Baggage delivery notification system and method
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorAdrian McGrath
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Abstract
A baggage delivery notification system and method which alerts passengers when their baggage arrives. An example method includes obtaining a baggage identifier on a bag at a baggage claim carousel from a reader, determining a passenger associated with the baggage identifier, and alerting the passenger that the bag is at the baggage claim carousel. The method may further include determining a time of arrival of the bag at the baggage claim carousel and alerting the passenger to the time of arrival.
Claims20
A processor-implemented baggage delivery notification method programmed in memory and/or a non-transitory computer-readable medium and to execute on one or more processors configured to execute the method, comprising:
- obtaining a baggage identifier on a bag at a baggage claim carousel from a reader;
- determining a passenger associated with the baggage identifier;
- and
- alerting the passenger that the bag is at the baggage claim carousel.
A processor-implemented baggage delivery notification method programmed in memory and/or a non-transitory computer-readable medium and to execute on one or more processors configured to execute the method, comprising:
- registering contact information of a passenger;
- obtaining a baggage identifier on a bag at a baggage claim carousel from a reader;
- determining a passenger associated with the baggage identifier;
- and
- contacting the passenger using the contact information when the bag is at the baggage claim carousel.
A baggage delivery notification system comprising:
- a baggage tag reader at a baggage claim carousel;
- a computer for obtaining a baggage identifier on a bag at a baggage claim carousel from the reader, for determining a passenger associated with the baggage identifier, and for alerting the passenger that the bag is at the baggage claim carousel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.