Patent ID: 6994250
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: G06K,G07B,G07F

Abstract:
1. A Boarding Pass 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 being generally rectangular and comprising a main coupon part and a passenger coupon part detachable from the main coupon part along a detachment line, the main coupon part and the passenger coupon part each having a front face carrying visible printed data associated with spaces where passenger data and travel data are printed, there being disposed on the front and/or rear face of the main coupon and passenger coupon parts a magnetic strip and/or storage chip for storing encoded data that is readable by means of a suitable reader/writer, the encoded data corresponding at least in part to printed passenger data and travel data, characterized in that: the Boarding Pass is made of a central rectangular thin portion carrying printed data, and two thick portions one at either end of the thin central portion, one thick portion being associated with the main coupon part and the other thick portion being associated with the passenger coupon part, said detachment line being located on the central thin portion of the Boarding Pass; and a first magnetized strip and/or storage chip is disposed on the thick portion of the main coupon part and a separate second magnetized strip and/or storage chip is disposed on the thick portion of the passenger coupon part, the first and second magnetized strips and/or storage chips being separated from one another and spaced apart on either side of the detachment line and being merged in said thick portions of the Boarding Pass, the thick portions having dimensions and area adapted to the specifications of suitable reader/writer devices, the first magnetized strip and/or storage chip storing encoded passenger data and travel, data that are readable by passing the entire Boarding Pass or only the thick portion of the main coupon part through a suitable reader/writer, and the second magnetized strip and/or storage chip storing encoded passenger data and travel data that are readable by passing the passenger coupon part or only its thick portion through a suitable reader/writer.