JP2002049814A - Boarding card issue system having credit settling function separated - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ID-information using boarding card issue system which can widely provide credit services by effectively using the know-how of a credit settling institution. SOLUTION: The boarding card issuing facilities are provided with a host computer 11, each user body is provided with a terminal device 13, and an airport is provided with a boarding card issuing machine 15. The terminal device 13 displays 2nd ID information that the credit settling institution manages to reserve a flight ticket. The host computer 11 replaces 2nd ID information with the 1st ID information to complete the flight ticket reservation according to the 1st ID information. Flight ticket reservation information and the 1st ID information are sent to the boarding card issuing machine 15 at the airport. The boarding ticket issuing machine 15 reads user ID information out of an ID recording medium 16 and compares it with the sent 1st ID information to issue a boarding ticket.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a host computer provided at a boarding pass issuing organization that issues a boarding pass upon receiving a ticket reservation, a terminal device for applying for a ticket reservation using ID information, More particularly, the present invention relates to a boarding pass issuance system using ID information that can effectively use know-how regarding credit and settlement of a credit settlement organization.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, airline ticket reservations have been made by telephone reservation on an individual basis. This reservation method requires that the individual making the air ticket reservation owns (registers) some credit card.

[0003] An individual who wants to make a flight reservation calls a boarding pass issuing organization that receives the flight reservation and issues a boarding pass. And while making a reservation application for the desired air ticket,
The name of the credit card to be owned (registered) and the registration number are transmitted. The airline ticket reservation is completed when the boarding pass issuing organization responds to the reservation application and receives the reservation application. At this time, the airline ticket is issued virtually only and not actually issued, the individual does not get the airline ticket, but the payment is made, and the prescribed fee is paid from the credit card company to the boarding pass issuing organization Will be

[0004] An individual who has made an airline ticket reservation goes to the airport at the time of departure with the credit card displayed at the time of reservation. Then, the credit card is inserted into the boarding pass issuing machine of the boarding pass issuing organization at the airport. The boarding pass ticket issuing machine reads the information of the credit card and issues a boarding pass by comparing it with the information of the air ticket reservation input in advance.

On the other hand, the present applicant has developed a ticketless boarding pass issuance system intended for a user institution, and is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-147997 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-339).
076) discloses its contents.

[0006] According to the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-147997, a boarding pass issuing organization can provide various services for each user organization. For example, based on the boarding ticket issuance result information, it is possible to collectively charge the fare settlement by post-payment, or to provide a discount service according to the number of uses or the number of distances used for each user institution. This allows the boarding pass issuing institution to substantially monopolize the airline ticketing needs of each user institution.

Further, according to the invention of Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 10-147997, a aviation convenience user only needs to have an ID recording medium instead of an air ticket, and registers a credit card as in a conventional telephone reservation method. No need to own. Further, since the fee settlement procedure is also performed for the user institution, there is no need for procedures within the institution such as so-called advance payment and declaration thereof.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The aforementioned Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 10-1
In the case of using the invention of No. 47997, it is general that the boarding pass issuing institution collectively bills each user institution for postage payment. Japanese Patent Application 10-14
The contents described in No. 7997 are hereby incorporated by reference.

[0009] However, a credit service in which the charge settlement is postpaid means taking a kind of risk from an accounting point of view. Therefore, in reality, the user institution that the boarding pass issuing organization provides the credit service is limited to only those institutions that satisfy the high credit standard set by the boarding pass issuing organization. In other words, there is an aspect in which the provision of services is restricted by so-called credit omissions.

[0010] On the other hand, credit settlement institutions such as credit companies have various know-how regarding credit granting, and provide various credit services with lower credit standards than those set by boarding pass issuing institutions. There is a fact that offers.

