US 12,223,558 B2
System for managing check-in and collecting environmental information at accommodations, and method therefor
Hiun Cha, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hiun Cha, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,964.
Application 17/938,964 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/006475, filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0414804 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 50/12 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing check-in and collecting environment information of a shared accommodation, the system comprising:
an accommodation management server configured to manage a room reservation and check-in authority of a guest; and
a computing device comprising one or more units being configured and executed by a processor using algorithm, the algorithm which when executed, causing the processor to perform the one or more units, the one or more units comprising a smart device recognition unit, a communication unit, an environment information collecting unit, and a control unit,
wherein the smart device recognition unit having a beacon is configured to recognize a smart device of a user, acquire identification information of the smart device, transmit the acquired identification information to the accommodation management server, and operate in a first mode or a second mode according to authority information received from the accommodation management server,
wherein the environment information collecting unit includes a plurality of sensors, and each sensor is configured to measure a respective one of temperature information, humidity information, fine dust information, and chemical pollutant information of a room and a region thereof,
wherein the control unit is configured to: in response to the user being the guest having authority to check in to a corresponding room, operate in the first mode of tracking a location of the guest to monitor a check-in state of the room and collecting environment information of the corresponding room and a region thereof to transmit the collected environment information to the accommodation management server; and in response to the user being a host of a corresponding room, operate in the second mode of tracking a location of the host to monitor a management state of the corresponding room and, upon determining that a management task is completed, notifying the accommodation management server that the corresponding room is available for check-in,
wherein the computing device is configured to: in the first mode, operate each sensor to generate environment information including the respective one of temperature information, humidity information, fine dust information, and chemical pollutant information, and transmit the environment information of the corresponding room collected during operation in the first mode to the accommodation management server so that the environment information is provided to the smart device of the user through a reservation page of the corresponding room; and in the second mode, comprising (a) a check-in standby mode defining a case in which a reservation is completed and guests are waiting to check in, and (b) a reservation standby mode defining a case for before a reservation, stop operating each sensor to exclude a case in which ventilation or heating and cooling equipment is not in operation due to absence of a guest from the environment information.