Patent ID: 11935072
Assignee: nan
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for streamlining baggage screening across a plurality of modes of transportation, the method comprising:
scanning a baggage item by a first security authority (FSA) using a computed tomography imaging system that exports imagery of the baggage item to a baggage imagery collection;
scanning machine-readable baggage indicia of the baggage item for a bag identification record selected from the group consisting of a license plate identification and a Baggage Source Message (BSM) identification, the bag identification record uniquely identifying the baggage item and associated passenger data;
uploading the baggage imagery collection and the bag identification record to a secure cloud storage system administered by a second screening authority (SSA), the baggage imagery collection linked to the bag identification record;
extrapolating a screening manifest at the SSA from the bag identification record, the screening manifest enumerating at least one second mode of transportation that requires baggage screening under rules and regulations specific to the at least one second mode of transportation that are different from rules and regulations applied by the FSA;
for the at least one second mode of transportation identified in the screening manifest, reanalyzing the baggage imagery collection by the SSA according to the rules and regulations specific to the at least one second mode of transportation;
determining whether the scanned baggage item complies with the rules and regulations specific to the at least one second mode of transportation identified in the screening manifest and creating a baggage authorization record enumerating a security compliance result for the at least one second mode of transportation in the screening manifest, the security compliance result represented by at least one of an indicium affixed to the baggage item and an electronic compliance result transmission; and
approving or prohibiting direct delivery of the baggage item by a trusted custody handler for the at least one second mode of transportation indicated in the indicium whereby if the indicium reports a positive security compliance result for the at least one second mode of transportation, the trusted custody handler may directly deliver the baggage item to the at least one second mode of transportation without additional, physical security screening, and if the indicium reports a negative security compliance result for the at least one second mode of transportation, the baggage item is sent for physical security screening at a holding location or at the at least one second mode of transportation.