Digital recreation of original bag tag identifier
OwnerCraig Mateerinventor
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Abstract
The invention presents a method and system for luggage handling and/or check-in processes for passengers on return travel. After completion of a leg of travel of a passenger with a travel carrier, the process includes electronically acquiring, by at least one electronic acquiring device, an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) printed on an originating printed bag tag from the travel carrier that is on a luggage item to create a digital BTI data record linked to the travel carrier. The method includes accessing information of the originating printed bag tag of the passenger populated in a manifest file. The method includes printing, by a printing device, a return leg travel International Air Transport Association (IATA) bag tag for a return flight linked to the originating printed bag tag.
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A method comprising:
- a) electronically acquiring, by at least one electronic acquiring device, an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) associated with or printed on a printed bag tag from a travel carrier that is on a luggage item of a passenger to create a digital BTI data record linked to the travel carrier;
- b) accessing, by at least one processor, passenger return flight information from a computer system associated with the travel carrier, based on the BTI data record;
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- c) printing, by a printing device, a return leg travel International Air Transport Association (IATA) bag tag for a return flight associated with the accessed passenger return flight information.
A method comprising:
- a) electronically acquiring, by an electronic acquiring device, an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) printed on an originating printed bag tag from travel carrier that is on a luggage item of a passenger to create a digital BTI data record linked to the travel carrier;
- b) accessing, by at least one processor, information of the originating printed bag tag of the passenger populated in a manifest file;
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- c) printing, by a printing device, a return leg travel IATA bag tag for a return flight linked to the originating printed bag tag from information in the manifest file.
A system comprising:
- an acquiring device to electronically acquire an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) printed on an originating printed bag tag from a travel carrier that is on a luggage item of a passenger to create a digital BTI data record linked to the travel carrier;
- at least one processor to access information of the originating printed bag tag of the passenger populated in a manifest file;
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- a printing device to print a return leg travel IATA bag tag for a return flight linked to the originating printed bag tag.
A method comprising:
- a) electronically acquiring, by an electronic acquiring device, an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) printed on an originating printed bag tag from an airline travel carrier that is on a luggage item of the passenger;
- b) utilizing, by at least one processor, the OP-BTI as a unique identifier to query a database to retrieve return flight data;
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- c) printing, by a printing device, a return leg travel IATA bag tag for a return flight from the retrieved return flight data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.