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US 2005/0029346 A1Published application
Communication system
OwnerDavid Byrne, Eamonn Heffernaninventors
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Abstract
An airport communication system (1) has a tag (10) affixed by a clip (12) to each passenger en route between check-in and boarding. Each tag (10) transmits an identifier on a particular RF channel with a short range, and the location of a transponder (5) which received the transmission indicates passenger location. A server (4) correlates tag and passenger identifiers and generates alerts if alert conditions are met such as excessive distance from a boarding gate at a particular time.
Claims29
A portable passenger tag comprising:
- a wireless transmitter;
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- a controller for causing a passenger identifier to be transmitted by the wireless transmitter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.