COORDINATED IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS AND/OR ARTICLES VIA RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION CROSS-IDENTIFICATION
First Claim
1. A process for identifying and tracking persons and related articles, comprising the steps of:
- registering a person and one or more articles in a coordinated relationship;
storing information concerning the person, the articles and the coordinated relationship in a database;
cross-referencing RFID tags with the information stored in the database;
attaching the cross-referenced RFID tags to the person and at least one of the articles;
reading the RFID tags; and
enabling an alarm if the RFID tags do not match the cross-referenced information stored in the database.
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Abstract
A process and system for identifying and tracking persons and related articles, includes the steps of registering a person and one or more articles in a coordinated relationship, storing information concerning the person, the articles and the coordinated relationship in a database, cross-referencing RFID tags with the information stored in the database, attaching the cross-referenced RFID tags to the person and at least one of the articles, reading the RFID tags at random intervals, and enabling an alarm if the RFID tags do not match the cross-referenced information stored in the database. The invention also includes a system for performing this inventive process. The process may be adapted to various situations, a particularly preferred embodiment is adapted to the transportation industry.
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47 Claims
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1. A process for identifying and tracking persons and related articles, comprising the steps of:
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registering a person and one or more articles in a coordinated relationship;
storing information concerning the person, the articles and the coordinated relationship in a database;
cross-referencing RFID tags with the information stored in the database;
attaching the cross-referenced RFID tags to the person and at least one of the articles;
reading the RFID tags; and
enabling an alarm if the RFID tags do not match the cross-referenced information stored in the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A process for identifying and tracking passengers and baggage in relation to a transportation vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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registering a passenger and one or more articles of baggage in a coordinated relationship to a transportation vehicle;
storing information concerning the passenger, the articles of baggage, and the coordinated relationship to the transportation vehicle in a database;
cross-referencing RFID tags with the information stored in the database;
attaching the cross-referenced RFID tags to the passenger and at least one of the articles of baggage;
reading the RFID tags; and
enabling an alarm if the RFID tags do not match the cross-referenced information stored in the database. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A travel management system for securely identifying and tracking passengers and articles of baggage in relation to a transportation vehicle in a transportation terminal, comprising:
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a travel management system database connected to one or more transportation terminals having embarkation and disembarkation points;
at least one RFID reader/writer device in communication with the travel management system database; and
at least one RFID tag in communication with the RFID reader/writer device. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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