Patent ID: 8068829

Claim:
A system for providing customized destination-based services to passengers, equipped with wireless electronic devices, who are located onboard an aircraft, comprising: a passenger database for storing data which indicates the identity of each of a plurality of passengers who are located onboard an aircraft and data indicative of a final destination for individual passengers; a passenger preference database for storing data indicative of preferences of passengers for said plurality of destination-based services; a destination-based service management system for autonomously initiating offers to passengers for reservations for at least one destination-based service, comprising: an autonomous passenger selection process, responsive to said data stored in said passenger database, for selecting one of said passengers for receipt of an offer of destination-based services, a service selection process for automatically associating at least one passenger-preferred destination-based service with an identified passenger based on said stored data to identify at least one destination-based service selected from the class of destination-based services including: ground transportation, lodging, activities, and dining provided at said destination that is likely to be of interest to the selected passenger, an offer generator for generating an offer of said identified destination-based service for said selected passenger, a service push service management system for transmitting said offer to said identified passenger via their wireless electronic device; a link, responsive to said passenger selecting a one of said destination-based services, for establishing wireless communications between said passenger wireless electronic device and said destination-based service management system to enable said passenger to purchase said selected destination-based service; and a passenger preference update manager responsive to said passenger selecting at least one of said destination-based services, for updating data stored in said passenger preference database to store data indicative of preferences of said individual passenger for said at least one of said destination-based services.