Television with interactive portal and system and method for use of same

A system for configuring a guest experience in a room, the system comprising:

• a television disposed in the room, the television comprising:
• a processor, memory, tuner, panel, and audio drive disposed in an interconnected busing architecture;
• the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• in response to receiving a guest configuration profile, activate a local area wireless network for a guest device to a network associated with the room, and
• the local area wireless network having identical behavior to a home wireless network belonging to the guest such that the local area wireless network provides identical network configuration and device login credentials as the home wireless network;
• the guest configuration profile configuring the local area wireless network to be a guest private wireless network that acts as an access point having the same network configuration, SSID, and login credentials for devices, applications, and services as the home wireless network belonging to the guest, thereby creating a home away from home environment for the guest with provisioning for room-specific guest preferred features, including room lighting;
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• the guest configuration profile requiring no new room configuration, the guest configuration profile accessing needed information and data to provision the guest wireless network from one of a co-located server and a cloud-located server.

A system for configuring a guest experience in a room, the system comprising:

• a television disposed in the room, the television comprising:
• a processor, memory, tuner, panel, and audio drive disposed in an interconnected busing architecture;
• the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• in response to receiving a guest configuration profile, activate a local area wireless network for a guest device to a network associated with the room, and
• the local area wireless network having identical behavior to a home wireless network belonging to the guest such that the local area wireless network provides identical network configuration and device login credentials as the home wireless network;
• the guest configuration profile configuring the local area wireless network to be a guest private wireless network that acts as an access point having the same network configuration, SSID, and login credentials for devices, applications, and services as the home wireless network belonging to the guest, thereby creating a home away from home environment for the guest with provisioning for room-specific guest preferred features, including room shade;
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• the guest configuration profile requiring no new room configuration, the guest configuration profile accessing needed information and data to provision the guest wireless network from one of a co-located server and a cloud-located server.