KR20070082256A - Hotel total solution service method using network interlock handy terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A hotel total solution service method using a mobile terminal interworking with a network is provided to allow hotel guests to receive various information about business and sightseeing by using contents of servers of established several agencies. A hotel guest selects whether to manipulate a guest room by using a mobile terminal(S100). The guest selects 'Yes' and then selects a corresponding device such as a lamp, a curtain, a TV, a VOD, and etc.(S101). The guest selects a corresponding function of the corresponding device(S102), and generates and transmits Ir DATA(S103,S104) to receive a desired hotel service. When the guest selects 'No'(S100), it is checked whether the user selects a room service or not(S105). When the user selects 'Yes', a room service menu can be selected(S106), a hotel server can be connected(S107), and a corresponding server can be requested(S108) to receive various services of the hotel.

Description

Hotel total solution service method using network-connected portable terminal {HOTEL TOTAL SOLUTION SERVICE METHOD USING NETWORK INTERLOCK HANDY TERMINAL}

1 is a block diagram of a portable terminal for a hotel total solution applied to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a hotel total using a network-linked portable terminal applied to the present invention

        Full schematic diagram of the solution service method.

Figure 3 is a hotel total using a network-linked portable terminal applied to the present invention

        Flowchart of solution service method.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

10: portable terminal

11: Infrared communication (Ir or DA) transmitter and receiver

12: Wireless Internet (WiFi, CDMA, WIbro)

16: main portable terminal module

The present invention relates to a hotel total solution service method using a network-connected portable terminal, and more specifically, to a guest by providing each portable terminal (eg, PDA, PMP, PDA phone, smartphone, etc.) directly to the customer. You can use the online service by your choice, and you can receive a dedicated telephone service during your travel period in the wireless network support environment in the hotel, and use various contents of servers of various organizations for work and tourism. In this way, the service environment for comfortable travel can be built by receiving this information, which greatly improves the quality and reliability of the total solution for the hotel, thereby providing a good image for consumers.

First, the present invention is based on a patent application No. 0531141 (Application No. 2003-0020635) (name: home automation system and method using IR and RF integrated remote control module) registered and filed by the present applicant. It is to be revealed.

As is well known, home automation is a system for automating the management of household affairs, mainly of electronic devices and autonomous devices. It refers to the automation of home and family life. Its main systems include home shopping, home banking, home security for crime prevention and disaster prevention, control of electricity and gas, automatic measurement of meter, house cooking such as automatic cooking equipment, energy and lighting. Energy systems such as air-conditioning and hot water management For example, it is possible to automate the management of the house by switching a switch at a certain time to start a video cassette or to lock the door, to control the temperature of the room or the bath, and to prevent gas leakage. In addition to office automation (OA) and factory automation (FA), home automation (HA) is becoming commonplace.

However, the following problems also occur with home automation.

In other words, the guest of the conventional hotel is provided with a key at the time of check-in and inputted to the terminal of the front desk so that the customers in the room can control the home network using a separate remote controller. In the case of a telephone, it is troublesome to use the telephone in the room through the exchange, and in order to use various hotel services, the room service is ordered and processed through the telephone. For the purpose of guidance, a separate reservation, interpretation, or guided guide was required.

Therefore, as a result, since the conventional hotel work was focused on face-to-face service on an offline basis, there was an increase factor such as efficiency and service provision cost, and an uncomfortable problem occurred due to problems such as language.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, using a portable terminal (eg, PDA, PMP, PDA phone, smart phone, etc.) operating on the network to the various devices in the room The first purpose is to provide control, and the second purpose is to enable the use of voice telephone network (VoIP) telephone for travel destinations in hotel premises and wireless network environment, and the third purpose is hotel system. In addition to processing a variety of services in conjunction with the wireless network to support a variety of information services in conjunction with the server of various organizations in the environment that supports the wireless network, the fourth purpose is to work and tourism, etc. It is intended to be used in various fields of the company, and the fifth purpose is to greatly improve the quality and reliability of the hotel total solution. The hotel offers a total solution service method using a portable terminal having a good network works to help instill the image.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an infrared communication (Ir or DA) transmitter and receiver, a wireless Internet (WiFi, CDMA, WIbro) transmitter and receiver, a camera, a main controller, a Bluetooth transmitter and receiver, a main portable terminal module, a power supply, and a host. A) using various services in a hotel by using a portable terminal having a wireless network function with a HOST SYNC unit; b) using a personal mobile phone service in the hotel; c) displaying room status and confirming visitors for employees and visitors; d) provides a total solution service method using a network-connected portable terminal, the method comprising: a content use service step of accessing an external server.

