Allowing both internet access and network-based media sharing with media devices of particular guest room in response to confirming personal details received from guest device match registered guest of hospitality establishment

A method of providing high speed Internet access and media entertainment at a hospitality establishment, the method comprising:

• controlling access between a guest network at the hospitality establishment, a media device network at the hospitality establishment, and an external network being the Internet by one or more computer servers;
• providing media functions within respective ones of a plurality of guest rooms of the hospitality establishment by a plurality of media devices on the media device network;
• prior to a guest device on the guest network being logged in at a login portal, blocking, by the one or more computer servers, the guest device on the guest network from communicating with one or more web sites on the external network and further blocking, by the one or more computer servers, the guest device on the guest network from utilizing a network-based media sharing protocol with the media devices on the media device network;
• providing, by the one or more computer servers, the login portal and receiving one or more communications from the guest device over the guest network during a login process, the communications including one or more personal details of a user;
• querying a property management system (PMS) of the hospitality establishment by the one or more computer servers to confirm the personal details match a registered guest of a particular guest room of the hospitality establishment;
• in response to confirming that the personal details match the registered guest of the particular guest room of the hospitality establishment, updating a login database in a storage device to store a record that the guest device is logged in and allowing, by the one or more computer servers, the guest device on the guest network to access the websites on the external network;
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• further in response to confirming that the personal details match the registered guest of the particular guest room of the hospitality establishment, querying an in-room device table in the storage device by the one or more computer servers to select a subset of the media devices of the hospitality establishment, the subset being one or more of the media devices that are associated with the particular guest room and the subset including at least one of the media devices but not all of the media devices, and allowing, by the one or more computer servers, the guest device on the guest network to utilize the network-based media sharing protocol to initiate media streaming playback only on the subset of the media devices on the media device network.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a plurality of steps comprising:

• controlling access between a guest network at a hospitality establishment, a media device network at the hospitality establishment, and an external network being the Internet by one or more computer servers;
• providing media functions within respective ones of a plurality of guest rooms of the hospitality establishment by a plurality of media devices on the media device network;
• prior to a guest device on the guest network being logged in at a login portal, blocking, by the one or more computer servers, the guest device on the guest network from communicating with one or more web sites on the external network and further blocking, by the one or more computer servers, the guest device on the guest network from utilizing a network-based media sharing protocol with the media devices on the media device network;
• providing, by the one or more computer servers, the login portal and receiving one or more communications from the guest device over the guest network during a login process, the communications including one or more personal details of a user;
• querying a property management system (PMS) of the hospitality establishment by the one or more computer servers to confirm the personal details match a registered guest of a particular guest room of the hospitality establishment;
• in response to confirming that the personal details match the registered guest of the particular guest room of the hospitality establishment, updating a login database in a storage device to store a record that the guest device is logged in and allowing, by the one or more computer servers, the guest device on the guest network to access the websites on the external network;
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• further in response to confirming that the personal details match the registered guest of the particular guest room of the hospitality establishment, querying an in-room device table in the storage device by the one or more computer servers to select a subset of the media devices of the hospitality establishment, the subset being one or more of the media devices that are associated with the particular guest room and the subset including at least one of the media devices but not all of the media devices, and allowing, by the one or more computer servers, the guest device on the guest network to utilize the network-based media sharing protocol to initiate media streaming playback only on the subset of the media devices on the media device network.