Automatically configuring computer network at hospitality establishment with reservation-specific settings

摘要

A system includes a storage device for storing details of a plurality of reservations of a hospitality establishment. A particular reservation includes a registered device setting for affecting behavior of a computer network at the hospitality establishment toward a user device having a specified device identifier. The system further includes a clock unit for tracking time, and a system controller coupled to the computer network and having access to the storage device and the clock unit. The system controller automatically configures one or more network components of the computer network when a start time of the particular reservation is reached in order to activate the registered device setting, and automatically configures the one or more network components when an end time of the particular reservation is reached in order to deactivate the registered device setting.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a storage device storing details of a plurality of reservations of a hospitality establishment; wherein a particular reservation of the stored reservations includes a registered device setting for affecting behavior of a computer network at the hospitality establishment toward a user device having a specified device identifier, and the registered device setting specifies that the user device having the specified device identifier is to be allowed Internet access without being required to log in during the particular reservation; a clock chip tracking time; and a system controller coupled to the computer network and having access to the storage device and the clock chip; wherein the system controller automatically configures one or more network components of the computer network when a start time of the particular reservation is reached in order to activate the registered device setting, and automatically configures the one or more network components when an end time of the particular reservation is reached in order to deactivate the registered device setting; the one or more network components at least include an access control device controlling access between the computer network at the hospitality establishment and the Internet, the access control device by default requiring user devices to log in at a login portal before gaining access to the Internet; and the system controller automatically configures the access control device when the start time of the particular reservation is reached to allow the user device having the specified device identifier to access the Internet from the computer network at the hospitality establishment without logging in at the login portal.