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AUTOMATIC CLIENT DEVICE LOCATION DETECTION WITHIN HOSPITALITY ESTABLISHMENT

  • US 20130297723A1
  • Filed: 05/02/2012
  • Published: 11/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving first network traffic transmitted on a computer network of a hospitality establishment from a known location within the hospitality establishment;

    querying one or more network components of the computer network to determine a source access-node from which the first network traffic originated;

    storing a mapping of the source access-node to the known location in a storage device;

    receiving second network traffic transmitted on the computer network by a client device at the hospitality establishment;

    querying the one or more network components of the computer network to determine that the second network traffic originated from the source access-node; and

    automatically determining the client device to be at the known location according to the mapping in the storage device.

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