Electronic delivery of admission tickets direct to a purchaser
First Claim
1. A method, performed by a computer system comprising at least one computer, for providing and verifying counterfeit resistant documents that can be presented for use, the method comprising, the computer system:
- receiving a request from a user computer for a document that can be presented for use;
subsequent to receiving the request, electronically transmitting the document to a user device, wherein the electronically transmitted document comprises unique information configured to be rendered by the user device in a machine readable form;
receiving a first communication of the unique information from a first input device in association with a machine read of the unique information by the first input device during a first presentation of the document for use;
verifying the first communicated unique information by determining that the unique information is valid;
checking a database to determine that the first communicated unique information has not been previously read in association with a previous presentation for use;
in response to determining that the first communicated unique information has not been previously read, providing a first signal at the location of the first input device at the time the document is first presented; and
updating the database to indicate that the unique information has been received in association with a presentation for use.
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Abstract
Electronic delivery of counterfeit-resistant documents exchangeable for value such as admission tickets, gift certificates, coupons, vouchers, etc. directly to the person who ordered the documents over an open communications network such as the Internet. A first party orders a document from a second party, and the second party electronically delivers the ordered, counterfeit-resistant document to a device designated by the first party. For example, the document may be electronically ordered using a PC, and a printer coupled to the PC may print the document. Alternatively, the electronic information may be provided to a fax, or the document ordered by telephone and electronically delivered to a PC or fax. The document may be made counterfeit resistant by assigning unique information to each document of a given type, e.g., admission tickets, and checking the uniqueness of a document prior to allowing it to be exchanged for value.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, performed by a computer system comprising at least one computer, for providing and verifying counterfeit resistant documents that can be presented for use, the method comprising, the computer system:
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receiving a request from a user computer for a document that can be presented for use; subsequent to receiving the request, electronically transmitting the document to a user device, wherein the electronically transmitted document comprises unique information configured to be rendered by the user device in a machine readable form; receiving a first communication of the unique information from a first input device in association with a machine read of the unique information by the first input device during a first presentation of the document for use; verifying the first communicated unique information by determining that the unique information is valid; checking a database to determine that the first communicated unique information has not been previously read in association with a previous presentation for use; in response to determining that the first communicated unique information has not been previously read, providing a first signal at the location of the first input device at the time the document is first presented; and updating the database to indicate that the unique information has been received in association with a presentation for use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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