Method and system for distributing electronic tickets with visual display for verification
DCFirst Claim
1. A method performed by a computer system for displaying visual validation of the possession of a previously purchased electronic ticket for utilization of a service monitored by a ticket taker comprising:
- transmitting a token associated with a previously purchased electronic ticket to a remote display device, wherein the token is a unique identifier and a copy of the unique identifier is stored on a central computer system;
validating the token by matching the token transmitted to the remote display device to the copy of the unique identifier stored on the central computing system to provide a ticket payload to the remote display device;
transmitting to the remote display device a validation display object associated with the ticket payload, the validation display object being configured to be readily recognizable visually by the ticket taker, in order to enable the remote display device to display the validation display object so that upon visual recognition by the ticket taker, the user of the remote display device is permitted to utilize the service monitored by the ticket taker; and
wherein the ticket payload contains code that destroys the validating visual object in a predetermined period of time after initial display or upon some pre-determined input event.
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Abstract
This invention discloses a novel system and method for distributing electronic ticketing such that the ticket is verified at the entrance to venues by means of an animation or other human perceptible verifying visual object that is selected by the venue for the specific event. This removes the need to use a bar-code scanner on an LCD display of a cell phone or other device and speeds up the rate at which human ticket takers can verify ticket holders. The system also can permit ticket purchase verification in the absence of a network connection during verification.
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28 Claims
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1. A method performed by a computer system for displaying visual validation of the possession of a previously purchased electronic ticket for utilization of a service monitored by a ticket taker comprising:
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transmitting a token associated with a previously purchased electronic ticket to a remote display device, wherein the token is a unique identifier and a copy of the unique identifier is stored on a central computer system; validating the token by matching the token transmitted to the remote display device to the copy of the unique identifier stored on the central computing system to provide a ticket payload to the remote display device; transmitting to the remote display device a validation display object associated with the ticket payload, the validation display object being configured to be readily recognizable visually by the ticket taker, in order to enable the remote display device to display the validation display object so that upon visual recognition by the ticket taker, the user of the remote display device is permitted to utilize the service monitored by the ticket taker; and wherein the ticket payload contains code that destroys the validating visual object in a predetermined period of time after initial display or upon some pre-determined input event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for validating previously purchased electronic tickets for utilization of a service monitored by a ticket taker, comprising:
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a central computer system and at least one remote display device operatively connected to the central computer system over a data communication network, wherein the central computer system transmits a token associated with the previously purchased electronic ticket to the at least one remote display device wherein the token is a unique identifier and a copy of the unique identifier is stored on a central computer system and upon a request received in the at least one remote display device validates the token associated with the previously purchased electronic ticket by matching the token transmitted to the remote display device to the copy of the unique identifier stored on the central computing system to provide a ticket payload to the at least one remote display device; wherein the central computer system is configured to transmit to the display device over the data communication network a validating display object associated with the ticket payload, the visual validation display object being configured to be readily recognizable visually by the ticket taker; the remote display device being configured so that the device enables display of the validating display object so that upon visual recognition by the ticket taker, the user is permitted to utilize the service monitored by the ticket taker, and wherein the ticket payload contains code that destroys the validating visual object in a predetermined period of time after initial display or upon some pre-determined input event. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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