Electronic Boarding Pass Position Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Passengers face difficulties in accurately planning their arrival time at the airport gate due to unpredictable security check times and limited time for exploring airport facilities before their flight, leading to stress and uncertainty.
Innovation Solution
An electronic boarding pass with a wireless interface for receiving position data, a memory for storing flight and user data, and a user interface that displays the passenger's actual position on an airport map, allowing for route calculations and alerts for timely arrival at the gate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If passengers use traditional paper boarding passes, then the system is simple and reliable, but passengers cannot accurately plan their arrival time at the gate due to unpredictable security check times and walking times
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the static mechanical paper boarding pass with an electronic device (smartphone, tablet, or dedicated electronic boarding pass device) that integrates GPS positioning, wireless communication, and processing capabilities. This substitution enables dynamic time calculation and real-time position tracking, resolving the time planning accuracy issue while accepting increased device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of position-detecting means (GPS, wireless interfaces), processing means, and display means that act as a mediator between the passenger and the airport infrastructure. This intermediary calculates optimal arrival times by combining real-time position data with flight information, enabling accurate time planning without requiring complex changes to existing airport systems.
2Reliability
If passengers arrive early at the airport to ensure timely gate arrival, then they can reach the gate in due time, but they experience severe time pressure and cannot leisurely visit airport facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary calculations of the optimal arrival time at the gate by considering current position, security check duration, and walking time before the passenger even moves toward the gate. This preliminary action provides passengers with advance knowledge of when to proceed, eliminating the need for early arrival and enabling leisurely facility visits while ensuring timely gate arrival.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic time calculation that adapts to the passenger's real-time position and movement speed. Rather than using fixed schedules, the system continuously updates the optimal arrival time based on actual passenger behavior patterns, making the system both reliable for gate arrival and convenient for passengers who may move at different paces.
3Loss of time
If the electronic boarding pass includes real-time position tracking and route calculation capabilities, then passengers can accurately plan their arrival time, but the device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a multi-functional electronic boarding pass device that combines flight information display, real-time position tracking, route calculation, and optimal arrival time determination into a single integrated system. By making the device universal and multi-functional, the patent achieves accurate time planning without requiring multiple separate devices or systems, thereby managing device complexity through consolidation rather than proliferation.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an electronic boarding pass for a passenger having an user interface for indicating an actual position of the passenger in an airport. The position data is received via wireless interface of the electronic boarding pass. In a memory flight data and shopping data of the respective passenger is stored. A processing unit such as a microprocessor is provided for processing received position data, data stored in the memory and airport map data of the airport.