Electronic ticket system
First Claim
1. An electronic ticket system for issuing a ticket in electronic form by use of a computer system, comprising:
- ticket information storage means for storing ticket information indicative of contents of the ticket to be issued;
ticket application receiving means for requiring an applicant for the ticket to input personal information on said ticket applicant, while disclosing the ticket information stored in said ticket information storage means, to require the ticket applicant to select said ticket information;
authentication means for authenticating said inputted personal information;
encryption means for encrypting an electronic ticket including said selected ticket information to obtain encrypted data, after the authentication is executed by said authentication means; and
electronic ticket issuing means for issuing the encrypted data encrypted by said encryption means to the applicant.
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Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic ticket system in which right information on a ticket is purchased via communication means, and a writable storage medium of the right information is used, thereby granting admittance into an event facility.
The electronic ticket system employs: a data communication terminal (10) which includes a storage medium (28) capable of writing the ticket right information therein; a ticket sales center (12) which is connected to the data communication terminal (10) via communication means (16) and which writes the ticket right information in the storage medium (28); and an admittance management terminal (14) which authenticates the ticket right information when a visitor bringing the storage medium with the ticket right information stored therein passes over a gate, and which determines whether the visitor should be allowed to enter or not. Booking of a ticket is applied to the ticket sales center (12) through the data communication terminal (10), and then the ticket sales center (12) receiving the application issues a ticket right information (35), which is written in the storage medium (28), thereby enabling the purchase of the ticket.
Further, when the visitor passes over the admittance management terminal (14), while carrying the storage medium (28), the system authenticates the ticket right information (35) written in the storage medium (28) by means of the admittance management terminal (14), to determine whether or not the visitor'"'"'s admittance into the event facility should be granted.
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29 Claims
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1. An electronic ticket system for issuing a ticket in electronic form by use of a computer system, comprising:
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ticket information storage means for storing ticket information indicative of contents of the ticket to be issued;
ticket application receiving means for requiring an applicant for the ticket to input personal information on said ticket applicant, while disclosing the ticket information stored in said ticket information storage means, to require the ticket applicant to select said ticket information;
authentication means for authenticating said inputted personal information;
encryption means for encrypting an electronic ticket including said selected ticket information to obtain encrypted data, after the authentication is executed by said authentication means; and
electronic ticket issuing means for issuing the encrypted data encrypted by said encryption means to the applicant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic ticket system for issuing a ticket in electronic form by use of a server computer, comprising:
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ticket information storage means for storing ticket information indicative of contents of the ticket to be issued;
ticket application receiving means for requiring a ticket applicant'"'"'s computer terminal to input personal information on said ticket applicant over a computer network, while disclosing the ticket information stored in said ticket information storage means, to require the ticket applicant'"'"'s computer terminal to select said ticket information;
authentication means for authenticating said inputted personal information;
encryption means for encrypting an electronic ticket including said selected ticket information to obtain encrypted data, after the authentication is executed by said authentication means; and
electronic ticket issuing means for transmitting said encrypted data encrypted by said encryption means to the applicant'"'"'s computer terminal over the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An electronic ticket system for issuing a ticket in electronic form by use of a server computer, comprising:
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ticket information storage means for storing ticket information indicative of contents of the ticket to be issued;
ticket application receiving means for requiring a ticket applicant'"'"'s computer terminal to input personal information on said ticket applicant over a computer network, while disclosing the ticket information stored in said ticket information storage means, to require the ticket applicant'"'"'s computer terminal to select said ticket information;
authentication means for authenticating said inputted personal information;
encryption means for encrypting an electronic ticket including said selected ticket information to obtain encrypted data, after the authentication is executed by said authentication means;
electronic ticket storage means for storing information on the electronic ticket to be encrypted into said encrypted data; and
electronic ticket issuing means for transmitting said encrypted data encrypted by said encryption means to the applicant'"'"'s computer terminal over the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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