Patent ID: 8985443
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
1. A method for self-service access to a card key locked room of a facility, the method comprising: retrieving a card key for a room of a facility, the card key having a unique card identifier and a graphical identifier printed on a surface of the card key; activating a mobile application resident on a mobile communication device of a guest, the mobile application authenticated to the guest to produce a unique guest identity for the guest, the mobile application for a loyalty program of the facility; scanning the graphical identifier with mobile communication device using the mobile application to decode and produce the unique card identifier for the card key; transmitting the guest identity and the unique card identifier from the mobile application over a network to a remote server, the server in communication with a card key management system; receiving the guest identity and the unique card identifier at the server, interfacing with the card key management system and registering the card identifier with a room selected for the guest associated with the guest identity; and accessing the room using the card key.