Patent ID: 11881057
Assignee: nan
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. A system for facilitating check-in of a passenger having a first luggage item, the passenger traveling to and from a destination, the system comprising:
a processor;
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, are configured to, after the first luggage item arrives at a destination, cause the processor to:
a) electronically acquire, from at least one electronic acquiring device, an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) associated with or printed on a printed bag tag from an originating airline carrier that is on the first luggage item of the passenger to create a digital BTI data record linked to the originating airline carrier;
b) access a B-type message containing a passenger name record (PNR) number of the passenger using a unique identifier representative of the digital BTI data record from a computer system associated with an originating airline carrier;
c) retrieve check-in information of a return leg of travel of the passenger with a designated return travel carrier using information associated with the PNR number; and
d) check-in the passenger with the designated return travel carrier based on the retrieved check-in information, during a check-in window.