US 11,704,951 B2
Keyless entry utilizing set-back box
Mudit Mathur, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Sling Media L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by Sling Media L.L.C., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,872.
Application 17/677,872 is a continuation of application No. 16/853,483, filed on Apr. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,270,539.
Prior Publication US 2022/0180685 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/00904 (2013.01) [G07C 9/38 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a set-back box and from a backend server, a registered mobile device identifier and a low-energy address for a low-energy network of a mobile device, the registered mobile device identifier and low-energy address both being registered as part of a check-in process to a room, wherein the registered mobile device identifier and the low-energy address are received from the backend server and wherein the mobile device identifier and low-energy address are stored in a local storage of the set-back box;
wherein the set-back box is an in-room entertainment component;
measuring, by the set-back box over the low-energy network and using the low-energy address from local storage, signal strengths to or from the mobile device, from or to the set-back box, respectively;
determining, by the set-back box, that the measured signal strengths are greater than a predetermined, minimum threshold, and subsequently detecting a presence of the registered mobile device identifier; and
transmitting, by the set-back box, a command to unlock a lock corresponding to the room.