System and method for expanded baggage information messages
OwnerCraig Mateerinventor
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Abstract
The disclosure describes a method for luggage management involving electronically acquiring an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) from a luggage item's bag tag associated with an originating travel carrier. The method uses the OP-BTI as a unique identifier to query a database for expanded baggage information messages that enumerate a passenger's travel path using a different mode of travel from the originating travel carrier. This process includes checking in a luggage item for the passenger using information from the expanded baggage information messages. The method accommodates various modes of travel and lodging entities, and it includes different acquiring devices for the OP-BTI, such as scanning or radio-frequency communication.
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A method comprising:
- a. generating, by at least one processor, at least one expanded baggage information message that includes an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) associated with or printed on a printed bag tag from an originating travel carrier that is on a luggage item of a passenger, the passenger having one or more luggage items, wherein the at least one expanded baggage information message is expanded from an airline baggage information message to include travel data of multiple modes of travel;
- b. electronically acquiring, by at least one electronic acquiring device, the OP-BTI on the luggage item;
- c. querying, by at least one processor, a database using the acquired OP-BTI as a unique identifier, wherein the database comprises the travel data of the at least one expanded baggage information message enumerating a travel path of the passenger by a different mode of travel from the originating travel carrier;
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- d. checking in, by the at least one processor, each luggage item of the one or more luggage items for the passenger for the travel path of the passenger using information from the at least one expanded baggage information message.
A system comprising:
- a. at least one processor configured to generate at least one expanded baggage information message that includes an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) associated with or printed on a printed bag tag from an originating travel carrier that is on a luggage item of a passenger, the passenger having one or more luggage items, wherein the at least one expanded baggage information message is expanded from an airline baggage information message to include travel data of multiple modes of travel;
- b. at least one electronic acquiring device configured to electronically acquire the OP-BTI on the luggage item;
- c. a database, wherein the at least one processor is configured to query the database using the acquired OP-BTI as a unique identifier, wherein the database comprises the travel data of the at least one expanded baggage information message enumerating a travel path of the passenger by a different mode of travel from the originating travel carrier;
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- d. wherein the at least one processor is configured to check in each luggage item of the one or more luggage items for the passenger for the travel path of the passenger using information from the at least one expanded baggage information message.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- a. generating, by the at least one processor, at least one expanded baggage information message that includes an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) associated with or printed on a printed bag tag from an originating travel carrier that is on a luggage item of a passenger, the passenger having one or more luggage items, wherein the at least one expanded baggage information message is expanded from an airline baggage information message to include travel data of multiple modes of travel;
- b. electronically acquiring, by at least one electronic acquiring device, the OP-BTI on the luggage item;
- c. querying, by the at least one processor, a database using the acquired OP-BTI as a unique identifier, wherein the database comprises the travel data of the at least one expanded baggage information message enumerating a travel path of the passenger by a different mode of travel from the originating travel carrier;
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- d. checking in, by the at least one processor, each luggage item of the one or more luggage items for the passenger for the travel path of the passenger using information from the at least one expanded baggage information message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.