Patent ID: 8116906

Claim:
A pneumatic tube carrier tracking system comprising: at least one system control module comprising: at least one database module; and at least one computer control center (“CCC”) module in signal communication with said database module; at least one sending station having at least one identifying tag reader associated therewith, said at least one identifying tag reader configured to scan at least one identifier tag for delivery information of at least one carrier, said at least one sending station being in signal communication with said at least one system control module; and at least one receiving station having at least one identifying tag reader associated therewith, said at least one identifying tag reader configured to scan at least one identifier tag for reception information, said at least one receiving station being in signal communication with said at least one system control module; wherein said at least one sending station and said at least one receiving station are routably connected by pneumatic tubing; wherein said at least one system control module captures tracking information associated with sending and receiving said at least one carrier; wherein said at least one CCC module is configured to receive said delivery information from said at least one sending station and said reception information from said at least one receiving station; wherein said at least one database module is configured to store said delivery information and said reception information from said CCC module; and wherein said at least one CCC module is further configured to interpret said delivery information and said reception information and send commands to said pneumatic tube carrier tracking system to control routing of said at least one carrier in said pneumatic tubing.