[0011] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an ID capable of providing a wide range of credit services by effectively utilizing the know-how of a credit settlement organization.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a boarding pass issuing system using information.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a host computer provided at a boarding pass issuing institution that receives a ticket reservation and issues a boarding pass, a terminal device, and a boarding pass issuing machine provided at an airport. And an ID recording medium on which user ID information is recorded, wherein the terminal device displays the second ID information managed by the credit settlement institution to the boarding pass issuing institution, and makes an airline ticket reservation application. And the host computer of the boarding pass issuing institution has the second computer displayed by the terminal device.
An information conversion function of converting the ID information into first ID information for the air ticket reservation, a reservation reception function of establishing an air ticket reservation based on the air ticket reservation application from the terminal device and the first ID information, A standby command function for transmitting the ticket booking information and the first ID information used for the ticket booking to the boarding pass ticket issuing machine at the airport, and the boarding pass ticket issuing machine at the airport is used through input of an ID recording medium. ID reading function for reading user ID information, matching function for matching the read user ID information with the first ID information transmitted from the host computer, and boarding pass based on the corresponding ticket booking information based on the matching result And a ticketing function for issuing a boarding pass.

According to the present invention, the airline ticket reservation application is performed by displaying the second ID information managed by the credit settlement agency, and the second ID information is converted into the first ID information for the airline ticket reservation. In addition, it is possible to provide an airline ticket reservation service to each user institution based on the first ID information, and to separately transfer responsibility for credit settlement for the airline reservation from the boarding pass issuing institution to the credit settlement institution.

[0014] Preferably, the host computer of the boarding pass issuing institution has a billing amount calculating function for cumulatively calculating the unpaid billing amount of the airline ticket reservation for each user institution.

Preferably, the host computer of the boarding pass issuing institution has a limit storage function for storing the credit limit of the airline ticket reservation for each user institution, and the unpaid billing amount of the airline ticket reservation is the credit card of the airline ticket reservation. A reservation interruption function for forcibly failing to make the airline ticket reservation if the amount exceeds the limit.

Preferably, the host computer of the boarding pass issuing institution is connected to a management computer of the credit settlement institution, and has a limit storage function for storing a credit limit for airline ticket reservation for each user institution; If the unpaid billing amount of the ticket reservation exceeds the credit limit of the ticket reservation, a limit change request function that requests the management computer to change the credit limit, and information on the new credit limit is obtained from the management computer. In the event that the new credit limit is updated and stored as the credit limit for the ticket reservation, the new credit limit will be updated and stored.If the information on the new credit limit cannot be obtained from the management computer, the ticket reservation will be made. And the management computer changes the credit limit in response to a request from the host computer. A determining function of determining whether or not admit, based on a result of determination by the determination function, a, and the new limits transmission function for sending information to the host computer about the new credit limit.

Preferably, the boarding pass ticket issuing machine at the airport has a ticketing result transmitting function of transmitting the fact of the boarding pass issuance to the host computer.

[0018] Preferably, the terminal device is a general-purpose personal computer.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a boarding pass issuing system 10 utilizing ID information according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Is shown. As shown in FIG. 1, the ID of the present embodiment
A boarding pass issuing system 10 utilizing information is connected to a host computer 11 provided at a boarding pass issuing organization that issues a boarding pass in response to a flight ticket reservation, and is connected to the host computer via a telephone line 12 so that each user organization A personal computer 13 (an example of a terminal device) provided at the airport, a boarding pass ticket issuing machine 15 connected to the host computer 11 via the telephone line 12 and provided at each airport, and an ID recording medium on which ID information is recorded. And 16. The telephone line 12
Regardless of wired or wireless, it can be replaced by any other communication mediation means.

Although the dedicated air ticket reservation software 14 is installed in the general-purpose personal computer 13, various other application software are also installed. When the airline ticket reservation software 14 is activated, the general-purpose personal computer 13 can communicate with the host computer 11 and can apply for an airline ticket reservation to the host computer 11. The airline ticket reservation software 14 is lent to each user organization free of charge by, for example, a boarding pass issuing organization, and is set so that airline ticket reservation can be performed easily and smoothly.

Alternatively, the general-purpose personal computer 13 starts the airline ticket reservation software 14 prepared in the server of the WEB site via a WEB site hosted by a credit settlement organization or the like using the Internet or the like. May be.

