Darren T. Ziebart

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

Activating media function on particular media device at hospitality establishment utilizing passkey generated according to current time and identifier of the particular media device

Activating media function on particular media device at hospitality establishment utilizing passkey generated according to current time and identifier of the particular media device

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

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

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

Authorizing playback and selecting RF channel for media content playback according to passkeys

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

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

Providing customized media functions at a hospitality establishment according to passkeys

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

Providing customized content-on-demand media functions at a hospitality establishment according to passkeys

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

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

Playing pay-per-view program at set-top box connected to one-way broadcast-only RF coax network after receiving passkey targeting identifier of that set-top box from user

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

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

Method of providing customized hospitality media functions at a plurality of set-top boxes being connected to an RF coax network, and hospitality media system thereof

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