Patent ID: 9139383
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a computerized controller for operating a pneumatic carrier system comprising the steps of: scanning an identification device associated with a pneumatic carrier located at a first user station in a pneumatic carrier system to identify an intended recipient of a payload of said pneumatic carrier, and to identify a priority of said payload, wherein said intended recipient is identified free of a delivery location for said intended recipient; accessing a database record of a computer readable storage medium based on an identity of said intended recipient to identify a current location of the intended recipient; based on said current location of the intended recipient, identifying a travel path through said pneumatic carrier system for delivering the pneumatic carrier to a second user station proximate to said current location of the recipient via said pneumatic carrier system: identifying priorities of all pending carrier transactions scheduled to utilize at least one system component of said travel path; suspending at least one of said pending carrier transactions having a lower priority than said priority of said payload; and generating control signals to effect delivery of the pneumatic carrier to said second user station.