Patent ID: 9152930
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of issuing an electronic boarding pass for a first international flight, the method comprising: (a) receiving, from a network-enabled device, travel document information from a travel document associated with a passenger, wherein the travel document information is captured by the network-enabled device via one of (i) visual image capture or (ii) wireless communication with a wireless communication device included in the travel document; (b) comparing the travel document information to registered passenger travel document information associated with a list of registered passengers for the first international flight; (c) based on the comparing, determining that the passenger associated with the travel document is registered for the first international flight; and (d) in response to determining that the passenger is registered for the first international flight, issuing the electronic boarding pass by sending the electronic boarding pass to the network-enabled device; wherein steps (a)-(d) are performed with one or more computer processors.