TARGETED INFORMATION DISSEMINATION BASED ON AIRPORT GATE-SPECIFIC UTILIZATION

• US 20120221478A1
• Filed: 02/28/2011
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Musial, John G., Nagpal, Abhinay R., Patil, Sandeep R., Whitehead, Carolyn A.
• Application Number:
  US13/036,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20120221478A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/346
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Implementing targeted information dissemination based on gate-specific utilization includes collecting gate-specific utilization characteristics for an airport gate, the airport gate associated with a display device. Traveler data is collected for the airport gate and is aggregated. The implementation of targeted information dissemination includes identifying a pattern from aggregated traveler data, and disseminating information to the display device. The pattern is designated with an association with the information for dissemination.

Claims

1. A method for implementing targeted information dissemination based on gate-specific utilization, comprising:

collecting gate-specific utilization characteristics for an airport gate, the airport gate having an association with at least display device;

collecting traveler data for the airport gate;

aggregating the traveler data;

identifying a pattern from aggregated traveler data, the pattern designated with an association with information for dissemination; and

disseminating the information to the at least one display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one display device is installed at the airport gate;

wherein disseminating the information includes retrieving a transmission address for the display device and transmitting the information to the display device installed at the airport gate.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting the information includes transmitting the information until aircraft boarding of passengers at the airport gate is completed, the traveler data collected for the airport gate corresponding to the passengers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one display device is disposed on a transient vehicle that services the airport gate.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein disseminating the information includes determining the transient vehicle is located at the airport gate at a time of information transmission, retrieving a transmission address for the display device disposed on the transient vehicle, and transmitting the information to the display device on the transient vehicle via the transmission address.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein transmitting the information includes transmitting the information until an aircraft boarded by passengers at the airport gate has departed the airport gate, the traveler data collected for the airport gate corresponding to the passengers.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the gate-specific utilization characteristics for the airport gate include flight schedule data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the traveler data includes at least one of passenger age;

passenger gender;

passenger frequent flyer miles;

data relating to passengers for which a passenger has purchased a ticket;

number of pieces of checked luggage; and

weight of the pieces of checked luggage.

9. A system for implementing targeted information dissemination based on gate-specific utilization, comprising:

a host system computer; and

an application executing on the host system computer, the application configured to implement a method, the method comprising;

collecting gate-specific utilization characteristics for an airport gate, the airport gate having an association with at least display device;

collecting traveler data for the airport gate;

aggregating the traveler data;

upon determining a time condition has been met;

identifying a pattern from aggregated traveler data, the pattern designated with an association with information for dissemination; and

disseminating the information to the at least one display device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one display device is installed at the airport gate;

wherein disseminating the information includes retrieving a transmission address for the display device and transmitting the information to the display device installed at the airport gate.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein transmitting the information includes transmitting the information until aircraft boarding of passengers at the airport gate is completed, the traveler data collected for the airport gate corresponding to the passengers.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one display device is disposed on a transient vehicle that services the airport gate.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein disseminating the information includes determining the transient vehicle is located at the airport gate at a time of information transmission, retrieving a transmission address for the display device disposed on the transient vehicle, and transmitting the information to the display device on the transient vehicle via the transmission address.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein transmitting the information includes transmitting the information until an aircraft boarded by passengers at the airport gate has departed the airport gate, the traveler data collected for the airport gate corresponding to the passengers.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the gate-specific utilization characteristics for the airport gate include flight schedule data.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the traveler data includes at least one of:

passenger age;

passenger gender;

passenger frequent flyer miles;

data relating to passengers for which a passenger has purchased a ticket;

number of pieces of checked luggage; and

weight of the pieces of checked luggage.

17. A computer program product for implementing targeted information dissemination based on gate-specific utilization, the computer program product comprising a storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

collecting gate-specific utilization characteristics for an airport gate, the airport gate having an association with at least display device;

collecting traveler data for the airport gate;

aggregating the traveler data;

upon determining a time condition has been met;

identifying a pattern from aggregated traveler data, the pattern designated with an association with information for dissemination; and

disseminating the information to the at least one display device.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the at least one display device is installed at the airport gate;

wherein disseminating the information includes retrieving a transmission address for the display device and transmitting the information to the display device installed at the airport gate.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein transmitting the information includes transmitting the information until aircraft boarding of passengers at the airport gate is completed, the traveler data collected for the airport gate corresponding to the passengers.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the at least one display device is disposed on a transient vehicle that services the airport gate.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein disseminating the information includes determining the transient vehicle is located at the airport gate at a time of information transmission, retrieving a transmission address for the display device disposed on the transient vehicle, and transmitting the information to the display device on the transient vehicle via the transmission address.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein transmitting the information includes transmitting the information until an aircraft boarded by passengers at the airport gate has departed the airport gate, the traveler data collected for the airport gate corresponding to the passengers.

23. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the gate-specific utilization characteristics for the airport gate include flight schedule data.

24. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the traveler data includes at least one of:

passenger age;

passenger gender;

passenger frequent flyer miles;

data relating to passengers for which a passenger has purchased a ticket;

number of pieces of checked luggage; and

weight of the pieces of checked luggage.