The general-purpose personal computer 13 on which the airline ticket reservation software 14 has been started, or the airline ticket reservation software 14 of the server has been started, contains information on the airline which the user wants to use and information on the user and the user organization concerned. By transmitting (displaying) the ID information to the host computer 11, it is possible to easily and smoothly apply for an airline ticket reservation (reservation application function). These pieces of information are received by the host computer 11.

Here, the general-purpose personal computer 13 of the present embodiment
Transmitted (displayed) to the host computer 11 from the
The information is ID information (second ID information) managed by the credit settlement organization, that is, ID information assigned (or lent) from the credit settlement organization to the user of the user institution.

Host computer 11 of boarding pass issuing organization
Is adapted to convert the second ID information from the general-purpose personal computer 13 into ID information (first ID information) for the air ticket reservation (information conversion function). That is, the ID information (second ID information) managed by the credit settlement organization is replaced with ID information (first ID information) managed by the boarding pass issuing organization. The function or table for this replacement is stored in the first storage unit 11a of the host computer 11 in advance.

When the conversion to the first ID information is normally performed, the host computer 11 establishes the air ticket reservation based on the air ticket reservation application from the general-purpose personal computer 13 (reservation receiving function). For example, the host computer 11
Searches for whether or not there is a remaining seat on the flight based on the information on the flight transmitted from the general-purpose personal computer 13. If there is a remaining seat, the air ticket reservation is established. To the general-purpose personal computer 13. The general-purpose personal computer 13
If the second ID information from is not correctly converted to the first ID information, the ticket reservation is set so that the ticket reservation will not be established even if there is a vacant seat on the airline.

Further, the host computer 11 of the present embodiment has a billing amount calculating function for cumulatively calculating the unpaid billing amount of the airline ticket reservation for each user institution. Here, the unpaid billing amount that is cumulatively calculated is the total amount of the airline ticket reservation fee after the previous fee deduction, that is, the amount during the credit service.

Further, the host computer 11 of the present embodiment has a second storage unit 11b for storing a credit limit for airline ticket reservation for each user institution (limit storage function).

[0028] Then, when the air ticket reservation in the current reservation procedure is completed, the host computer 11 forcibly cancels the air ticket reservation when the unpaid amount of the air ticket reservation exceeds the credit limit of the air ticket reservation. Not established (reservation suspension function).

When the airline ticket reservation is established, the host computer 11 compares the established airline ticket reservation information and the first ID information accompanying the airline ticket reservation with a boarding ticket issuing machine provided at the departure airport of the airline flight. 15 (standby command function).

The first ID information, which is transmitted from the general-purpose personal computer 13 to the host computer 11 at the time of applying for an airline ticket reservation and converted from the second ID information relating to the individual user and the user institution, is used as ID information on the ID recording medium 1.
6 recorded. Although the ID recording medium 16 in the present embodiment is an ID card using a magnetic card, the aspect is not limited to this. For example, the ID recording medium 16 can be a simple barcode seal or an IC card in which an IC chip is embedded.

The boarding pass ticket issuing machine 15 at the airport has an insertion port 15a for inserting (inputting) the ID recording medium 16, and when the ID recording medium 16 is inserted (input) into this insertion port. The user ID information recorded on the ID recording medium can be read (ID
Reading function). Then, the read user ID information is collated with the first ID information transmitted from the host computer (collation function), and based on the result of the collation, a boarding pass 17 is issued based on the corresponding air ticket reservation information. Yes (ticketing function). Further, the fact that the boarding pass is issued is transmitted to the host computer 11 as boarding pass issuance result information (ticketing result transmission function).

The ticketing result information of the boarding pass 17 transmitted from the boarding pass ticket issuing machine 15 to the host computer 11 is stored in a database 11c in the host computer 11 (information storage function).

Host computer 11 of boarding pass issuing organization
Can calculate a billing amount based on the accumulated ticketing result information (payment function after boarding), and can calculate a billing amount for each general-purpose personal computer of each user institution or each user institution. (Batch settlement function), and the charge can be discounted when calculating the charge amount for each general-purpose personal computer of each user organization or each user organization (batch settlement discount function).

