Personal information display system and associated method

A method for identification and/or authentication of a user in a travel terminal, the method comprising:

• searching a Passenger Name Record (PNR) database of a Global Distribution System for passenger information associated with details of a trip, the PNR database including a plurality of first PNR records;
• determining a plurality of second PNR records that are associated with a passenger scheduled to be at the travel terminal during a predetermined period based at least in part on the passenger information associated with the details of the trip stored in the plurality of first PNR records, wherein the plurality of second PNR records are a subset of the plurality of first PNR records;
• providing, by an image generation unit, information to the user by illuminating an interaction zone of a multiuser interactive screen so that the user may interact therewith;
• capturing, by an image capture system, an image of a document relating to the user when the document is in contact with the interaction zone, wherein the document and the captured image each includes one or more first features that are each of a first type and one or more second features that are each of a second type, the first type differing from the second type, and each of the first type and the second type being a logo type, a barcode type, or a character type;
• and
• in response to the image of the document being captured, automatically:
• recognizing, by a recognition system implemented by a processor, the one or more first features and the one or more second features from the captured image;
• in response to the one or more first features and the one or more second features being recognized:
• generating free-text data and first categorized data based on the one or more first features;
• and
• generating second categorized data based on the one or more second features;
• and
• selecting, by the recognition system, one of the plurality of second PNR records as a PNR record most likely matching the user based on the free-text data, the first categorized data, and the recognized one or more second categorized data.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• and
• instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium that, upon execution by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• search a Passenger Name Record (PNR) database of a Global Distribution System for passenger information associated with details of a trip, the PNR database including a plurality of first PNR records;
• determine a plurality of second PNR records that are associated with a passenger scheduled to be at a travel terminal during a predetermined period based at least in part on the passenger information associated with the details of the trip stored in the plurality of first PNR records, wherein the plurality of second PNR records are a subset of the plurality of first PNR records;
• provide information to a user by illuminating an interaction zone of a multiuser interactive screen so that the user may interact therewith;
• capture an image of a document relating to the user when the document is in contact with the interaction zone, wherein the document and the captured image each includes one or more first features that are each of a first type and one or more second features that are each of a second type, the first type differing from the second type, and each of the first type and the second type being a logo type, a barcode type, or a character type;
• and
• in response to the image of the document being captured, automatically:
• recognize the one or more first features and the one or more second features from the captured image;
• in response to the one or more first features and the one or more second features being recognized:
• generate free-text data and first categorized data based on the one or more first features;
• and
• generate second categorized data based on the one or more second features;
• and
• select one of the plurality of second PNR records as a PNR record most likely matching the user based on the free-text data, the first categorized data, and the recognized one or more second categorized data.