Methods and apparatus for providing high speed connectivity to a hotel environment
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1. A method for restricting access to content in a network having a plurality of users associated therewith, comprising:
- associating a group identification tag with selected ones of the plurality of users thereby identifying the selected users as members of a specific group;
providing the content on the network; and
restricting access to the content to the selected users using the group identification tag by verifying that a particular network address from which a request has been received has the group identification tag associated therewith before providing access to the content.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for providing access to a network via a first one of a plurality of network access nodes in the network. The network access nodes each have a network address associated therewith which is unique on the network, the first network access node having a first network address associated therewith. The first network address is associated with a first computer while the first computer is connected to the first network access node thereby providing access to the network.
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1. A method for restricting access to content in a network having a plurality of users associated therewith, comprising:
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associating a group identification tag with selected ones of the plurality of users thereby identifying the selected users as members of a specific group; providing the content on the network; and restricting access to the content to the selected users using the group identification tag by verifying that a particular network address from which a request has been received has the group identification tag associated therewith before providing access to the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for restricting access to content in a network having a plurality of network access nodes having network addresses associated therewith each of which is unique on the network, comprising:
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associating the network addresses with computers associated with a plurality of users while the computers are connected to the network access nodes thereby providing access to the network for each of the plurality of users; associating a group identification tag with the network address associated with selected ones of the plurality of users thereby identifying the selected users as members of a specific group; providing the content on the network; and restricting access to the content to the selected users using the group identification tag. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A network configured to restrict access to content in the network, the network comprising:
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a plurality of network access nodes having network addresses associated therewith each of which is unique on the network; and at least one computing device programmed to; associate the network addresses with computers associated with a plurality of users while the computers are connected to the network access nodes thereby providing access to the network for each of the plurality of users; associate a group identification tag with the network address associated with selected ones of the plurality of users thereby identifying the selected users as members of a specific group; provide the content on the network; and restrict access to the content to the selected users using the group identification tag.
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