Next, the operation of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described. The boarding pass issuing system 10 using ID information according to the present embodiment is configured such that the general-purpose personal computer 13 of each user organization is started and operated by an operator, and the air-ticket reservation software 1 installed on the general-purpose personal computer 13 is used.
4 is started, or the airline ticket reservation software 14 on the server or the like of the web site of the credit settlement organization is started via the Internet or the like. When the airline ticket reservation software 14 is activated, the general-purpose personal computer 13 becomes communicable with the host computer 11.

Next, the operator inputs to the general-purpose personal computer 13 the information of the flight desired to be used and the second ID information (ID information managed by the credit settlement organization) relating to the individual user and the user institution. It is transmitted (displayed) from the personal computer 13 to the host computer 11 and makes an airline ticket reservation application to the host computer 11. When a web site of a credit settlement organization is used, the second ID information may be automatically displayed (transmitted) on the host computer 11 via a server of the web site.

Host computer 11 of boarding pass issuing organization
Converts the second ID information into the first ID information for the air ticket reservation when receiving the air ticket reservation application from the general-purpose personal computer 13. When the conversion into the first ID information is performed normally, the host computer 11
3. Based on the information on the flight transmitted from 3, search for whether or not there is any remaining seat on the relevant flight. If there is any remaining seat, complete the airline ticket reservation. Reply. If the second ID information from the general-purpose personal computer 13 is not correctly converted to the first ID information, the air ticket reservation will not be established even if there are vacant seats on the flight.

The host computer 11 according to the present embodiment accumulatively calculates the unpaid billing amount of the airline ticket reservation for each user institution, and when the airline ticket reservation currently in progress is established, the airline ticket reservation is executed. If the unpaid bill exceeds the credit limit for the ticket reservation, the ticket reservation will be forcibly rejected.

When the airline ticket reservation is established, the host computer 11 stores the established airline ticket reservation information and the first ID information accompanying the airline ticket reservation in the boarding pass ticket issuing machine 15 provided at the departure airport of the airline flight. Send to This completes the air ticket reservation procedure.

The first ID information, which is transmitted from the second ID information about the user and the user institution and transmitted to the host computer 11, is information recorded on the ID recording medium 16 as user ID information.

The user who made the air ticket reservation goes to the departure airport with the ID recording medium 16 storing the user ID information. Then, the ID recording medium 16 is inserted into the insertion port 15a of the boarding ticket issuing machine 15 of the boarding ticket issuing organization at the airport.

The boarding pass ticket issuing machine 15 reads the information on the ID recording medium 16, compares the read user ID information with the first ID information transmitted from the host computer, and responds based on the result of the comparison. Issue a boarding pass 17 based on the air ticket reservation information.

Further, the boarding pass ticket issuing machine 15 transmits the fact of the boarding pass issuance to the host computer 11 as boarding pass issuance result information. The ticketing result information of the boarding pass transmitted from the boarding pass ticket issuing machine 15 to the host computer 11 is stored in a database in the host computer 11.

Host computer 11 of boarding pass issuing organization
Calculates the billing amount based on the accumulated ticketing result information, calculates the billing amount for each general-purpose personal computer 13 of each user institution, or calculates the billing amount for each user institution, depending on the selection of the boarding pass issuing organization. General-purpose personal computer 13 of user organization
The charge is discounted when calculating the charge amount for each user organization or each user institution.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the air ticket reservation application is performed by displaying the second ID information managed by the credit settlement organization, and the second ID information is the first ID for the air ticket reservation. Since the information is converted into information, it is possible to execute a ticket reservation service for each user institution based on the first ID information by the boarding pass issuing organization, and to assume responsibility for credit settlement for the ticket reservation from the boarding pass issuing organization to the credit settlement organization. Can be moved separately.

As a result, the boarding pass issuing institution provides the credit service to the user institution that satisfies only a relatively low credit standard by the credit clearing institution while the credit clearing institution is responsible for the credit clearing institution. Services can be expanded without incurring accounting risks.

Further, since each user institution can apply for an airline ticket reservation using the general-purpose personal computer 13, there is no need to install a dedicated terminal as in the prior art, thus eliminating the problem of installation space. In addition, the system introduction cost and the system maintenance cost are remarkably reduced as compared with the related art since only the cost related to the airline ticket reservation software 14 is added to the cost related to the general-purpose personal computer 13.

