Symbol Technologies, LLC

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Ynjiun P Wang

Richard Bravman

Stefan G Vingsbo

A two-dimensional bar code is used to identify a traveler's luggage, permitting the luggage to be tracked and, if desired, to be delivered to the traveler's ultimate destination (e.g., a hotel). If the traveler is traveling on an airline, a corresponding two-dimensional bar code is applied to the traveler's boarding pass. A two-dimensional bar code reader is used to read the boarding-pass bar code of each enplaning passenger; comparison of these bar codes with luggage bar-code data permits an alarm to be raised if each item of checked luggage is not matched by an enplaned passenger. The boarding-pass bar code may take the form of an integrated passenger identification code for use by, e.g., rental car companies, hotels, and the like.

Traveler security and luggage control system

Inventory item records are affixed to inventory item holders. The inventory item records comprise two-dimensional bar code labels containing encoded item identification information and reordering information for ordering replacement inventory items. The replacement inventory items are labeled with two-dimensional bar-coded information describing the ultimate destination, and packed into a container for shipment to a receiving/distribution center. The destination information is scanned and decoded at the receiving/distribution center to enable proper routing of the replacement inventory items.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

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