The disclosure describes a method for luggage management involving electronically acquiring an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) from a luggage item's bag tag associated with an originating travel carrier. The method uses the OP-BTI as a unique identifier to query a database for expanded baggage information messages that enumerate a passenger's travel path using a different mode of travel from the originating travel carrier. This process includes checking in a luggage item for the passenger using information from the expanded baggage information messages. The method accommodates various modes of travel and lodging entities, and it includes different acquiring devices for the OP-BTI, such as scanning or radio-frequency communication.

A system and method of remote check-in using optical character recognition of a bag tag is provided, the method including: a) obtaining, by at least one of at least one processor, image data representative of at least one image of printed passenger information associated with an airline travel carrier on an originating hardcopy bag tag or a printed instrument having at least a portion of the printed passenger information on the originating hardcopy bag tag to create a digital passenger information (DPI) data record linked to the airline travel carrier, wherein the originating hardcopy bag tag is issued for a luggage item of a passenger, and wherein the DPI data record comprises an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number, a passenger name record (PNR) number, an airline code, an airline name, a name of the passenger, or any combination thereof; b) accessing, by at least one of the at least one processor, passenger return flight information from a computer system associated with the airline travel carrier, based on the DPI data record; c) autonomously creating, by at least one of the at least one processor, a passenger manifest record based on the DPI data record and the passenger return flight information, wherein the passenger manifest record comprises data for check-in with a designated return travel carrier of a return leg of travel of the luggage item, the passenger, or a combination thereof; and d) repeating a)-c) for a plurality of passengers beginning a stay associated with a lodging entity and autonomously forming a manifest file.

A system and method of remote check-in using optical character recognition of a bag tag is provided, the method including: a) obtaining, by at least one of at least one processor, image data representative of at least one image of printed passenger information associated with an airline travel carrier on an originating hardcopy bag tag or a printed instrument having at least a portion of the printed passenger information on the originating hardcopy bag tag to create a digital passenger information (DPI) data record linked to the airline travel carrier, wherein the originating hardcopy bag tag is issued for a luggage item of a passenger, and wherein the DPI data record comprises an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number, a passenger name record (PNR) number, an airline code, an airline name, a name of the passenger, or any combination thereof; b) accessing, by at least one of the at least one processor, passenger return flight information from a computer system associated with the airline travel carrier, based on the DPI data record; c) autonomously creating, by at least one of the at least one processor, a passenger manifest record based on the DPI data record and the passenger return flight information, wherein the passenger manifest record comprises data for check-in with a designated return travel carrier of a return leg of travel of the luggage item, the passenger, or a combination thereof; and d) repeating a)-c) for a plurality of passengers beginning a stay associated with a lodging entity and autonomously forming a manifest file.

When attending an event at a venue, the attendee typically presents ticket information that is scanned by a venue scanner. The process associated with scanning can be dispensed with, which can improve attendee experiences, reduce costs associated with managing a venue, as well as other advantages. For example, instead of scanning a ticket at a point of ingress to the venue, a device of the user can self-scan the ticket, and then present indicia that indicates this process has occurred. The indicia can be presented to a guest services representative, who can verify that a valid ticket was redeemed by merely observing the indicia and without scanning.

When attending an event at a venue, the attendee typically presents ticket information that is scanned by a venue scanner. The process associated with scanning can be dispensed with, which can improve attendee experiences, reduce costs associated with managing a venue, as well as other advantages. For example, instead of scanning a ticket at a point of ingress to the venue, a device of the user can self-scan the ticket, and then present indicia that indicates this process has occurred. The indicia can be presented to a guest services representative, who can verify that a valid ticket was redeemed by merely observing the indicia and without scanning.

Provided is a system and method for de-personalizing security data file sharing, the method including: obtaining baggage data generated from a baggage handling system for a checked-in luggage item of a passenger; retrieving from a secure database a security screening image (SSI) representative of contents of the checked-in luggage item; converting the SSI and the baggage data into SSI file sharing data for a security screening tool; transmitting the SSI file sharing data over a network to a secure system associated with a border crossing airport, wherein the SSI file sharing data is used by a second security authority to perform a security screening process on the checked-in luggage item using the security screening tool; receiving a first screening message with a result of the security screening process; and causing the result to be displayed by a display, wherein the result is one of: a first result representative of cleared security screening; or a second result representative of failed security screening, wherein the passenger or the checked-in luggage item that failed the security screening are flagged for further security inspection.

Provided is a system and method for de-personalizing security data file sharing, the method including: obtaining baggage data generated from a baggage handling system for a checked-in luggage item of a passenger; retrieving from a secure database a security screening image (SSI) representative of contents of the checked-in luggage item; converting the SSI and the baggage data into SSI file sharing data for a security screening tool; transmitting the SSI file sharing data over a network to a secure system associated with a border crossing airport, wherein the SSI file sharing data is used by a second security authority to perform a security screening process on the checked-in luggage item using the security screening tool; receiving a first screening message with a result of the security screening process; and causing the result to be displayed by a display, wherein the result is one of: a first result representative of cleared security screening; or a second result representative of failed security screening, wherein the passenger or the checked-in luggage item that failed the security screening are flagged for further security inspection.

A method for providing exhibit information is disclosed. The method according to one example of the present disclosure includes obtaining visit information of a first user terminal for a plurality of spots existing in an exhibition hall, and transmitting information about a first type of a second spot existing in the exhibition hall to the first user terminal based on a determination that a time for which the first user terminal has stayed at a first type of a first spot is equal to or more than a reference value. In addition, the visit information of the first user terminal may be obtained as a result of tracking a location of the first user terminal within the exhibition hall, and the visit information of the first user terminal may include a time for which the first user terminal has stayed at each of a plurality of spots.

A method for providing exhibit information is disclosed. The method according to one example of the present disclosure includes obtaining visit information of a first user terminal for a plurality of spots existing in an exhibition hall, and transmitting information about a first type of a second spot existing in the exhibition hall to the first user terminal based on a determination that a time for which the first user terminal has stayed at a first type of a first spot is equal to or more than a reference value. In addition, the visit information of the first user terminal may be obtained as a result of tracking a location of the first user terminal within the exhibition hall, and the visit information of the first user terminal may include a time for which the first user terminal has stayed at each of a plurality of spots.

The disclosure describes a method for luggage management involving electronically acquiring an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) from a luggage item's bag tag associated with an originating travel carrier. The method uses the OP-BTI as a unique identifier to query a database for expanded baggage information messages that enumerate a passenger's travel path using a different mode of travel from the originating travel carrier. This process includes checking in a luggage item for the passenger using information from the expanded baggage information messages. The method accommodates various modes of travel and lodging entities, and it includes different acquiring devices for the OP-BTI, such as scanning or radio-frequency communication.