COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AIRCRAFT
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Abstract
The invention concerns a communications system and a corresponding communications method for an aircraft, the aircraft comprising a central data-processing arrangement. The communications system comprises at least one communications terminal which is allocated to a particular seat in the aircraft. The communications terminal has a wireless and/or cable-bound data connection to the central data-processing arrangement. The communications terminal comprises a communications interface which is arranged to determine and/or exchange payment data from a passenger appliance and/or a passenger transponder element. The payment data from the communications terminal can be transmitted to the central data-processing arrangement, the central data-processing arrangement being arranged to allocate the payment data to the respective seat and/or to the respective passenger appliance and/or to the respective passenger transponder element.
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27 Claims
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11. A communication system for use in an airplane having a central data processing system, comprising:
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at least one communication terminal, wherein each communication terminal of the at least one communication terminal is configured to be assigned to a corresponding seat of a corresponding at least one seat in the airplane, wherein each communication terminal of the at least one communication terminal comprises a wireless and/or hard-wired data link to a central data processing system of an airplane, wherein each communication terminal of the at least one communication terminal comprises a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is set up to detect and/or exchange payment data from a passenger device and/or a passenger transponder element, and wherein each communication terminal of the at least one communication terminal is configured to transmit the payment data to the central data processing system, wherein the central data processing system is set up to assign the payment data to the seat of the at least one seat corresponding to the communication terminal of the at least one communication terminal and/or to the passenger device and/or the passenger transponder element. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of communication for an airplane, comprising:
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providing at least one communication terminal having a corresponding at least one communication interface in an airplane, wherein each communication terminal of the at least one communication terminal is assigned to a corresponding seat of a corresponding at least one seat in the airplane; detecting and/or exchanging payment data from a passenger device and/or a passenger transponder element via a communication interface; a communication terminal central data processing system on the airplane; transmitting the payment data from the communication terminal corresponding to the communication interface to a central data processing system on the airplane; and assigning the payment data to the respective seat and/or the passenger device and/or the respective passenger transponder element via the central data processing system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. An airplane, comprising:
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a central processing system; at least one communication terminal, wherein each communication terminal of the at least one communication terminal is configured to be assigned to a corresponding seat of a corresponding at least one seat in the airplane, wherein each communication terminal of the at least one communication terminal comprises a wireless and/or hard-wired data link to a central data processing system of an airplane, wherein each communication terminal of the at least one communication terminal comprises a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is set up to detect and/or exchange payment data from a passenger device and/or a passenger transponder element, and wherein the communication terminal is configured to transmit the payment data to the central data processing system, wherein the central data processing system is set up to assign the payment data to the seat of the at least one seat corresponding to the communication terminal of the at least one communication terminal and/or to the passenger device and/or the passenger transponder element. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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