Activating media function on particular media device at hospitality establishment utilizing passkey generated according to current time and identifier of the particular media device

A method of providing media functions at a hospitality establishment, the method comprising:

• displaying, by a first device, a first passkey to a user attempting to activate a media function on a particular media device installed in the hospitality establishment, wherein the hospitality establishment includes a plurality of media devices installed at a plurality of different locations therein and the first passkey is generated according to a predetermined algorithm at least based on a time that the first passkey is displayed and an identifier associated with the particular media device;
• receiving the first passkey from the user at a second device;
• determining whether the first passkey received from the user matches a second passkey generated according to the predetermined algorithm at least based on a time that the first passkey is received and the identifier associated with the particular media device;
• and
• activating the media function on the particular media device in response to determining that the first passkey received from the user matches the second passkey generated by the second device.

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:

• displaying, by a first device, a first passkey to a user attempting to activate a media function on a particular media device installed in a hospitality establishment, wherein the hospitality establishment includes a plurality of media devices installed at a plurality of different locations therein and the first passkey is generated according to a predetermined algorithm at least based on a time that the first passkey is displayed and an identifier associated with the particular media device;
• receiving the first passkey from the user at a second device;
• determining whether the first passkey received from the user matches a second passkey generated according to the predetermined algorithm at least based on a time that the first passkey is received and the identifier associated with the particular media device;
• and
• activating the media function on the particular media device in response to determining that the first passkey received from the user matches the second passkey generated by the second device.