Patent ID: 7376662

Claim:
A computer implemented system for generating a message regarding an airline passenger's travel arrangements and communicating the message to the passenger, the system comprising: a data-gathering tool for gathering data relating to an airport from which travel conditions may be predicted, said airport related data provided by an airport indicator that identifies the airport from a plurality of airports respectively associated with a plurality of airport indicators, wherein the airport indicators are actuatable and provide access to airport related data including airport identifiers, wherein the airport identifiers include selectable input on a website, said airport indicators identified by location on an airport display of an air traffic control data source, wherein said airport related data for the particular airport is obtained in response to actuation of the associated airport indicator; a data analyzer means for analyzing the data and making a prediction regarding the travel conditions; and a messaging tool adapted to determine a group of passengers whose flights will be affected by the prediction by cross-referencing passengers having flight tickets with flights that are affected by the travel conditions and send a message to the passengers in the group, the messaging tool adapted to access a database having information regarding ticketed passengers and to cross-reference the information with data relating to the airport affected by the predicted travel conditions to determine which passengers are to receive the message.