Michael D. McCarthy

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

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

Dynamically enabling user device to discover service available on computer network

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

Providing customized media functions at a hospitality establishment according to passkeys

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

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

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

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

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

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

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