ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,087, issued on Dec. 9.

"System and method for creating luggage manifests" was invented by Craig Mateer (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a system and method for creating luggage manifests, the method including: a) identifying, by at least one of at least one processor, a baggage source message (BSM) associated with an arrival of a luggage item of a passenger, wherein the BSM comprises an airport code associated with an airport and travel data of a first mode of travel carrier of the luggage item; b) matching, by at least one of the at least one processor, a passenger name of the passenger in the BSM with a pass...