Automated entry of hidden service-configuration menu for target configurable device selected from plurality of configurable devices in rooms of hospitality establishment
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1. A hospitality media system comprising:
- a media system controller coupled to a computer network, the media system controller including a storage device storing therein a configuration database of a plurality of information pertaining to a plurality of configurable devices installed throughout a plurality of guest rooms of a hospitality establishment, wherein the storage device stores which of a plurality of types of the configuration devices are installed in each of the guest rooms along with a respective sequence of commands required for entering a hidden service-configuration menu for each of the types; and
a portable configuration device including a network interface, a transmitter, a user interface, and one or more processors;
wherein, by the one or more processors of the portable configuration device executing a software application program, the one or more processors are operable to;
access the information of the configuration database via the computer network;
allow a user of the portable configuration device to interact with the user interface in order to select a particular guest room of the hospitality establishment, the particular guest room being one of the plurality of guest rooms of the hospitality establishment;
generate a list of configuration devices installed in the particular guest room according to the information of the configuration database;
display the list on the user interface of the portable configuration device and allow the user to interact with the user interface in order to select a target configurable device from the list;
look up the respective sequence of commands to enter the hidden service-configuration menu of the target configurable device as stored in the information of the configuration database according to a type of the target configurable device; and
transmit the respective sequence of commands to the target configurable device utilizing the transmitter.
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Abstract
A configuration apparatus includes a user interface allowing a user to initiate configuration of at least a target configurable device selected from a plurality of configurable devices. A command module is coupled to the user interface for dynamically generating a sequence of commands required to configure the target configurable device. The sequence of commands includes commands for entering a hidden service-configuration menu of the target configurable device. A communication module is coupled to the command module for transmitting the sequence of commands to the target configurable device.
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1. A hospitality media system comprising:
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a media system controller coupled to a computer network, the media system controller including a storage device storing therein a configuration database of a plurality of information pertaining to a plurality of configurable devices installed throughout a plurality of guest rooms of a hospitality establishment, wherein the storage device stores which of a plurality of types of the configuration devices are installed in each of the guest rooms along with a respective sequence of commands required for entering a hidden service-configuration menu for each of the types; and a portable configuration device including a network interface, a transmitter, a user interface, and one or more processors; wherein, by the one or more processors of the portable configuration device executing a software application program, the one or more processors are operable to; access the information of the configuration database via the computer network; allow a user of the portable configuration device to interact with the user interface in order to select a particular guest room of the hospitality establishment, the particular guest room being one of the plurality of guest rooms of the hospitality establishment; generate a list of configuration devices installed in the particular guest room according to the information of the configuration database; display the list on the user interface of the portable configuration device and allow the user to interact with the user interface in order to select a target configurable device from the list; look up the respective sequence of commands to enter the hidden service-configuration menu of the target configurable device as stored in the information of the configuration database according to a type of the target configurable device; and transmit the respective sequence of commands to the target configurable device utilizing the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 18)
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8. A hospitality media system comprising:
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a media system controller coupled to a computer network, the media system controller including a storage device storing therein a configuration database of a plurality of information pertaining to a plurality of configurable devices installed throughout a plurality of guest rooms of a hospitality establishment; and a portable configuration device including a network interface, a transmitter, a user interface, and one or more processors; wherein, by the one or more processors of the portable configuration device executing a software application program, the one or more processors are operable to; access the information of the configuration database via the computer network; allow a user of the portable configuration device to interact with the user interface in order to select a particular guest room of the hospitality establishment, the particular guest room being one of the plurality of guest rooms of the hospitality establishment; generate a list of configuration devices installed in the particular guest room according to the information of the configuration database; display the list on the user interface of the portable configuration device and allow the user to interact with the user interface in order to select a target configurable device from the list; generate a sequence of commands to enter a hidden service-configuration menu of the target configurable device according to the information of the configuration database and to further perform an installation script for the target configurable device after entering the hidden service-configuration menu; and transmit the sequence of commands to the target configurable device utilizing the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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11. A method comprising:
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accessing a plurality of information of a configuration database by a portable configuration device via a computer network, wherein the configuration database is stored at a system controller coupled to the computer network and the information pertains to a plurality of configurable devices installed throughout a plurality of guest rooms of a hospitality establishment; storing in the configuration database which of a plurality of types of the configuration devices are installed in each of the guest rooms along with a respective sequence of commands required for entering a hidden service-configuration menu for each of the types; allowing a user of the portable configuration device to interact with a user interface of the portable configuration device in order to select a particular guest room of the hospitality establishment, the particular guest room being one of the plurality of guest rooms of the hospitality establishment; generating a list of configuration devices installed in the particular guest room by the portable configuration device according to the information of the configuration database; displaying on the user interface of the portable configuration device the list and allowing the user to interact with the user interface in order to select a target configurable device from the list; looking up the respective sequence of commands to enter the hidden service-configuration menu of the target configurable device as stored in the information of the configuration database according to a type of the target configurable device; and transmitting the respective sequence of commands from the portable configuration device to the target configurable device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20)
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