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.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- electronically acquiring, by at least one electronic acquiring device, 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;
- utilizing, by at least one processor, the OP-BTI as a unique identifier to query a database having 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;
- and
- checking in, by the at least one processor, each luggage item for the passenger for the travel path of the passenger using information from the at least one expanded baggage information message.
A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, configured to cause the at least one processor to:
- obtain, from at least one electronic acquiring device, 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;
- utilize the OP-BTI as a unique identifier to query a database having 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;
- and
- check-in each luggage item 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.