Patent ID: 7231355

Claim:
A method to track both passengers and passenger baggage during trip segments comprising the steps of: generating a passenger identification code, said passenger identification code identifiable with at least a passenger, a trip starting location, a transfer terminal, a carrier destination, and a passenger final destination; assigning a baggage identification code to each piece of baggage of a trackable baggage set; remotely transmitting said passenger identification code and said baggage identification code to an integrated travel information system at said trip starting location by said passenger; automatically locating both said passenger and said trackable baggage set to confirm both the passenger and said trackable baggage set are physically aboard a single mobile vehicle; identifying to a carrier service any individual piece of baggage of said trackable baggage set not identified as aboard the single mobile vehicle together with said passenger; designating a ground transportation vehicle at said transfer terminal for delivery of said trackable baggage set using said integrated travel information system; directing said passenger to said ground transportation vehicle by said integrated travel information system; and transmitting an end-of-trip signal to said integrated travel information system by said passenger when both said passenger and said trackable baggage set arrive at said passenger final destination.