Abstract: A method of providing guest room services and guest room control in a building including a plurality of guest rooms includes: storing in memory a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of guest room control devices, each guest room control device in the plurality of guest room control devices is a centralized electronic locking system component, a guest room energy management system component, a direct digital control system component, a minibar monitoring device, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing guest room control devices; selecting an address of a guest room control device from the plurality of addresses; encapsulating data in a first packet configured according to a packet switching protocol; indicating in the packet the address of the guest room control device; and sending the first packet to the guest room control device through a network.

Abstract: A guest room service and control system for a building including a plurality of guest rooms, the guest room service and control system comprising: a local area network; a plurality of guest room networks operably coupled to the local area network, each guest room network of the plurality of guest room networks is associated with a guest room in the building, each guest room network includes: a room hub operably coupled to the local area network, a guest room control device operably coupled to the room hub, the guest room control device is a centralized electronic locking system component, a guest room energy management system component, a direct digital control system component, a minibar monitoring device, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing guest room contol devices.