SELF SERVICE TERMINAL FOR LODGING INDUSTRY INCLUDING ROOM KEY DISPENSER

A self service terminal for a lodging facility including room key dispensing and receiving. The present invention allows a guest to automatically check into a lodging facility, have an appropriate room assigned to him in accordance with his request and obtain a key for a room without the interventio...

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Hauptverfasser:	COUCH, WILFRED R, BURGESS, RUSSELL G
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE CALCULATING CHECKING-DEVICES COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS PHYSICS REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS
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Zusammenfassung:	A self service terminal for a lodging facility including room key dispensing and receiving. The present invention allows a guest to automatically check into a lodging facility, have an appropriate room assigned to him in accordance with his request and obtain a key for a room without the intervention of employees of the lodging facility. The invention also includes an apparatus and method for allowing a guest of a lodging facility to check out at the self service terminal upon departure intervention by employees of the lodging facility, with the self service terminal recovering the room key which the guest had been using.