Hereinafter, described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving this purpose are as follows.

Hotel total solution service method using a network-linked portable terminal applied to the present invention is configured as shown in Figs.

In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The following terms are terms set in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the producer, and their definitions should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

First, the present invention is an infrared communication (Ir or DA) transmitting and receiving unit 11, radio waves in which the collected light rays in the infrared frequency spectrum measured as shown in FIG. 1 are modulated into information and sent to a receiver within a relatively short distance from the transmitter. B) Wireless Internet (WiFi, CDMA, WIbro) transmitter / receiver unit 12, which is a local area network (LAN) using an infrared transmission method, a camera 13 for photographing people or various objects, a main control unit 14 for controlling a portable terminal, and a local area A main portable terminal that displays images by connecting a computer, a mobile terminal, and a home appliance to a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth transmitter / receiver unit 15 for enabling real-time communication in two directions and a CPU and a memory. A mobile device having a wireless network function including a module 16, a power supply unit 17, and a host sink unit 18 for installing various programs. Using the terminal 10

a) using various services in the hotel;

b) using a personal mobile phone service in the hotel;

c) displaying room status and confirming visitors for employees and visitors;

d) provides a total solution service method using the network-connected portable terminal of the content use service step of accessing an external server.

At this time, the portable terminal 10 applied to the present invention is preferably PDA (personal digital assistants), but need not be limited to this may be used as a portable multimedia player (PMP), PDA phone, smartphone, etc. Of course.

And the steps of a), b), c), d) using the portable terminal 10 applied to the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the infrared communication (Ir or DA) transmitter and receiver 11 Manipulating the various devices in the room using; Using a voice packet network (VoIP) phone with roaming in the hotel or with an outside AP; Processing various room services in association with various servers in the hotel; Displaying information desired by the guest through a signal transmitted from the portable terminal 10 through the LCD and the LED, and confirming the visitor by connecting to the TV in the room by using the camera 13 embedded by the call button of the visitor; Providing and booking additional facilities in the hotel in association with various servers in the hotel; Requesting output of necessary data such as surrounding maps; Receiving a service linked with a server of various external organizations (transportation, tourism, reservation, etc.); Providing a trilateral or multilateral interpretation service call in conjunction with an interpretation service server; And an external emergency rescue request step, thereby providing a hotel total solution service method using a network-connected portable terminal.

On the other hand, the present invention may be variously modified and may take various forms in applying the above configuration.

And it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific forms referred to in the above description, but rather includes all modifications, equivalents and substitutions within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It should be understood that.

If described in more detail the effect of the hotel total solution service method using the network-connected portable terminal of the present invention configured as described above.

First of all, the present invention provides each guest with a portable terminal 10 (eg, PDA, PMP, PDA phone, smartphone, etc ..). In the support environment, you can receive a dedicated telephone service during your travel period, and build a service environment for comfortable travel by receiving various information from work and tourism using the contents of servers of various institutes. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 as follows.

That is, the customer staying in the hotel selects whether to operate the room equipment using the portable terminal 10 provided by the hotel (S100), in which the infrared communication (Ir or DA) mounted on the portable terminal 10. Of course, using the transceiver 11 to control the various devices in the room.

Whether to proceed according to the selection as described above, the customer selects "Yes" and then the corresponding device selection (S101) to select any one of the devices, such as lights, curtains, TV, VOD in the room. After that, the customer selects the function corresponding to the corresponding device (S102), and after the Ir DATA generation (S103) and the Ir DATA transmission (S104), the customer receives the desired hotel service.

On the other hand, if the customer selects "No" at the time of selecting whether to operate the room equipment (S100) whether or not to proceed again according to the room service selection (S105). At this time, if the user selects "Yes", various services of the hotel are provided by the sequential steps of the room service menu selection (S106), the hotel server connection (S107), and the corresponding server request (S108).

