Increasing pay-per-use credit associated with guest room in response to notification message tracking usage of service offered by hospitality establishment

A method of controlling a plurality of devices at a hospitality establishment having a plurality of guest rooms, each guest room having one or more in-room devices for providing functions therein, the functions including at least a pay-per-use function, the method comprising:

• dynamically associating a credit corresponding to a monetary value with a particular guest room in response to a guest checking in to the particular guest room;
• dynamically increasing the credit associated with the particular guest room in response to receiving a notification message indicating that a complimentary service offered at the hospitality establishment was declined for the particular guest room;
• configuring an in-room device of the particular guest room to indicate the credit associated with the particular guest room;
• allowing the guest of the particular guest room to utilize at least an amount of the credit toward an order of the pay-per-use function;
• activating the pay-per-use function on at least one of the in-room devices of the particular guest room in response to a received order;
• and
• decreasing the credit associated with the particular guest room according to the amount of the credit utilized toward the received order.

A system controller for controlling a plurality of devices at a hospitality establishment having a plurality of guest rooms, each guest room having one or more in-room devices for providing functions therein, the functions including at least a pay-per-use function, the system controller comprising one or more processors configured to:

• dynamically associate a credit corresponding to a monetary value with a particular guest room in response to a guest checking in to the particular guest room;
• dynamically increase the credit associated with the particular guest room in response to receiving a notification message indicating that a complimentary service offered at the hospitality establishment was declined for the particular guest room;
• configure an in-room device of the particular guest room to indicate the credit associated with the particular guest room;
• allow the guest of the particular guest room to utilize at least an amount of the credit toward an order of the pay-per-use function;
• activate the pay-per-use function on at least one of the in-room devices of the particular room in response to a received order;
• and
• decrease the credit associated with the particular guest room according to the amount of the credit utilized toward the received order.