Peter S. Warrick

AUTOMATICALLY ALLOWING INTERNET ACCESS FOR PLURALITY OF GUEST USER DEVICES TRIGGERED UPON DETECTING DEVICE IDENTIFIER OF ONE OF THEM ON NETWORK OF HOSPITALITY ESTABLISHMENT

ASSOCIATING MOBILE DEVICE OPERATED BY GUEST TO MEDIA DEVICE FOR REMOTELY INITIATING MEDIA DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY AT HOSPITALITY ESTABLISHMENT

Allowing mobile device to remotely control authorized subset of controllable devices utilizing content available in registered guest room

Voice-controlled system that checks program guide to determine channel on which program name determined according to voice-to-text transcript is currently playing

Helping MDNS discovery between resource-seeking and resource-providing devices by modifying MDNS response to lower one or more TTL values

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEVERAGING EXISTING DEVICE PAIRING AND INTERNET LOGIN RECORDS BETWEEN MEDIA SERVER AND HSIA CONTROLLER TO FACILITATE CROSS-SERVICE ACCESS BY MOBILE DEVICES

Mobile computing device having dynamically reconfigurable session initiation protocol (SIP) phone services

Leveraging push notification capabilities on mobile device to dynamically upgrade network service entitlement for a different device

Allowing both internet access and network-based media sharing with media devices of particular guest room in response to confirming personal details received from guest device match registered guest of hospitality establishment

System for voice control of devices at hospitality establishment and method and control server thereof

Set-top box generating live-view interactive program guide having plurality of scaled-down video streams and method thereof

Pairing mobile device with media device at hospitality establishment based on internet access login record of the mobile device without requiring user to input media device connect code

In-room device control system

Modifying multicast domain name service (MDNS) responses to control assignment of discoverable resource providing devices available on network

Leveraging push notifications to configure predetermined application running on user device for accessing service on network of hospitality establishment

Service controller at first establishment updating central user profile server to associate device identifier of user device with user identifier to facilitate automatic network service activation for the user device at second establishment

Method of integrating remote content with hospitality media system and media system thereof

Content selector dynamically changing core set of streaming channels available for viewing at hospitality location according to guest related customization criteria

Media server for enabling codeless pairing between mobile device and particular one of a plurality of media devices

Apparatus for configuring a user device for communication with a communication server and method thereof

Data gate apparatus for integrating functionalities of an interface format into a plurality of services and method thereof

Method of remotely operating one or more controllable devices by mobile device

DNS-based captive portal with integrated transparent proxy to protect against user device caching incorrect IP address

Dynamically enabling user device to discover service available on computer network

Automatic configuration of communication app on user device upon arrival at hospitality establishment

Data gate apparatus for learning interface format in order to interface between plurality of services and method thereof

Generating a live-view interactive program guide with a plurality of television channels and a reserved space for picture-in-picture preview area

Method of integrating remote content with hospitality media system and media system thereof

In-room device control system

User profile server to provide tailored experience at hospitality locations within predetermined distance from the user

Providing remote control of controllable device for performing media functionality with customized content list

Automatic configuration of communication app on user device upon arrival at hospitality establishment

DNS-based captive portal with integrated transparent proxy to protect against user device caching incorrect IP address

Automatic room check-in upon detecting device identifier of new guest on network of hospitality establishment

Leveraging media device pairing to simplify granting mobile device access to external network

Event-triggered upgrading of network access service entitlement via audio-visual entertainment system

Method of integrating remote content with hospitality media system and set-top box thereof

User profile server passing media content preference between entertainment devices to provide user-tailored entertainment experience

Status monitoring of controllable device in media system from mobile device associated by displayed passkey

Voice controlled room system

Leveraging media device pairing to simplify mobile device access to external network

DNS-based captive portal with integrated transparent proxy to protect against user device caching incorrect IP address

Dynamically enabling user device to utilize network-based media sharing protocol

Sharing remote content accessed with user credential within selected rooms of hospitality establishment

Operating controllable device of media system in dependence upon commands received by mobile device

Automatically suggesting faster tiered bandwidth based on prior usage at different hospitality establishment

Integrating content on remote device accessible via internet with hospitality media system

Automatically granting network access and distributing prorated network access payments based on prior usage at different hospitality establishment

Group live-view interactive program guide

Media proxy that transparently proxies network-based media sharing protocol between guest device and an associated one of a plurality of media devices

Codeless device pairing between mobile device and particular one of a plurality of media devices

Automatic internet activation for registered user device upon detecting its device identifier on network of hospitality establishment during active reservation

Leveraging push notification capabilities on mobile device to dynamically upgrade internet access service entitlement

Core satellite channels at hospitality establishment automatically selected according to viewing histories

Integrating content on remote device accessible via internet with hospitality media system

DNS-based captive portal with integrated transparent proxy to protect against user device caching incorrect IP address

Method of operating one or more controllable devices in dependence upon commands received from a mobile device and system controller thereof

Custom-tailored entertainment experience for user identified by different loyalty program user identifiers at different hospitality locations

Dynamic assignment of central media device supporting network-based media sharing protocol to guest device of hospitality establishment for media sharing purposes

Hospitality media system operated by mobile device

Dynamically enabling guest device supporting network-based media sharing protocol to share media content over local area computer network of lodging establishment with subset of in-room media devices connected thereto

Automatic internet access activation for user device after detecting its locally unrecognized device identifier on network of hospitality establishment