MY137080A - Boarding passes with encoded data and systems for issuing and processing them - Google Patents

Abstract

A BOARDING PASS (60) AND SYSTEM FOR USE IN BOARDING PASSENGERS IN AIRCRAFT OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND/OR WHILE THE PASSENGERS ARE ABOARD AND/OR AFTER DISEMBARKATION. THE BOARDING PASS (60) HAS A MAIN COUPON PART (64) AND A PASSENGER COUPON PART (63) DETACHABLE FROM THE MAIN COUPON PART ALONG A DETACHMENT LINE (65). THE FRONT FACE OF THE MAIN COUPON AND PASSENGER COUPON PARTS CARRY VISIBLE PRINTED DATA ASSOCIATED WITH SPACES WHERE PASSENGER DATA AND TRAVEL DATA ARE PRINTED. A FIRST MAGNETIZED STRIP (62) AND/OR STORAGE CHIP (59) IS MERGED IN A THICK PORTION (61,58) ON THE MAIN COUPON PART (64) AND A SEPARATE SECOND MAGNETIZED STRIP (62) AND/OR STORAGE CHIP (59) IS MERGED IN A THICK PORTION (61,58) ON THE PASSENGER COUPON PART (63). THE FIRST AND SECOND MAGNETIZED STRIPS AND/OR STORAGE CHIPS ARE SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER AND SPACED APART ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DETACHMENT LINE (65). THE FIRST MAGNETIZED STRIP AND/OR STORAGE CHIP STORES ENCODED PASSENGER DATA AND TRAVEL DATA READABLE BY PASSING THE ENTIRE BOARDING PASS (60) OR ONLY THE MAIN COUPON PART (64) THROUGH A SUITABLE READER/WRITER, AND THE SECOND MAGNETIZED STRIP AND/OR STORAGE CHIP STORES ENCODED PASSENGER DATA AND TRAVEL DATA READABLE BY PASSING THE PASSENGER COUPON PART (63) THROUGH A SUITABLE READER/WRITER. THE NEW BOARDING PASS AND SYSTEM SIMPLIFY AND SPEED UP PASSENGER BOARDING AND CAN BE USED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS INCLUDING ELECTRONIC CLEARANCE IN CASE OF CHANGE OF AIRLINE, SECURITY CHECKS, ACTIVITIES DURING TRANSIT INCLUDING ACCESS TO TRANSIT AREAS, POINT-OF-SALES TRANSACTIONS INCLUDING DUTY-FREE SHOPPING ON GROUND OR ABOARD, COUNTING AND CHECKING THE NUMBER OF BOARDING PASSENGERS, AUTOMATIC PRODUCTION ARRIVAL CARDS OR EXIT CARDS, LUGGAGE IDENTIFICATION, COLLECTION AND TRACING/RETRIEVAL.FIGURE 1