PASSENGER MOBILE STATION REGISTRATION WITH A VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USING PASSENGER INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for registering a mobile station of a passenger, comprising:
- receiving a request to register the mobile station of the passenger with a passenger communications system on board a vehicle;
validating a personal or passenger identification number (PIN) for registration with the passenger communications system, wherein the PIN comprises at least a portion of a name of the passenger and seat information of the passenger;
registering the mobile station of the passenger with the passenger communications system in response to the PIN being validated; and
providing a predetermined class of service to the passenger based on the PIN.
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Abstract
A method for registering a mobile station of a passenger may include receiving a request to register the mobile station of the passenger with a passenger communications system on board a vehicle. The method may also include validating a personal or passenger identification number (PIN) for registration with the passenger communications system. The PIN may include at least a portion of a name of the passenger and seat information of the passenger. The method may additionally include registering the mobile station of the passenger with the passenger communications system in response to the PIN being validated. The method may further include providing a predetermined class of service to the passenger based on the PIN.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for registering a mobile station of a passenger, comprising:
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receiving a request to register the mobile station of the passenger with a passenger communications system on board a vehicle; validating a personal or passenger identification number (PIN) for registration with the passenger communications system, wherein the PIN comprises at least a portion of a name of the passenger and seat information of the passenger; registering the mobile station of the passenger with the passenger communications system in response to the PIN being validated; and providing a predetermined class of service to the passenger based on the PIN. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24)
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17. A passenger communications system onboard a vehicle, comprising:
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a base transceiver station for wireless communications with a mobile station of a passenger and to receive a request to register the mobile station of the passenger with the passenger communications system on board the vehicle; a processor; a communications link between the base transceiver station and the processor; a module operating on the processor to validate a personal or passenger identification number (PIN) for registration with the passenger communications system, wherein the PIN comprises at least a portion of a name of the passenger and seat information of the passenger; a module operating on the processor to register the mobile station of the passenger with the passenger communications system in response to the PIN being validated. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product for registering a mobile station of a passenger, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to receive a request to register the mobile station of the passenger with a passenger communications system on board a vehicle; computer readable program code configured to validate a personal or passenger identification number (PIN) for registration with the passenger communications system, wherein the PIN comprises at least a portion of a name of the passenger and seat information of the passenger; computer readable program code configured to register the mobile station of the passenger with the passenger communications system in response to the PIN being validated; and computer readable program code configured to provide a predetermined class of service to the passenger based on the PIN. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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