CPC G07B 11/00 (2013.01) [B42D 15/0053 (2013.01); G09F 3/207 (2013.01)] | 32 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
electronically acquiring, by a first electronic acquiring device, an International Air Transport Association (IATA) bag tag number on a bag tag from an airline travel carrier that is on a luggage item of a passenger for an originating flight;
initiating, by at least one of at least one processor, a recycling process to transition the IATA bag tag number to a universal bag tag unique identifier for use at off-airport locations;
utilizing, by at least one of the at least one processor, the universal bag tag unique identifier to query a database having at least one universal baggage source message (UBSM) linked to the universal bag tag unique identifier, the UBSM enumerating a travel path of the passenger to at least one off-airport location after the originating flight; and
providing to the first electronic acquiring device, by at least one of at least one processor, information indicative of a next location for delivery of the luggage item in the travel path.
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