3. A computing system configured to manage services provided to users, the system comprising: one or more computer processors; one or more communications links configured to communicate with a billing and content server and with a hotel property management system; a subscriber interface configured to provide a subscriber computer with access to at least one network and to adapt to the subscriber computer to facilitate communications between the subscriber computer and the at least one network; and an XML processing module, configured to cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising: receiving an XML command from the billing and content server; parsing the XML command to determine a type of operation requested by the billing and content server and to determine a user associated with the XML command; transmitting data, in a format specific to the hotel property management system, to the hotel property management system to authorize and bill an account associated with the user in accordance with data in the XML command; receiving an authorization result from the hotel property management system; and transmitting an XML response to the billing and content server, the XML response comprising a confirmation identifier based on the authorization result.
3. A computing system configured to manage services provided to users, the system comprising: one or more computer processors; one or more communications links configured to communicate with a billing and content server and with a hotel property management system; a subscriber interface configured to provide a subscriber computer with access to at least one network and to adapt to the subscriber computer to facilitate communications between the subscriber computer and the at least one network; and an XML processing module, configured to cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising: receiving an XML command from the billing and content server; parsing the XML command to determine a type of operation requested by the billing and content server and to determine a user associated with the XML command; transmitting data, in a format specific to the hotel property management system, to the hotel property management system to authorize and bill an account associated with the user in accordance with data in the XML command; receiving an authorization result from the hotel property management system; and transmitting an XML response to the billing and content server, the XML response comprising a confirmation identifier based on the authorization result. 5. The computing system of claim 3 , wherein the XML command includes data representing a payment amount and a room number.