System and method for hotel multicast services manager

A system for customizing at least one controllable device in a lodging unit, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory is configured to store guest check-in information, and wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are configured to:
• receive a registration request from a mobile device of a guest;
• register the mobile device by comparing the registration request with the guest check-in information;
• provision WiFi access for the mobile device on a hidden Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) of a room associated with the guest, wherein the room is one of a plurality of rooms in the lodging unit and each room of the plurality of rooms include a plurality of controllable devices;
• identify using the hidden VLAN, the at least one controllable device located in the room associated with the guest, the at least one controllable device is connected to a hidden network;
• receive mobile device identification and a guest identifier after registering the mobile device;
• permit select network communication between the at least one controllable device and the mobile device over the hidden network based on the mobile device identification and the guest identifier;
• communicate information with the mobile device for control of the at least one controllable device located in the room associated with the guest;
• modify domain name service (DNS) requests from the mobile device for the plurality of controllable devices, wherein modification of the DNS requests reroutes the DNS requests to the at least one controllable device of the room associated with the guest on the hidden network;
• route instructions from the mobile device to the at least one controllable device for customizing the at least one controllable device associated with the room of the guest, wherein access to the at least one controllable device of the room associated with the guest is provided to the mobile device by a proxy server using the hidden network and access to any of the plurality of controllable devices of the plurality of rooms excluding the room of the guest is restricted to the mobile device by the proxy server;
• and
• control the at least one controllable device associated with the room of the guest based on the instructions from the mobile device of the guest for customizing the at least one controllable device.

A system for controlling a plurality of controllable devices by a guest in a lodging unit, the system comprising:

• one or more servers configured to:
• store guest check-in information;
• receive a registration request from a mobile device of the guest;
• register the mobile device by comparing the registration request with the guest check-in information;
• provision WiFi access for the mobile device on a hidden Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) of a room associated with the guest, wherein the room is one of a plurality of rooms in the lodging unit and each room of the plurality of rooms include the plurality of controllable devices;
• and
• a proxy server configured to:
• identify using the hidden VLAN, at least one controllable device located in the room associated with the guest, the at least one controllable device is connected to a hidden network;
• receive mobile device identification and a guest identifier from the one or more servers after registering the mobile device;
• permit select network communication between the at least one controllable device and the mobile device over the hidden network based on the mobile device identification and the guest identifier;
• communicate information with the mobile device for control of the at least one controllable device located in the room associated with the guest;
• modify domain name service (DNS) requests from the mobile device for the plurality of controllable devices, wherein modification of the DNS requests reroutes the DNS requests to the at least one controllable device of the room associated with the guest on the hidden network;
• and
• route instructions from the mobile device to the at least one controllable device for customizing the at least one controllable device associated with the room of the guest,
• wherein access to the at least one controllable device of the room associated with the guest is provided to the mobile device by the proxy server using the hidden network and access to any of the plurality of controllable devices of the plurality of rooms excluding the room of the guest is restricted to the mobile device by the proxy server, and
• wherein the one or more servers are configured to control the at least one controllable device associated with the room of the guest based on the instructions from the mobile device of the guest for customizing the at least one controllable device.