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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTAMER A. MAHFOUZ, NADER M. NASSAR, TAMER M. NASSAR, HESHAM E.M. SOULTAN, ALAA S. YOUSSEF
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A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for distributing luggage among a plurality of outlet ports of a luggage distribution unit is provided. The method includes associating, using a processor system, a passenger key and a luggage identification (ID) device of a luggage unit, and assigning, using the processor system, the luggage ID device to a dispensing unit based at least in part on a determination of a desired distribution of luggage units among the plurality of outlet ports. The method also includes detecting a location of the passenger key, providing a status of the luggage ID device of the luggage unit, and signaling the presence of the luggage ID device and the luggage unit at the dispensing unit. The method includes receiving the association to access the at least one luggage unit, and releasing the luggage unit responsive to receiving the association.
A computer-implemented method for distributing luggage among a plurality of outlet ports of a luggage distribution unit, the method comprising:
A system for distributing luggage among a plurality of outlet ports of a luggage distribution unit, the system comprising:
A computer program product for distributing luggage among a plurality of outlet ports of a luggage distribution unit, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instruction embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a system to cause the system to perform a method comprising:
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