Patent ID: 8686853

Claim:
A group search-based lost bag search and recovery system, the system comprising: a travel bag information database storing bag-identifying information categorized by bag tag identification (ID) codes, wherein the travel bag information database is configured to be executed on a CPU, a memory unit, and an information storage unit of a computer system; a lost bag group search organizer system creating, categorizing, and coordinating geographic proximity-based and thematic coherence-based search groups, wherein each search group comprises one or more persons carrying search agent devices, and wherein current locations of the one or more search agent devices are tracked by the lost bag group search organizer system; the one or more search agent devices assigned to the geographic proximity-based and thematic coherence-based search groups created by the lost bag group search organizer system, wherein each search agent device detects an electronically-identifiable bag wirelessly, if the electronically-identifiable bag is within a wireless access range of each search agent device; and a data network operatively connected to the travel bag information database and the lost bag group search organizer system, wherein the lost bag group search organizer system receives at least some of the bag-identifying information categorized by bag tag identification (ID) codes periodically or in real-time via the data network.