NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION ENABLED LUGGAGE ITEM STOWAGE BINS

Organization Name

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor(s)

Robert T. Moton, Jr. of Alpharetta GA (US)

Adrianne Binh Luu of Atlanta GA (US)

James Pratt of Round Rock TX (US)

Barrett Kreiner of Woodstock GA (US)

Walter Cooper Chastain of Atlanta GA (US)

Ari Craine of Marietta GA (US)

Robert Koch of Peachtree Corners GA (US)

NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION ENABLED LUGGAGE ITEM STOWAGE BINS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18943688 titled 'NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION ENABLED LUGGAGE ITEM STOWAGE BINS

Original Abstract Submitted

A processing system of a carrier transport vehicle including at least one processor may obtain a notification of a luggage item to be placed in a stowage bin of the carrier transport vehicle, the notification including an identifier of the luggage item, detect, via the identifier of the luggage item, that the luggage item is proximate to the stowage bin, where the identifier of the luggage item is obtained via a wireless signal from the luggage item, and present at least one visual indicator associated with the stowage bin, in response to the detecting that the luggage item is proximate to the stowage bin.