Methods of transport of one or more items between locations

摘要

Methods of causing transport of one or more items between two or more locations using computerized apparatus. In one embodiment, the one or more items comprise one or more pieces of luggage of a user which are shipped from a transportation facility such as an airport via user-instigated actions at a kiosk located within the facility. In one variant, user information is provided to the kiosk via a personal electronic device of the user (e.g., provided wirelessly via a smartphone), and the kiosk accesses a travel reservation system to obtain information about the routing of the luggage.

主权项

1. A method of causing transport of an item from one location to at least one other location, the method comprising:
prompting a user to provide user-specific information to a kiosk disposed at the one location, the prompting comprising establishing wireless communication with a wireless-enabled mobile electronic device of the user, the wireless-enabled mobile electronic device having a transportation-related application computer program operative to run thereon for receiving input comprising a selection of the user-specific information from the user; receiving, from the wireless-enabled mobile electronic device of the user, the user-specific information; based at least in part on the received user-specific information, causing production of an identification apparatus, the identification apparatus comprising at least a portion of the received user-specific information; prompting the user to affix the identification apparatus to the item; and causing the item to be routed to the at least one other location based at least on the received user-specific information.