System and method for passenger matching and baggage release

A system comprising:

• at least one memory storing one or more instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
• a) generate at least one manifest listing a plurality of passengers, wherein each of the at least one manifest comprises a passenger manifest data record having manifest data fields for each passenger listed therein,
• b) monitor, by a passenger matching and bag release system, at least one computer system associated with a security authority, wherein the security authority processes the plurality of passengers for border crossing at a border crossing airport,
• c) detect, in near real time by the passenger matching and bag release system, a clearance processing event of a passenger record of a respective passenger among the plurality of passengers created by the at least one computer system associated with the security authority, by matching the passenger record with a respective passenger manifest data record, and
• d) based on detecting the clearance processing event, communicate, through a network interface of the system coupled to the passenger matching and bag release system and a communication network, a baggage release message to a baggage scanning system of an identified airline, a computing device of a baggage handler or a baggage handling system, wherein the baggage release message is configured to cause a held checked-in luggage item associated with the respective passenger to be released.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to execute a method comprising:

• a) generating, by at least one of at least one processor, at least one manifest listing a plurality of passengers, wherein each of the at least one manifest comprises a passenger manifest data record having manifest data fields for each passenger listed therein;
• b) monitoring, by a passenger matching and bag release system, at least one computer system associated with a security authority, wherein the security authority processes the plurality of passengers for border crossing at a border crossing airport;
• c) detecting, in near real time by the passenger matching and bag release system, a clearance processing event of a passenger record of a respective passenger among the plurality of passengers created by the at least one computer system associated with the security authority, by matching the passenger record with a respective passenger manifest data record;
• and
• d) based on detecting the clearance processing event, communicating, through a network interface coupled to the passenger matching and bag release system and a communication network, a baggage release message to a baggage scanning system of an identified airline, a computing device of a baggage handler or a baggage handling system, wherein the baggage release message is configured to cause a held checked-in luggage item associated with the respective passenger to be released.