Patent ID: 8447427

Claim:
A method for use in the operation of a pneumatic carrier system comprising the steps of: using a first communications device, reading identification info nation from an identification device attached to a pneumatic carrier at an origination user station in a pneumatic carrier system; receiving destination location information for the pneumatic carrier via a user interface associated with the origination user station, wherein the identification information and the destination location information are stored to a transaction record in a computer readable storage medium; generating a first set of control signals to route the pneumatic carrier through the pneumatic carrier system toward a destination station associated with the destination location information; using a second communications device, reading the identification information from the identification device while the pneumatic carrier is located proximate to an intermediate location between the origination station and the destination station; accessing the transaction record of the pneumatic carrier; based on the destination location information of the transaction record and the carrier being located proximate to the intermediate location, generating a routing decision to effect continued advancement of the pneumatic carrier through the pneumatic tube system toward the destination location.