US 12,293,425 B1
Intelligent and integrated (I3) 21st century communications back-end and mobile network for hospitality applications
Keith R. McNally, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Ameranth, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Ameranth, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/145,942.
Application 17/665,420 is a division of application No. 17/086,181, filed on Oct. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,276,130, issued on Mar. 15, 2022.
Application 18/145,942 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/063,601, filed on Dec. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,847,587.
Application 18/063,601 is a continuation of application No. 17/665,420, filed on Feb. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,842,415.
Application 17/086,181 is a continuation of application No. 15/688,198, filed on Aug. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,970,797, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 15/688,198 is a continuation of application No. 14/276,948, filed on May 13, 2014, granted, now 9,747,651, issued on Aug. 29, 2017.
Application 14/276,948 is a continuation of application No. 14/265,519, filed on Apr. 30, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/265,519 is a continuation of application No. 11/190,633, filed on Jul. 26, 2005, granted, now 9,009,060, issued on Apr. 14, 2015.
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01); H04W 99/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC G06Q 50/12 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04M 3/4938 (2013.01); H04W 99/00 (2013.01); H04M 2201/60 (2013.01); H04M 2203/1058 (2013.01); H04M 2203/2016 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Improved, Intelligent And Integrated (I3) 21st Century Communications Back-End and Mobile Network For Hospitality Applications comprising:
one or more distributed and linked back end cloud-based servers that are continuously synchronized in real time;
a multi-faceted API Array of different API's integrated together and also including at least one, ‘non hospitality’ external API and further integrated with a web and/or a wireless hub/gateway:
one or more hospitality software applications linked with the back end cloud-based servers and with handheld/mobile compatible versions available to be remotely accessed and used by handheld/mobile equipped users;
an advanced master database with its own API that is integrated via the multi-faceted API array, with the said network, and the said hospitality applications and further including multiple linked, learning, and continuously synchronized in realtime databases throughout the network which improves the said network by enabling optimizations for both scalability and reliability and which accommodates growth and expansion of the said network, the said master database further including data and parameters of the one or more hospitality software applications integrated with the said network and with one or more predefined formats and one or more usable file structures dictated prior to execution, thus improving efficiency and reliability and which also continuously updates and stores network communications and data into the said advanced master database while learning from it and which thus enables intelligent network optimizations and communication efficiencies via learned intelligence and by using the said API array;
an intelligent/learning parallel operations layered application framework and communication controller (FCC) which enables via a centralized system layer architecture and via the said API array, the said network to integrate and communicate with said hospitality software applications and the said master database and with two or more different wireless handheld computers, each initiating hospitality tasks and with mobile compatible versions and/or web apps of the said hospitality application and which are interoperable with the said back end cloud-based servers;
with the said FCC further enabled to integrate with one or more shared/common software services or mini apps to further improve the said network by enabling the network to intelligently integrate with and commonly utilize/share and/or reuse the same software service and/or mini app for multiple purposes;
and with said network further enabled to scale and/or improve/correct a service or mini app individually and independently and thus optimize the computing load of the network while avoiding total network down times to further improve its efficiency;
wherein the one or more said networks is integrated with the FCC and the said back end cloud-based servers which are enabled to operate in parallel and which are programmed with instructions executable to intelligently integrate and synchronize with all network elements including using, integrating, and synchronizing with the said API array, the hospitality applications, the said advanced master database, the said FCC and as part of an ordered combination which together improve the network reliability, scalability and efficiency.