Common carrier baggage method
First Claim
1. In the context of passenger travel over a common carrier by a passenger having one or more baggage items at a departure location, and wherein said passenger is transported by the common carrier from a departure terminal location to a destination terminal location then proceeds to arrival at a destination location, a process for handling said baggage comprising the steps of:
- calculating a lead time window, accepting said baggage items from said passenger during the duration of the lead time window, converting said baggage items into one or more parcel items, transport of said parcel items by a parcel carrier from said departure location to said destination terminal location; and
reconverting said parcel items into baggage items for presentation.
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Abstract
In the context of a passenger common carrier system, a method for the secure and convenient handling of luggage employing a parcel carrier system. Baggage is entrusted to a parcel carrier with sufficient time for shipment to the destination terminal or final destination of the passenger, who then converts a baggage check system to a parcel waybill system, transports the resulting parcel, converts the parcel back to baggage, then returns it to the common carrier for delivery to the passenger. In a variation of the method, the parcel carrier transports the parcel to the final destination of the passenger before converting the parcel back into baggage.
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Citations
10 Claims
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1. In the context of passenger travel over a common carrier by a passenger having one or more baggage items at a departure location, and wherein said passenger is transported by the common carrier from a departure terminal location to a destination terminal location then proceeds to arrival at a destination location, a process for handling said baggage comprising the steps of:
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calculating a lead time window, accepting said baggage items from said passenger during the duration of the lead time window, converting said baggage items into one or more parcel items, transport of said parcel items by a parcel carrier from said departure location to said destination terminal location; and
reconverting said parcel items into baggage items for presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In the context of passenger travel over a common carrier by a passenger having one or more baggage items at a departure location, and wherein said passenger is transported by the common carrier from a departure terminal location to a destination terminal location then proceeds to arrival a destination location, a process for handling said baggage comprising the steps of:
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calculating a lead time window, accepting said baggage items from said passenger during the duration of the lead time window, converting said baggage items into one or more parcel items, transport of said parcel items from said departure location to said destination location; and
reconverting said parcel items into baggage items for presentation. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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