Patent ID: 8903543

Claim:
A system for use in the operation of a pneumatic carrier system comprising: a plurality of communications devices positioned at different locations within a pneumatic carrier system, each said communications device being configured to receive information from identification devices associated with pneumatic carriers within the system when the pneumatic carriers are proximally located to the communications device; a plurality of interface devices positioned at stations within the pneumatic carrier system, each interface device being operative to receive destination information associated with at least one of the pneumatic carriers; and a controller in communication with the communications devices and interface devices, the controller being configured to: associate the pneumatic carriers with destination information received for the pneumatic carriers through at least one of the interface devices; route the pneumatic carriers through the pneumatic carrier system based on the destination information for the pneumatic carriers; receive information from the communications devices when the identification devices associated with the pneumatic carriers become proximally located to the communications devices while being routed through said pneumatic carrier system; and based on the information received from the identification devices, identify and store the locations of the pneumatic carriers as they pass through the pneumatic carrier system.