Further, according to the present embodiment, since the general-purpose personal computer 13 is installed in each user organization, each user organization can easily manage the air ticket usage status. In particular, since the general-purpose personal computer 13 can also start other application software, a wide variety of applications such as reading air ticket usage data into accounting application software can be easily performed.

On the other hand, the boarding pass issuing organization can provide various services for each user organization according to the present embodiment. For example, based on the boarding ticket issuance result information, it is possible to collectively charge the fee settlement by post-payment, or to provide a discount service according to the number of uses or the number of distances used for each user institution. This allows the boarding pass issuing institution to substantially monopolize the airline ticketing needs of each user institution.

The aviation convenience user only needs to have the ID recording medium 16 instead of the air ticket, and does not need to register and own a credit card unlike the conventional telephone reservation method. In addition, since the fee settlement procedure is also performed for the user institution,
There is no need for in-house procedures such as so-called advance payment and filing.

The general-purpose personal computer 13 has various functions such as an air ticket reservation status inquiry function as functions accompanying the air ticket reservation. In addition, various services from the boarding pass issuing organization can be transmitted from the host computer 11 to the general-purpose personal computer 13.

Next, a second embodiment of the boarding pass issuing system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a boarding pass issuing system of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the host computer 11 is connected to the management computer 31 of the credit settlement organization. The host computer 11 requests the management computer 31 to change the credit limit when the unpaid billing amount of the ticket reservation exceeds the credit limit of the ticket reservation (limit amount change request function). ).

The management computer 31 determines in response to a request from the host computer 11 whether to permit a change in the credit limit (determination function), and based on the result of the determination by the determination function. The information on the new credit limit is sent to the host computer 11 (new limit transmission function).

When information about the new credit limit is obtained from the management computer 31, the host computer 11 updates and stores the new credit limit in the second storage unit 11b as the credit limit for airline ticket reservation. (The limit memory update function). On the other hand, the management computer 3
If no new credit limit information is obtained from No. 1, the airline ticket reservation is forcibly made unsuccessful (reservation interruption function).

The rest is substantially the same as the boarding pass issuing system of the first embodiment shown in FIG. In the second embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted.

According to the present embodiment, since the management computer 31 of the credit settlement organization determines the change of the initially set credit limit, the boarding pass issuing institution is responsible for the change of the credit limit. It is possible to provide a credit service exceeding the initially set credit limit while imposing it on a clearing house.

The credit settlement institution has various know-how in approving a change in the credit limit for the user institution, and by allowing such a change, makes the relationship with the user institution more beneficial. be able to.

In this embodiment, the host computer 11 requests the management computer 31 to change the credit limit. However, the user institution requests the change via the general-purpose personal computer 13. You may. Alternatively, the user institution may notify the credit settlement institution of the change request by another communication means such as a telephone without using the general-purpose personal computer 13.

It is needless to say that the judgment function of the management computer 31 can be replaced by an artificial judgment in the credit settlement organization.

[0060]

As described above, according to the present invention, an airline ticket reservation application is performed by displaying the second ID information managed by the credit settlement organization, and the second ID information is used as the first ID for the airline ticket reservation. Since it is converted into information, it is possible to execute a ticket reservation service for each user institution based on the first ID information, and to separately transfer responsibility for credit settlement for the ticket reservation from the boarding pass issuing organization to the credit settlement organization. Is possible.

As a result, the boarding pass issuing organization provides a credit service to a user institution that satisfies only a relatively low credit standard by the credit settlement institution, while leaving the credit settlement responsibility to the credit institution. Services can be expanded without incurring accounting risks.

In particular, when the credit settlement organization has already established a credit agreement with a plurality of user institutions and has formed an alliance, the group of those user institutions is collectively used as users of the boarding pass issuing organization. Thus, the remarkable expansion of the service provision target can be realized at low cost.

The credit settlement institution also has the advantage that if an airline ticket is included in one of the product menus of the credit service, an increase in the number of user institutions who want to conclude a cooperative agreement with the credit settlement institution can be expected. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of a boarding pass issuing system using ID information according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a second embodiment of a boarding pass issuing system using ID information according to the present invention.

