Patent ID: 7953515

Claim:
A method for use in the operation of a pneumatic carrier system comprising the steps of: using a first communications device, reading identification information from an identification device attached to a pneumatic carrier at a first user station in a pneumatic carrier system; receiving destination station information for the pneumatic carrier from a user interface associated with the first user station, wherein the identification information and the destination station information are stored to a transaction record in a computer readable storage medium; routing the pneumatic carrier through the pneumatic carrier system toward a second user station associated with the destination station information; stopping the pneumatic carrier within the pneumatic carrier system prior to the second user station, wherein the pneumatic carrier is inaccessible to system users; using a second communications device, reading the identification information from the identification device while the pneumatic carrier is stopped at a user inaccessible location within the pneumatic carrier system; accessing the transaction record to at least one of confirm the identity of the pneumatic carrier and identify security information associated with the transaction record; upon at least one of confirming the identity of the pneumatic carrier and satisfying a security requirement for the carrier, delivering the pneumatic carrier to the second user station; and generating an output on a display device at the user interface associated with the first user station indicating that the pneumatic carrier was delivered to the second user station.