Patent ID: 8031903

Claim:
A networked security system comprising: a) a plurality of security check-points, each security check-point comprising: i) a data collection station adapted to collect data on each of a plurality of items of luggage; and ii) an input device adapted to read identifying information relating to each of the plurality of items of luggage; b) a server; c) a network interconnecting the plurality of security check-points and the sever, the network being adapted to communicate the data from the data collection station and the input device of each of the plurality of security check-points to the server; and d) a computer-readable medium associated with the server, the computer-readable medium having stored thereon: i) data on each of the plurality of items of luggage; ii) identifying information relating to each of the plurality of items of luggage; and iii) computer-executable instructions for: A) identifying a group of items of luggage based on the identifying information; and B) analyzing the data on each of the items of luggage in the group to detect a threat object in any of the items of luggage in the group based in part on data from another of the items of luggage in the group.