US 11,866,199 B2
Managed connecting service for mass transit baggage
Nicholas Hance, London (GB); Andrew Bliesner, London (GB); and Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to Air Black Box Technologies LLC, Miami, FL (US)
Filed by Air Black Box Technologies LLC, Miami, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,969.
Application 17/710,969 is a continuation of application No. 16/876,983, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,319,089.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/993,974, filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/849,946, filed on May 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227500 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B64F 1/36 (2017.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC B64F 1/368 (2013.01) [B64D 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/541 (2013.01); G06Q 10/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, using one or more processors, a bag tag number corresponding to a baggage and a baggage itinerary, the baggage itinerary including a first segment and a second segment, the first segment being operated by a first carrier and the second segment being operated by a second carrier, the first segment departing from a first location and arriving at a second location from which the second segment departs, the first carrier being associated with a first system that does not share information with a second system of the second carrier;
generating, using one or more processors and in response to receiving the bag tag number, a message for the second system of the second carrier for transferring the baggage to the second carrier from the first carrier, the message including the bag tag number and information necessary to interline the baggage from the first carrier to the second carrier at the second location;
in response to generating the message and using the one or more processors, sharing the message with the second carrier to enable an update of the second system of the second carrier with the bag tag number corresponding to the baggage, the update configured to identify the bag tag number with the baggage to be received by the second carrier for the second segment; and
forwarding, using the one or more processors, a bag service message generated by the second system of the second carrier to the second location based on the message, the bag service message configured to enable the unloading of the baggage from the first carrier after completing the first segment, and the bag service message configured to enable the loading of the baggage onto the second carrier to complete the second segment without the baggage having to be retrieved and re-checked at the second location.