Return Leg Passenger Bag Tag Generation
OwnerCraig Mateerinventor
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Abstract
The invention presents a method for luggage handling processes for passengers on return travel. The process includes acquiring, by an acquiring device, an originating bag tag identifier (O-BTI) or International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate associated with a bag tag affixed to a luggage item of the passenger. This O-BIT is used to create a digital BTI data record linked to the travel carrier. The method includes printing, by a printing device, a return leg travel IATA-formatted bag tag for a return flight linked to the originating printed bag tag. Additionally, the method may remotely check in the passenger for the return flight by accessing a B-type message using the digital BTI data record, the B-type message containing a passenger name record (PNR) number.
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A method comprising:
- a) electronically acquiring, by an electronic acquiring device, an originating bag tag identifier (O-BTI) from an indicium affixed to a luggage item of a passenger, the O-BTI generated by a travel carrier;
- b) accessing, by at least one processor, information in a manifest record of the passenger, the manifest record located using the O-BTI acquired from the indicium;
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- c) printing, by a printing device, a return leg travel International Air Transport Association (IATA) formatted bag tag for a return flight from information in the manifest record.
A method comprising:
- a) electronically acquiring, by an electronic acquiring device, an IATA license plate from an indicium affixed to a luggage item of a passenger, the IATA license plate generated by a travel carrier;
- b) receiving, by at least one processor, information in a manifest record of the passenger, the manifest record located using the IATA license plate acquired from the indicium;
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- c) printing, by a printing device, a return leg travel IATA formatted bag tag for a return flight from information in the manifest record.
A method comprising:
- a) receiving, by at least one processor, information from a manifest record of a passenger, the manifest record located using an originating bag tag identifier (O-BTI) electronically acquired from an indicium affixed to a luggage item of the passenger, the O-BTI generated by a travel carrier;
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- b) printing, by a printing device in communication with the at least one processor, a return leg travel International Air Transport Association (IATA) formatted bag tag for a return flight for the passenger from information in the manifest record received by the printing device.
A method comprising:
- a) electronically acquiring, by an electronic acquiring device, an originating bag tag identifier (O-BTI) from an indicium affixed to a luggage item of a passenger, the O-BTI generated by a travel carrier;
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- b) communicating, by the electronic acquiring device, the O-BTI to at least one processor, wherein the least one processor locates a manifest record of the passenger, the manifest record located using the O-BTI acquired from the indicium, the least one processor communicating to a printing device information to print a return leg travel International Air Transport Association (IATA) formatted bag tag for a return flight from information in the manifest record of the passenger, the manifest record located using the O-BTI acquired from the indicium.
A method comprising:
- a) receiving, by at least one processor, an originating bag tag identifier (O-BTI) electronically acquired from an indicium affixed to a luggage item of a passenger, the O-BTI generated by a travel carrier;
- b) locating, by the at least one processor, information from a manifest record of the passenger, the manifest record located using the O-BTI acquired from the indicium;
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- c) communicating to a printing device in communication with the at least one processor, information to print a return leg travel International Air Transport Association (IATA) formatted bag tag for a return flight from information in the manifest record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.