US 12,223,808 B1
Printer system including paper medium including backing strip and adhesive label affixed thereto
Jeffrey Charles Johnson, Roanoke, TX (US); and Arunprakash Dhanabal, Irving, TX (US)
Assigned to AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed by AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/089,054.
Application 18/089,054 is a continuation of application No. 15/916,583, filed on Mar. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,545,010.
Application 15/916,583 is a continuation of application No. 12/752,625, filed on Apr. 1, 2010, abandoned.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07G 1/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01)
CPC G07G 1/0018 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4075 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer system, comprising:
a paper medium, the paper medium comprising an adhesive label and a backing strip to which the adhesive label is affixed, the adhesive label defining first and second edges spaced in a parallel relation, the adhesive label comprising first, second, and third portions affixed to the backing strip, wherein each of the first, second, and third portions is permitted to be peeled off from the backing strip while the others of the first, second, and third portions remain affixed to the backing strip, wherein the first, second, and third portions each have the same width, wherein the first portion defines first and second segments of the first and second edges, respectively, the first and second segments each having the same length, wherein the second portion defines third and fourth segments of the first and second edges, respectively, the third and fourth segments each having the same length, wherein the third portion defines fifth and sixth segments of the first and second edges, respectively, the fifth and sixth segments each having the same length, wherein the first, third, and fifth segments of the first edge are co-linear and the second, fourth, and sixth segments of the second edge are co-linear, wherein the co-linear first, third, and fifth segments of the first edge are spaced in a parallel relation from the co-linear second, fourth, and sixth segments of the second edge, wherein a first one of a perforation, cut, or line is formed in the adhesive label, extends between the first and second edges of the adhesive label, and at least partially defines at least one of the first, second, and third portions, wherein a second one of a perforation, cut, or line is formed in the adhesive label, extends between the first and second edges of the adhesive label, and at least partially defines at least one other of the first, second, and third portions, wherein one of the first, second, and third portions extends between the first one of the perforation, cut, or line and the second one of the perforation, cut, or line;
a printer; and
a computing device in communication with the printer, wherein the computing device sends one or more commands to the printer to print:
a bag payment receipt on the third portion of the adhesive label of the paper medium, the bag payment receipt evidencing a baggage fee payment;
a baggage identification tag on the first portion of the adhesive label of the paper medium, the baggage identification tag identifying at least one bag; and
a baggage claim tag on the second portion of the adhesive label of the paper medium, the baggage claim tag being associated with the at least one bag.