System and method for notifying itinerants of film development

Abstract

A system and method provide reliable and effective notification to itinerants that film rolls they have deposited at a place of lodging or a point-of-interest site for processing have been returned to the itinerant's place of lodging and are available for retrieval. A system that provides such notification for film deposited at a place of lodging includes a data capture device for reading customer identification data from an itinerant's electronic room key and film roll data from a film roll. A data server coupled to the data capture device stores the data in a data repository that accompanies the film roll to the film processing site. The data server also generates a data record for storage in a database. Upon return of the developed film, a notification message generator generates a notification message to the itinerant regarding return of the developed film roll. The notification message may be delivered to the itinerant via a voicemail box assigned to the guest room for the itinerant at the place of lodging or through a text messaging system at the place of lodging that delivers text messages to the television in the itinerant's guest room.