Wireless Ckeck-In

Marriott International, Inc. a hotel chain has announced that it is trialing a mobile wireless check in system for their custumers. The system is using Microsoft’s Windows Mobile®-powered devices on end-to-end Intel Architecture and is being tested in Redmond Washignton Town Centre.

Source Hospitality.net
In a collaborative effort with Intel® Solution Services and Microsoft®, Marriott is working toward implementing a mobile wireless check-in process that is convenient and easy for guests to use. During testing, guests with Microsoft Windows Mobile-powered Smartphones–running the PocketPC Platform–can simply download and install Marriott’s seamless mobility software from Arrive.Marriott.com. Using the Internet, they can then connect securely to the Redmond Marriott Town Center hotel’s property management system and check in to their room while in transit to the hotel. Guests will also be able to change room types, receive welcome information and reconfirm their room rates. When they arrive at the hotel, guests retrieve their room keys from a conveniently located automated key dispenser in the lobby.

Critical to the test is innovative software developed by Intel Solution Services to Marriott’s requirements that enables guests to check-in while in motion and eliminates the need to restart the check-in process, even if the wireless signal is lost in transit. Information entered by travelers will be automatically restored when the signal is re-established. A future benefit of this project will also enable guests to check in from their office PCs and laptops.

Upon successful completion of the test later this year, Marriott will evaluate requirements for production development and a rollout plan for mobile wireless check-in at its hotels.

Mobile Phone Capabilities - Which phone is able to do what ?

I bet your boss has gone and promised the world to the clients saying 'Our application will work on every phone on the market.'. When he/she gets back he/she is all happy that he/she landed a deal not knowing what is possible as he/she has the latest and greatest of the smartphones on the market.

Not to worry there is an XML config file which you can go through and tick off all the phones that the application won't work on and email it to him/her with the the attached XML config file and a smiley face.

The WURFL is an XML configuration file which contains information about capabilities and features of several wireless devices.

The main scope of the file is to collect as much information as we can about all the existing wireless devices that access WAP pages so that developers will be able to build better applications and better services for the users.

This project is open-source and is intended for developers working with the WAP and Wireless. All the information listed here has been collected by many different people from many different countries. You are allowed to use WURFL in any of your applications, free or commercial. The only thing required is to make any modification to this file public, following the original spirit and idea of the creators of this project. This will help WURFL to grow better and better every day.

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