Automatically configuring computer network at hospitality establishment with reservation-specific settings

A method of configuring a computer network of a hospitality establishment, the method comprising:

• storing details of a plurality of reservations of the hospitality establishment;
• wherein a particular reservation of the stored reservations includes a user isolation setting;
• tracking current time;
• broadcasting by an access point a service set identifier (SSID) with which user devices may be wirelessly associated in order to utilize network resources made available during the particular reservation;
• automatically configuring the access point when a start time of the particular reservation is reached to selectively activate or deactivate client isolation for the SSID according to the user isolation setting of the particular reservation;
• when the user isolation setting of the particular reservation is yes, automatically configuring the access point when the start time of the particular reservation is reached to activate the client isolation setting for the SSID and thereby prevent the user devices wirelessly associated with the SSID during the particular reservation from communicating with each other;
• and
• when the user isolation setting of the particular reservation is no, automatically configuring the access point when the start time of the particular reservation is reached to deactivate the client isolation setting for the SSID and thereby enable the user devices wirelessly associated with the SSID during the particular reservation to communicate with each other.

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

• storing details of a plurality of reservations of the hospitality establishment;
• wherein a particular reservation of the stored reservations includes a user isolation setting;
• tracking current time;
• broadcasting by an access point a service set identifier (SSID) with which user devices may be wirelessly associated in order to utilize network resources made available during the particular reservation;
• automatically configuring the access point when a start time of the particular reservation is reached to selectively activate or deactivate client isolation for the SSID according to the user isolation setting of the particular reservation;
• when the user isolation setting of the particular reservation is yes, automatically configuring the access point when the start time of the particular reservation is reached to activate the client isolation setting for the SSID and thereby prevent the user devices wirelessly associated with the SSID during the particular reservation from communicating with each other;
• and
• when the user isolation setting of the particular reservation is no, automatically configuring the access point when the start time of the particular reservation is reached to deactivate the client isolation setting for the SSID and thereby enable the user devices wirelessly associated with the SSID during the particular reservation to communicate with each other.

An apparatus comprising:

• a storage device storing details of a plurality of reservations of a hospitality establishment;
• wherein a particular reservation of the stored reservations includes a user isolation setting;
• a network interface coupled to a computer network of the hospitality establishment;
• a clock chip tracking time;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the storage device, the network interface, and the clock chip;
• wherein the computer network includes an access point broadcasting a service set identifier (SSID) with which user devices may be wirelessly associated in order to utilize network resources made available during the particular reservation;
• the one or more processors are operable to automatically configure the access point when a start time of the particular reservation is reached to selectively activate or deactivate client isolation for the SSID according to the user isolation setting of the particular reservation;
• when the user isolation setting of the particular reservation is yes, the one or more processors are operable to configure the access point when the start time of the particular reservation is reached to activate the client isolation setting for the SSID and thereby prevent the user devices wirelessly associated with the SSID during the particular reservation from communicating with each other;
• and
• when the user isolation setting of the particular reservation is no, the one or more processors are operable to configure the access point when the start time of the particular reservation is reached to deactivate the client isolation setting for the SSID and thereby enable the user devices wirelessly associated with the SSID during the particular reservation to communicate with each other.