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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Edwin J. Bruce, Corinth, TX (US);
Stephanie B. McCaffrey, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
Cynthia A. O'Shea, Southlake, TX (US);
Tassanee K. Supakkul, Euless, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and tools for transporting and monitoring baggage by leveraging hardware and software based techniques to schedule time slots for the arrival of the baggage at pre-scheduled waypoints or final destinations. Computer systems manage route scheduling, baggage transportation, tracking and verification using a multi-tiered architecture to ensure each bag arrives at the scheduled waypoints and final destination. Baggage security includes tracking, via one or more chaperone devices and/or tagging the baggage using active or passive tagging systems. Tracking baggage allows the system to identify exceptions in the routing pattern of the baggage before the error may be realized by employees of the transportation service or the customer arriving at the final destination. Identifying exceptions to the routing pattern sooner may increase the likelihood of successfully backtracking to the last known whereabouts of the baggage and re-routing the baggage to the final destination in a timely manner.