Patent ID: 9106940
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing video services, the method comprising: storing video service information relating to customers in a customer database located at a service provider site, said customer database including, for each of a plurality of customers of said service provider: customer identification information and video service information including at least one of: i) customized program channel ordering information; ii) channel numbering information indicating channel numbers used to provide a video service to a residence corresponding to said customer; iii) program guide customization information; or iv) parental control information; receiving, at said service provider site, a request for video service information corresponding to a customer from a hotel system at a hotel including a guest room corresponding to said customer; and providing to said hotel system at least some of the stored video service information corresponding to said customer, said provided stored video service information including information on premium channels the customer is entitled to access as a result of the customer's home video service and information indicating whether pay to view content is to be automatically disabled when the customer checks in with children; and operating said hotel system to automatically disable or enable pay per view based on check in information and the received information indicating whether video on-demand is to be automatically disabled when the customer checks in with children.