Automatic room check-in upon detecting device identifier of new guest on network of hospitality establishment

A method of automatic check-in at a hospitality establishment, the method comprising:

• detecting a device identifier of a user device in network traffic transmitted on a computer network of the hospitality establishment;
• searching a set of authorized user devices to determine whether the device identifier corresponds to any locally recognized user device at the hospitality establishment;
• in response to determining that the device identifier corresponds to a locally recognized user device, taking no further action because a firewall at the hospitality establishment has already been configured with one or more device-specific rules for the locally recognized user device;
• in response to determining that the device identifier does not correspond to any locally recognized user device at the hospitality establishment, querying one or more databases of the hospitality establishment to determine whether the device identifier is associated with a new guest registered for a particular room of the hospitality establishment;
• and
• sending a room access key to the user device via the computer network and configuring the firewall with at least one rule allowing Internet access for the user device in response to determining that the device identifier is associated with the new guest registered for the particular room;
• wherein the room access key allows the new guest registered for the particular room to open a door lock of the particular room.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium comprising a plurality of processor-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform steps of:

• detecting a device identifier of a user device in network traffic transmitted on a computer network of a hospitality establishment;
• searching a set of authorized user devices to determine whether the device identifier corresponds to any locally recognized user device at the hospitality establishment;
• in response to determining that the device identifier corresponds to a locally recognized user device, taking no further action because a firewall at the hospitality establishment has already been configured with one or more device-specific rules for the locally recognized user device;
• in response to determining that the device identifier does not correspond to any locally recognized user device at the hospitality establishment, querying one or more databases of the hospitality establishment to determine whether the device identifier is associated with a new guest registered for a particular room of the hospitality establishment;
• and
• sending a room access key to the user device via the computer network and configuring the firewall with at least one rule allowing Internet access for the user device in response to determining that the device identifier is associated with the new guest registered for the particular room;
• wherein the room access key allows the new guest registered for the particular room to open a door lock of the particular room.