Patent ID: 9716902
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A system for configuring a guest experience in a hospitality establishment having a plurality of rooms, the system comprising: a plurality of set-top boxes respectively disposed in the plurality of rooms, each set-top box programmably assigned to a respective room, each set-top box comprising: wherein at least one of the plurality of set-top boxes respectively disposed in the plurality of rooms generates a guest interactive portal and at least one of the plurality of set-top boxes respectively disposed in the plurality of rooms generates a default interactive portal; the guest configuration profile configuring the local area wireless network to be a guest private wireless network that acts as an access point having the same network configuration, SSID, and login credentials for devices, applications, and services as the home wireless network belonging to the guest, thereby creating a home away from home environment for the guest with provisioning for room-specific guest preferred features, including room temperature and television lineup; and the guest configuration profile requiring no new room configuration, the guest configuration profile accessing needed information and data to provision the guest wireless network from one of a co-located server and a cloud-located server.