Return leg remote passenger bag tag generation
OwnerCraig Mateerinventor
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Abstract
The disclosure 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.
Claims32
A computing system for optimizing luggage handling, comprising:
- a printing device;
- at least one processor;
- memory containing computer readable instructions that are accessible by the at least one processor, wherein the computer readable instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to:
- acquire, with one of an optical scanning device or a radio frequency communication device, an electronic representation of an originating bag tag identifier (O-BTI) associated with a luggage item of a passenger;
- locate and access information of a manifest record of the passenger based on information contained in the O-BTI;
- and
- transmit print instructions to the printing device for printing a return bag tag identifier based on the information of the manifest record of the passenger, the return bag identifier being formatted according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) standard.
A computing system for optimizing luggage handling, comprising:
- a printing device;
- an electronic acquiring device, wherein the electronic acquiring device is one of:
- an optical scanning device or a radio frequency communication device;
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory containing computer readable instructions that are accessible by the at least one processor, the computer readable instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to:
- acquire, by the electronic acquiring device, an IATA license plate from an indicium affixed to a luggage item of a passenger, the IATA license plate being generated by a travel carrier;
- obtain information in a manifest record of the passenger, the manifest record located using the IATA license plate acquired from the indicium;
- and
- print, by the printing device, a return leg travel IATA formatted bag tag for a return flight based on information in the manifest record.
A computing system for optimizing luggage handling, comprising:
- a communication device;
- a printing device;
- an electronic acquiring device, wherein the electronic acquiring device is one of:
- an optical scanning device or a radio frequency communication device;
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory containing computer readable instructions that are accessible by the at least one processor, the computer readable instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to:
- acquire, by the electronic acquiring device, passenger data from an indicium affixed to a luggage item of a passenger, the passenger data including information contained in an originating bag tag identifier (O-BTI);
- obtain, by the communication device, information from a manifest record associated with the passenger based on the passenger data acquired from the indicium;
- and
- print, by the printing device, 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.
A computing system for optimizing luggage handling, comprising:
- a communication device;
- an electronic acquiring device, wherein the electronic acquiring device is one of:
- an optical scanning device or a radio frequency communication device;
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory containing computer readable instructions that are accessible by the at least one processor, the computer readable instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to:
- acquire, by the electronic acquiring device, passenger data from an indicium affixed to a luggage item of a passenger, the passenger data including information contained in an originating bag tag identifier (O-BTI);
- obtain, by the communication device, information from a manifest record of the passenger based on the passenger data acquired from the indicium;
- create a digital recreation of the indicium based on the manifest record and the passenger data;
- and
- transmit, via the communication device, the digital recreation of the indicium to a mobile device of the passenger.
32-88. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.