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US 2006/0136252 A1Published application
Method for handling and tracking baggage
OwnerThomas Jenkins, Ishaq Samaiinventors
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Abstract
A method for handling baggage comprises the steps of: (a) collecting at least one piece of baggage from an off-airport site designated by at least one passenger, the collecting being performed by an agent of a commercial shipping business; (b) delivering the collected piece of baggage to an off-airport site; (c) scanning the delivered piece of baggage for tracking; and (d) delivering the scanned piece of baggage to at least one airport.
Claims14
A method for handling baggage, comprising the steps of:
- (a) collecting at least one piece of baggage from an off-airport site designated by at least one passenger, the collecting being performed by an agent of a commercial shipping business;
- (b) delivering the collected piece of baggage to an off-airport site;
- (c) scanning the delivered piece of baggage for tracking;
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- (d) delivering the scanned piece of baggage to at least one airport.
2 more elements
An airport method, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a plurality of pieces of baggage at an airport from one or more passengers by way of an off-airport site, wherein the respective pieces from each respective passenger have been received at the off-airport site more than about 12 hours before a respective scheduled departure time of a respective flight on which that passenger is to fly, and every one of the received plurality of pieces of baggage has been previously scanned for tracking;
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- (b) storing the plurality of pieces of baggage in a compartment of an airplane separate from a compartment used to store bags that are checked in at the airport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.