Patent ID: 7746230

Claim:
A system comprising: an airline baggage handling and transport facility to receive a set of airline baggage, with each airline baggage having a label physically associated with the respective baggage, the label comprising a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag comprising a thin base layer having a mounting portion on one surface, one or more antennas disposed on the base layer, and a radio frequency transceiver integrated circuit disposed adjacent the mounting portion having a memory for storing a unique ID, wherein the RFID tag is of non-uniform thickness, including a first thickness at a first location on the RFID tag that includes the base layer and a second thickness, greater than the first thickness, at a second location that includes the mounting portion; and an interrogation system configured to use RF signals to read the unique ID from the RFID tag, wherein the unique ID corresponds to data related to airline baggage transport.