Automatically configuring computer network at hospitality establishment with reservation-specific settings
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a storage device storing a plurality of stored reservations for a hospitality establishment;
wherein a particular reservation of the stored reservations includes a registered device setting for affecting behavior of a network at the hospitality establishment toward a user device having a specified device identifier, and the registered device setting specifies that the user device having the specified device identifier is to be provided with a public internet protocol (IP) address during the particular reservation;
a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server coupled to the network;
a clock chip tracking time; and
a system controller coupled to the network and having access to the storage device and the clock chip;
wherein the system controller is operable to automatically configure the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server via the network when a start time of the particular reservation is reached to thereby cause the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server to assign an available public IP address when receiving a DHCP request from the specified device identifier; and
the system controller is operable to automatically configure the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server when an end time of the particular reservation is reached to thereby cause the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server to assign an available private IP address when receiving a subsequent DHCP request from the specified device identifier;
whereby, when the user device is connected to the network and requests an IP address during the particular reservation, the user device is assigned the available public IP address from the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server; and
when the user device is connected to the network and requests a new IP address after the end time of the particular reservation, the user device is assigned the available private IP address from the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server.
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Abstract
A system includes a storage device for storing details of a plurality of reservations of a hospitality establishment. A particular reservation includes a set of reservation-specific settings affecting behavior of the computer network at the hospitality establishment during the reservation. The settings may include a registered device setting for affecting behavior of a computer network at the hospitality establishment toward a user device having a specified device identifier. The system further includes a clock unit for tracking time, and a system controller coupled to the computer network and having access to the storage device and the clock unit. The system controller automatically configures one or more network components of the computer network when a start time of the particular reservation is reached in order to activate the reservation-specific settings.
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1. A system comprising:
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a storage device storing a plurality of stored reservations for a hospitality establishment;
wherein a particular reservation of the stored reservations includes a registered device setting for affecting behavior of a network at the hospitality establishment toward a user device having a specified device identifier, and the registered device setting specifies that the user device having the specified device identifier is to be provided with a public internet protocol (IP) address during the particular reservation;a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server coupled to the network; a clock chip tracking time; and a system controller coupled to the network and having access to the storage device and the clock chip; wherein the system controller is operable to automatically configure the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server via the network when a start time of the particular reservation is reached to thereby cause the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server to assign an available public IP address when receiving a DHCP request from the specified device identifier; and the system controller is operable to automatically configure the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server when an end time of the particular reservation is reached to thereby cause the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server to assign an available private IP address when receiving a subsequent DHCP request from the specified device identifier; whereby, when the user device is connected to the network and requests an IP address during the particular reservation, the user device is assigned the available public IP address from the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server; and when the user device is connected to the network and requests a new IP address after the end time of the particular reservation, the user device is assigned the available private IP address from the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of configuring a network of a hospitality establishment, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of stored reservations for the hospitality establishment;
wherein a particular reservation of the stored reservations includes a registered device setting for affecting behavior of the network at the hospitality establishment toward a user device having a specified device identifier, and the registered device setting specifies that the user device having the specified device identifier is to be provided with a public internet protocol (IP) address during the particular reservation;tracking current time by a system controller; automatically configuring a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server by the system controller via the network when a start time of the particular reservation is reached to thereby cause the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server to assign an available public IP address when receiving a DHCP request from the specified device identifier; and automatically configuring the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server by the system controller when an end time of the particular reservation is reached to thereby cause the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server to assign an available private IP address when receiving a subsequent DHCP request from the specified device identifier; whereby, when the user device is connected to the network and requests an IP address during the particular reservation, the user device is assigned the available public IP address from the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server; and when the user device is connected to the network and requests a new IP address after the end time of the particular reservation, the user device is assigned the available private IP address from the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a storage device storing a plurality of stored reservations for a hospitality establishment;
wherein a particular reservation of the stored reservations includes a registered device setting for affecting behavior of a network at the hospitality establishment toward a user device having a specified device identifier, and the registered device setting specifies that the user device having the specified device identifier is to be provided with a public interne protocol (IP) address during the particular reservation;a network interface coupled to the network; a clock chip tracking time; and one or more processors coupled to the storage device, the network interface, and the clock chip; wherein, by executing software instructions loaded from the storage device, the one or more processors are operable to automatically configure a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server via the network when a start time of the particular reservation is reached to thereby cause the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server to assign an available public IP address when receiving a DHCP request from the specified device identifier; and the one or more processors are further operable to automatically configure the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server when an end time of the particular reservation is reached to thereby cause the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server to assign an available private IP address when receiving a subsequent DHCP request from the specified device identifier; whereby, when the user device is connected to the network and requests an IP address during the particular reservation, the user device is assigned the available public IP address from the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server; when the user device is connected to the network and requests a new IP address after the end time of the particular reservation, the user device is assigned the available private IP address from the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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