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Automatically configuring computer network at hospitality establishment with reservation-specific settings

  • US 9,288,692 B2
  • Filed: 08/11/2014
  • Issued: 03/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a storage device storing details of a plurality of reservations of a hospitality establishment;

    wherein a particular reservation of the stored reservations includes a user isolation setting;

    a clock chip tracking time;

    a system controller coupled to a computer network at the hospitality establishment and having access to the storage device and the clock chip; and

    an access point coupled to the computer network and broadcasting a service set identifier (SSID) with which user devices may be wirelessly associated in order to utilize network resources made available during the particular reservation;

    wherein, when a start time of the particular reservation is reached, the system controller automatically configures the access point to selectively activate or deactivate client isolation for the SSID according to the user isolation setting of the particular reservation;

    when the user isolation setting of the particular reservation is yes, the system controller automatically configures the access point when the start time of the particular reservation is reached to activate the client isolation setting for the SSID and thereby prevent the user devices wirelessly associated with the SSID during the particular reservation from communicating with each other; and

    when the user isolation setting of the particular reservation is no, the system controller automatically configures the access point when the start time of the particular reservation is reached to deactivate the client isolation setting for the SSID and thereby enable the user devices wirelessly associated with the SSID during the particular reservation to communicate with each other.

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