Method of selecting and storing airline ticket data

Abstract

A method is provided for receiving a data stream of an airline ticketing reservations computer, striping-away data bits included for the ordering and identifying and reading and writing of the data stream on magnetic media and selecting and converting the remaining data into multi-dimensional symbology or bar code for printing onto airline ticket and/or boarding documents.

1 . A method of receiving a data stream for recording onto magnetic media from a central reservation computer offering passenger air travel information to multiple airlines and for selecting and converting said data stream into multi-dimensional symbology for printing onto airline documents comprising the steps of: 
 receiving from a shared central reservation computer a data stream containing data for recording onto a magnetic media,    selecting from said data stream at least a portion of said data for recording onto said magnetic media to provide a selected data stream,    converting said selected data stream into a multi-dimensional symbology data set, and    printing said multi-dimensional symbology data set onto an airline document.    
     
     
         2 . The method as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said printing of said multi-dimensional symbology data is at a second location on said airline document that is different from a first location identified in said data stream from said shared central reservation computer.  
     
     
         3 - 8 . (canceled)  
     
     
         9 . A printer for receiving a data stream containing print data and magnetically recordable data said data stream for printing and recording onto airline tickets and boarding documents the printer comprising: 
 a print head for printing alpha-numeric text,    a print head for printing multi-dimensional symbology, and    a processor to select a magnetically recordable datum from the data stream and to convert said magnetically recordable datum into a multi-dimensional symbology computer code and to direct said print head for printing multi-dimensional symbology to print said multi-dimensional symbology computer code onto an airline document.    
     
     
         10 . The printer as claimed in  claim 9  wherein a single print head contains said print head for printing alpha-numeric text and said print head for printing multiple dimensional symbology.  
     
     
         11 . The printer as claimed in  claim 9  wherein said processor compresses said magnetically recordable datum prior to converting said magnetically recordable datum into a multi-dimensional symbology computer code.