ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,067, issued on Feb. 18.
"Security, tracking device, and luggage recovery" was invented by Craig Mateer (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods, computer systems, and machine learning models for luggage tracking and recovery are disclosed. The methods and computer systems may include matching first travel information including a passenger name and an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number for a luggage item of a passenger in a flight manifest with second travel information from a created B-Type message that includes a reference indicator representative of a non-routine routed luggage ...