system comprising: a vertical and horizontal array of set-top boxes, each set-top box being associated with a room in the 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 data packet associated with the proximate wireless-enabled interactive device, the data packet including 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; 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; a server located within the hospitality environment and in communication with the vertical and horizontal array of wireless routers, the server including: 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.