Patent ID: 11870778
Assignee: WEST VIEW RESEARCH, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. Computerized apparatus configured to enable transport of an item for a user who owns the item from an air travel departure location to at least one other location, the at least one other location comprising a travel destination for the user, the computerized apparatus disposed at the air travel departure location and comprising:
digital processing apparatus;
display apparatus in data communication with the digital processing apparatus;
network interface apparatus in data communication with the digital processing apparatus;
biometric evaluation apparatus in data communication with the digital processing apparatus, the biometric evaluation apparatus configured to use biometric data associated with the user to authenticate the user before said enablement of said transport of the item;
scanning apparatus in data communication with the digital processing apparatus and configured to obtain, via one or more scans, data relating to the user, the data relating to the user obtained by the scanning apparatus from one or more objects carried by the user; and
at least one storage device in data communication with the digital processing apparatus, the at least one storage device comprising at least one computer program stored thereon, the at least one computer program configured to, when executed on the digital processing apparatus:
receive the data relating to the user via at least the scanning apparatus;
based at least in part on the received data relating to the user, cause authentication processing of an identity of the user using at least the biometric evaluation apparatus and the biometric data;
based at least in part on the received data relating to the user, cause electronic access of a computerized travel reservation system over at least a network interface between the computerized apparatus and the computerized travel reservation system, the computerized travel reservation system comprising data regarding the user and the travel destination; and
based at least on the authentication processing and the electronic access of the computerized travel reservation system, cause enablement of access by the user to an item handling apparatus, the access to the item handling apparatus enabling the transport of the item from the air travel departure location to the at least one other location.