Patent ID: 9736024
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method of registering devices for network access, the method comprising; receiving, by a registration module, a media access control (MAC) address associated with a network adapter of a device, the device being associated with a guest of a lodging facility; registering, by the registration module, the device, including associating the MAC address received by said receiving step of the MAC address associated with the network adapter of the device with a guest account for said guest, before the time of registration of a said guest at said lodging facility and by confirming that a user name associated with the device is associated with a said guest account; and allowing, by the registration module, the registered device to access a network at said lodging facility, including adding, by the registration module, the MAC address of the device to an authorized device list, the authorized device list including multiple MAC addresses associated with one guest account, each MAC address corresponding to a different network adapter of one or more devices.