At this time, the room service menu can be ordered directly while viewing a room service order, cleaning reservation and status check, internal emergency request, or meal menu on a terminal in conjunction with a server in a hotel.

On the other hand, if the customer selects "No" at the time of selecting the room service (S105), the process proceeds to the server service (S109), and if the customer selects "No" during the selection of the server service, the user moves back to the initial state. If the customer selects "Yes", after going through the corresponding server service step (S111) step after the server connection (S110) step proceeds to the initial state.

At this time, the corresponding server service execution (S111) is linked with various organizations to provide tourist information, road guide information, culture and performance guide, and various mall guides and advertisements.

In addition, the present invention is that the server service execution (S111) is an interpretation service can be a three-way or multi-party call, both the IP phone and the earphone to operate at the same time, the multi-party can configure a conference system by connecting several earphones at the same time have.

On the other hand, the present invention in the step of using the voice packet network (VoIP) telephone, the telephone software using the voice packet network (VoIP) telephone, the hotel service control program for processing of hotel rooms and room services, and to receive external services Various functions are performed by the browser.

And the present invention d) in the content use service step by accessing an external server, the remote control signal and the RF signal transmitted by the user through the home gateway (HOME GATEWAY) for the control of home appliances and other devices in a specific area In order to transmit to each device and determine the status of each device, the status signal is received from each sensor module and transmitted to the home gateway so that the user can remotely determine the status of the device.

As described in detail above, the present invention is to control various devices in the room by using a portable terminal (for example, PDA, PMP, PDA phone, smartphone, etc.) operating on the network, especially in the hotel premises In the wireless network environment, a voice packet network (VoIP) telephone is used to enable the telephone to travel. In addition, in addition to processing various services in conjunction with the hotel system, in addition to the wireless network is supported in the environment, it is possible to receive a variety of information services by interlocking with servers of various organizations, as a result, in each field such as work and tourism It is a very useful invention that can greatly improve the quality and reliability of the hotel total solution, thereby allowing consumers to plant a good image.

Claims (4)

Infrared communication (Ir or DA) transmitter and receiver, wireless internet (WiFi, CDMA, WIbro) transmitter and receiver, camera, main controller, Bluetooth transmitter and receiver, main portable terminal module, power supply, host sink (HOST SYNC) Using a portable terminal 10 having a wireless network function a) using various services in the hotel; b) using a personal mobile phone service in the hotel; c) displaying room status and confirming visitors for employees and visitors; d) a content use service step of accessing an external server; and a hotel total solution service method using a network-connected portable terminal, characterized in that used. According to claim 1, Each step of a), b), c), d) using the portable terminal 10, Manipulating various devices in the cabin using an infrared communication (Ir or DA) transmitter and receiver; Using a voice packet network (VoIP) phone with roaming in the hotel or with an outside AP; Processing various room services in association with various servers in the hotel; Displaying information desired by the guest through a signal transmitted from the portable terminal through the LCD and the LED, and confirming the visitor by connecting to a TV in the room by using a camera built by the call button of the visitor; Providing and booking additional facilities in the hotel in association with various servers in the hotel; Requesting output of necessary data such as surrounding maps; Receiving a service linked with a server of various external organizations (transportation, tourism, reservation, etc.); Providing a trilateral or multilateral interpretation service call in conjunction with an interpretation service server; And External emergency rescue request step; hotel total solution service method using a network-linked portable terminal, characterized in that it comprises a. According to claim 2, In the step of using the voice packet network (VoIP) phone, By using the phone software using the voice packet network (VoIP) telephone, the hotel service control program for the processing of hotel rooms and room services, and the browser for receiving external services, various functions are performed. Hotel Total Solution Service Method. According to claim 1, In the step d) using the content by the external server connection, In order to control home appliances and other devices in a specific area, remote control signals and RF signals transmitted by a user through a home gateway are transmitted to each device, and each sensor module is used to determine the status of each device. Hotel total solution service method using a network-connected portable terminal characterized in that the user receives the status signal and transmits it to the home gateway so that the user can remotely determine the status of the device.

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