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

  • US 10,015,265 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2017
  • Issued: 07/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of logging in mobile devices operated by guests of a hospitality establishment, wherein the hospitality establishment includes a plurality of media devices supporting presenting a respective connect code, and, during a pairing process, a user can input a particular connect code presented by a particular media device into a particular mobile device in order to cause the particular mobile device to become paired with the particular media device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, over a computer network, a request from a mobile device that is not currently authorized for Internet access, the request including an identifier of the mobile device;

    querying a pairing database to determine whether the mobile device corresponding to the identifier is paired with at least one of the media devices; and

    when the mobile device is paired with at least one of the media devices, reconfiguring an access controller between a local area network at the hospitality establishment and an external computer network to allow the mobile device to access the external computer network without requiring the user of the mobile device to perform a full external computer network login process before gaining access to the external computer network.

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