Airline baggage tracking and notification system

摘要

An airport baggage tracking and notification system may include a baggage tracking system and a baggage location notification system. The baggage tracking system may be configured to track when baggage at an airport has arrived at and/or has departed from one or more locations at an airport, such as a check in area, a baggage sorting area, within an airplane, a baggage pickup area, and/or a passenger exit at the airport. The baggage location notification system may be configured to cause a notification to be automatically delivered to a passenger that is transporting the baggage, a passenger transportation service, and/or others contemporaneously with when the baggage has arrived at and/or departed from each of the locations indicating that the baggage has arrived at or departed from each location.

主权项

1. An airport baggage tracking and notification system comprising:
a baggage tracking system configured to track when baggage at an airport has arrived at and has departed from each of a first plurality of locations located within a departure airport and a second plurality of locations located within an arrival airport; and a baggage location notification system configured to cause a notification, indicating that a piece of baggage has arrived at or departed from at least one of the locations, to be automatically sent to a mobile device of a passenger associated with the piece of baggage contemporaneously with when the piece of baggage has respectively arrived at or departed from the at least one location, wherein the baggage location notification system includes a passenger interface configured to display:
a plurality of mobile device delivery options as selectable options to the passenger which allows the passenger to specify a mobile device delivery option for sending the notifications to the mobile device of the passenger,the first plurality of locations as selectable options to the passenger which allows the passenger to specify when the notification is to be sent by allowing the passenger to select a location from among the first plurality of locations in the departure airport, select whether the notification should be sent upon arrival of the piece of baggage at the selected location in the departure airport, and select whether the notification should be sent upon departure of the piece of baggage from the selected location in the departure airport,the second plurality of locations as selectable options to the passenger which allows the passenger to specify when the notification is to be sent by allowing the passenger to select a location from among the second plurality of locations in the arrival airport, select whether the notification should be sent upon arrival of the piece of baggage at the selected location in the arrival airport, and select whether the notification should be sent upon departure of the piece of baggage from the selected location in the arrival airport, anda plurality of other notification recipients as selectable options to the passenger which allows the passenger to specify other recipients to receive the sent notifications.