System and method for providing a third party originating item to a passenger on a commercial airliner
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29. A coffee-drink preparation and delivery system comprising, in combination:
- a coffee-type drink preparation facility;
wherein said coffee-type drink preparation facility is remote from a commercial airliner;
an ordering location where an air traveler can order a coffee-type drink prior to boarding said commercial airliner and provide identifying information regarding said air traveler;
wherein said ordering location and said preparation facility are in communication with one another;
a first delivery mechanism for delivering coffee-type drink prepared at said preparation facility to said commercial airliner; and
a second delivery mechanism for delivering said coffee-type drink prepared at said preparation facility and delivered to said commercial airliner to said air traveler.
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A method and system for providing items from a third party (i.e., non-airline) source to a passenger travelling on a commercial airliner. An air traveler orders an a third-party originating item from an ordering location and provides sufficient identifying information to permit later delivery, the item is prepared at a preparation facility, the item is then delivered to the airliner on which the air traveler is to travel, and the item is then provided to the air traveler at the airliner. Preferably, the air traveler makes payment for the item at the time of ordering. In the preferred embodiment, the item is a coffee-type drink.
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29. A coffee-drink preparation and delivery system comprising, in combination:
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a coffee-type drink preparation facility;
wherein said coffee-type drink preparation facility is remote from a commercial airliner;
an ordering location where an air traveler can order a coffee-type drink prior to boarding said commercial airliner and provide identifying information regarding said air traveler;
wherein said ordering location and said preparation facility are in communication with one another;
a first delivery mechanism for delivering coffee-type drink prepared at said preparation facility to said commercial airliner; and
a second delivery mechanism for delivering said coffee-type drink prepared at said preparation facility and delivered to said commercial airliner to said air traveler. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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49-1. The system of claim 48 wherein said carrier corresponds to a single gate within an airport terminal.
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53. A method for providing a third-party originating item to an air traveler on a commercial airliner comprising the steps of:
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an air traveler, prior to boarding a commercial airliner, ordering a third-party originating item from an ordering location;
said air traveler providing to said ordering location identifying information regarding said air traveler;
communicating said order for said third-party originating item to a remote third-party originating item preparation facility;
providing said third-party originating item in accordance with said order at said preparation facility;
applying said identifying information to said third-party originating item;
delivering said third-party originating item from said preparation facility to said commercial airliner; and
delivering said third-party originating item to said air traveler at said commercial airliner. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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