CPC H04L 65/1073 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 65/1045 (2022.05); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.05); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system for providing high speed Internet access and media entertainment at a hospitality establishment, the system comprising:
one or more computer servers coupled to and controlling access between a guest network at the hospitality establishment, a media device network at the hospitality establishment, and an external network being the Internet; and
a plurality of media devices on the media device network, each of the media devices for providing media functions within respective ones of a plurality of guest rooms of the hospitality establishment;
wherein the one or more computer servers are configured to:
prior to a guest device on the guest network being logged in at a login portal, block the guest device on the guest network from communicating with one or more web sites on the external network and further block the guest device on the guest network from utilizing a network-based media sharing protocol with the media devices on the media device network;
provide the login portal and receive one or more communications from the guest device over the guest network during a login process, the communications including one or more personal details of a user;
query a property management system (PMS) of the hospitality establishment to confirm the personal details match a registered guest of a particular guest room of the hospitality establishment;
in response to confirming that the personal details match the registered guest of the particular guest room of the hospitality establishment, update a login database in a storage device to store a record that the guest device is logged in and allow the guest device on the guest network to access the websites on the external network; and
further in response to confirming that the personal details match the registered guest of the particular guest room of the hospitality establishment, query an in-room device table in the storage device to select a subset of the media devices of the hospitality establishment, the subset being one or more of the media devices that are associated with the particular guest room and the subset including at least one of the media devices but not all of the media devices, and allow the guest device on the guest network to utilize the network-based media sharing protocol to initiate media streaming playback only on the subset of the media devices on the media device network.
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