US 12,112,228 B2
Article handling system and method
Viktor Kusy, Prague (CZ); and Alexandr Lichy, Prague (CZ)
Assigned to SITA Information Networking Computing UK Limited, (GB)
Appl. No. 17/619,114
Filed by SITA Information Networking Computing UK Limited, Hayes (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/051486
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/254818, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1908848 (GB), filed on Jun. 20, 2019; and application No. 19215018 (EP), filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0292273 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); B64F 1/32 (2006.01); B64F 1/36 (2017.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01)
CPC G06K 7/10445 (2013.01) [B64F 1/32 (2013.01); B64F 1/368 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01); G06K 2007/10524 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article handling system comprising:
one or more article tags (101) associated with an article (102), the one or more article tags (101) configured to provide a first article identifier associated with the article (102) and a second article identifier associated with one of the article tags (101);
a mobile device (104) having scanning means for scanning the one or more article tags to obtain the first and second article identifiers; and
a mobile application stored on the mobile device (104), the mobile application configured to:
a) generate a message comprising:
i) a first message line including the first article identifier, and
ii) a second message line including the second article identifier; and
b) send the message to a location;
whereby the article is subsequently identified at the location using either or both of the first and second article identifiers.