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 10 Boarding Pass Issuance System Using ID Information 11 Host Computer 11a First Storage Unit 11b Second Storage Unit 11c Database 12 Telephone Line 13 General-Purpose Personal Computer 14 Airline Ticket Reservation Software 15 Boarding Pass Ticket Issuing Machine 15a Slot 16 ID Recording Medium 17 Boarding Pass 31 Management computer

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[Submission Date] June 21, 2001 (2001.6.2)
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Claims (7)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A host computer provided at a boarding pass issuing organization that issues a boarding pass upon receiving a flight ticket reservation, a terminal device, a boarding pass issuing machine provided at an airport, and user ID information are recorded. And a terminal device, wherein the terminal device manages the boarding pass issuance institution by a credit settlement institution.
The host computer of the boarding pass issuing institution has the second ID information displayed by the terminal device as the first ID information for the airline ticket reservation. An information conversion function for converting; a reservation receiving function for establishing a ticket reservation based on an airline ticket reservation application and first ID information from a terminal device; and the established airline ticket reservation information, which is used for the airline ticket reservation. And a standby command function for transmitting the first ID information to the boarding pass at the airport. The boarding pass at the airport reads the user ID information through input of an ID recording medium.
D reading function, a matching function for matching the read user ID information with the first ID information transmitted from the host computer, and a ticketing function for issuing a boarding pass based on the corresponding ticket booking information based on the matching result. And a boarding pass issuance system. 2. The boarding ticket issuing institution host computer has a billing amount calculation function for cumulatively calculating an unpaid billing amount for airline ticket reservation for each user institution. A boarding pass issuing system using the ID information described in. [3] The host computer of the boarding pass issuing organization has a limit storage function for storing the credit limit of the airline ticket reservation for each user institution, and the unpaid billing amount of the airline ticket reservation is the credit limit of the airline ticket reservation. 3. The boarding pass issuing system according to claim 2, further comprising: a reservation suspending function for forcibly failing to establish the air ticket reservation when the amount exceeds the amount. 4. The host computer of the boarding pass issuing organization,
A limit storage function that is connected to the management computer of the credit clearing house and stores the credit limit of the airline ticket reservation for each user institution, and the unpaid billing amount of the airline ticket reservation is the credit limit of the airline ticket reservation If the number exceeds the limit, the limit change request function that requests the management computer to change the credit limit, and if information about the new credit limit is obtained from the management computer, the new credit limit It has a limit storage update function that updates and stores the credit limit, and a reservation interruption function that forcibly fails to make a ticket reservation when information on a new credit limit is not obtained from the management computer. The management computer has a judgment function for judging whether the credit limit can be changed in response to a request from the host computer, and a judgment result by the judgment function. The boarding pass issuance system according to claim 2, further comprising: a new limit transmission function of transmitting information on a new credit limit to the host computer based on the information. 5. A boarding pass ticket issuing machine at an airport has a ticketing result transmitting function for transmitting the fact that a boarding pass is issued to a host computer.
Boarding pass issuing system according to any of the above. 6. The boarding pass issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is a general-purpose personal computer. 7. A host computer provided at a boarding pass issuing institution that issues a boarding pass upon receiving a ticket reservation, a boarding pass issuing machine provided at an airport, and an ID recording medium on which user ID information is recorded. The host computer of the boarding pass issuance institution has a function of receiving an airline ticket reservation application and second ID information managed by the credit settlement organization, and the received second ID information is converted into a first ID for airline ticket reservation.
An information conversion function of converting the information into information; a reservation receiving function of establishing a ticket reservation based on the received ticket reservation application and the first ID information; And a standby command function for transmitting the first ID information to the boarding pass at the airport. The boarding pass at the airport reads the user ID information through input of an ID recording medium.
D reading function, a matching function for matching the read user ID information with the first ID information transmitted from the host computer, and a ticketing function for issuing a boarding pass based on the corresponding ticket booking information based on the matching result. And a boarding pass issuance system.