Inventors:
Sharon K. Heidenreich - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Anthony J. Selway - Mesa AZ, US
Woodrow Hendricks Danda - Vancouver, CA
Daniel J. Ebert - Littleton CO, US
Gael Ellen Jose - Pinecrest FL, US
Jeff D. Shafer - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Robert F. Drab - Denver CO, US
Assignee:
First Data Corporation - Englewood CO
International Classification:
G06F 17/60
US Classification:
705 22, 705 18, 235385, 312333, 3123301, 70 85, 280 4735
Abstract:
A system for controlling currency exchange and merchandise sales on commercial airline flights includes a point-of-sale (POS) computer for receiving currency and merchandise inventory information preflight and for recording transactions in-flight. Data is exchanged between the POS computer and a cash/currency processing computer (CPC) for reconciling preflight and post-flight inventories and for generating reports for use by the airlines, merchandise vendors and currency exchange service providers. A control method includes the steps of determining currency and merchandise inventories preflight, recording transactions in-flight and reconciling and reporting transactions post-flight.