Patent ID: 6127917
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G01S,G06K,G06Q,G07C,G08B,H04M

Abstract:
A travel reservation system comprising:a computer including a database configured to store information identifying passengers who have purchased tickets for a voyage, information about the scheduled departure for the voyage, and information identifying passengers who have checked in for the voyage; anda wireless transponder in communication with the computer, and an antenna coupled to the wireless transponder, the transponder being configured to periodically send wireless commands requesting wireless responses from portable identification devices, the portable identification devices being configured to transmit identifying data in response to receiving a command, the wireless transponder having a predetermined communications range and being configured to communicate with portable identification devices within the predetermined communications range, the computer being configured to modify the database to indicate that one of the passengers who purchased a ticket has checked in in response to the wireless transponder receiving a response from the portable identification device associated with that passenger within a predetermined time period, which response includes identifying data for that passenger.