HotelKey

Product Overview:

HotelKey is an innovative app used by the hospitality industry to send virtual keys to guests, allowing them to unlock their doors using their phones. This eliminates the need for facility owners to be physically present to provide access, enhancing convenience for both staff and guests.

Issues:

Combining multiple technologies into one secure package: Ultralight C, Desfire EV1, Mifare Plus, Bluetooth, NFC, and Beacon technology with augmented reality.

Ensuring the app works properly via Bluetooth, allowing hotel staff to send virtual keys to guests.

Making the app compatible with both iOS and Android platforms.

Providing A-level security, ensuring keys cannot be duplicated and using encrypted data transfer with SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and AES 128-bit encryption for opening procedures.

Ensuring the process for hotel staff is easy, fast, and convenient. Staff should be able to open the app’s check-in menu, choose a room and date, enter the new guest’s mobile phone number, and press 'Edit Key' to send the key to the guest.

• Our team had to combine the following technologies into one secure package: Ultralight C, Desfire EV1, Mifare Plus, Bluetooth, and NFC as well as Beacon technology with augmented reality .The app had to work properly via Bluetooth, allowing a hotel's staff to send a virtual key to guests. Therefore, the app had to be both iOS and Android compatible.

• We provided A-level security; the key cannot be duplicated. Its encrypted data transfer uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) AES 128 bit encryption opening procedures.

• As for the hotel staff – the process had to be easy, fast, and convenient. All they need to do is open the app’s check-in menu, choose a room and date, enter the new guest’s mobile phone number and press the 'Edit Key' to send the key to guest.

Technologies Used:

Beacon

AR/VR

Ultralight C

Desfire EV1

Mifare Plus

Bluetooth

NFC

Result:

HotelKey is a secure, efficient, and user-friendly app that greatly simplifies the process of key management in the hospitality industry. It provides an easy, fast, and convenient way for hotel staff to send virtual keys to guests, while ensuring top-level security to prevent unauthorized access. The app’s compatibility with both iOS and Android platforms ensures broad usability.