CPC H04N 21/2143 (2013.01) [H04H 20/63 (2013.01); H04N 7/106 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 7/20 (2013.01); H04N 21/23617 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/25875 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/4753 (2013.01); H04N 21/47211 (2013.01); H04N 21/6547 (2013.01); H04N 21/8166 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A media system for providing media functions at a hospitality establishment, the media system comprising:
a first device operable to display a first passkey to a user attempting to activate a media function on a particular media device installed in the hospitality establishment, wherein the hospitality establishment includes a plurality of media devices installed at a plurality of different locations therein and the first passkey is generated according to a predetermined algorithm at least based on a time that the first passkey is displayed and an identifier associated with the particular media device; and
a second device operable to receive the first passkey from the user and to determine whether the first passkey received from the user matches a second passkey generated according to the predetermined algorithm at least based on a time that the first passkey is received and the identifier associated with the particular media device, and to activate the media function on the particular media device in response to determining that the first passkey received from the user matches the second passkey generated by the second device.
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