摘要 |
A method to allow automatic access by a user to a pre-reserved place, such as a hotel room, the method operating on a system, such as a hotel reservation system, which can communicate with a user smart phone application, the method comprising: receiving at the system a request from the user smart phone application to effect entry into the pre-reserved place, wherein the request includes user data relating to the user and location data relating to the place, which location data relating to the place is obtainable by the user using the smart phone to scan a code on or in the vicinity of the place and decode the code to identify the location data relating to the place; comparing in the system the user data and the location data with a list of pre-reserved places to identify a matching pre-reserved place; and, if a matching pre-reserved place is identified, automatically sending a signal to cause the pre-reserved place to be opened to allow access by the user. |