Patent ID: 11941551
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving a first input in a graphical user interface presented by a hotel application executing on a computing device of a user, the hotel application being configured to interface with a hotel computing system of a hotel to control at least one function of an electrical device located in a hotel room during an in-progress reservation, the first input being to control the at least one function of the electrical device;
in response to receiving the first input by the hotel application executing on the computing device of the user, sending a communication by the hotel application to the hotel computing system, the communication identifying the electrical device located in the hotel room and the at least one function; and
receiving a confirmation from the hotel computing system indicating that the hotel room is configured in accordance with the communication to control the at least one function of the electrical device, wherein the hotel computing system confirms the hotel room has been configured after the hotel computing system has determined that the user is an authorized guest of the hotel and a room number assigned to the user.