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GUEST IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD

  • US 3,636,315 A
  • Filed: 11/10/1969
  • Issued: 01/18/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for use in a hotel or the like in inquiring into the identity of an unknown person and in recording financial data concerning charges incurred by that unknown person in the financial records of a known person after making such inquiry, said system comprising:

  • information storage means for storing descriptive information concerning a known person and financial charges incurred by that known person;

    a first station comprising descriptive information-conveying means for conveying said descriptive information to said storage means;

    information retrieval means for retrieving said descriptive information from said storage means;

    electronic visual display means for visually displaying descriptive information retrieved from said storage means for providing a visual basis for comparison with similar descriptive information given by said unknown person to inquire into the identity of said unknown person prior to recording financial charges incurred by said unknown person in the financial records of said known person; and

    financial information-conveying means for conveying financial information concerning said charges incurred by said unknown person to said storage means to record said charges as being incurred by said known person, and a second station remote from said first station comprising a further descriptive information-conveying means for conveying descriptive information to said storage means and a further electronic visual display means for displaying the descriptive information conveyed to said storage means, said system further comprising print out means for printing out descriptive and financial information.

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