Token delivery system

• US 20030182242A1
• Filed: 05/27/2003
• Published: 09/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telstra Corporation Limited (Telstra Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Telstra Corporation Limited (Telstra Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jewell, David Arthur, Scott, Andrew Ewart, Hibberd, Timothy Winston
• Granted Patent: US 8,370,180 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/65
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/32 using wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3274 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/367 involving electronic purses or money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213

Abstract

A token process including storing transaction data for purchase of a product, generating a token for redemption of the product, providing access to the token over a communications network, and sending the token to a handheld device on receipt of a request for the token, the token being readable from the handheld device by a reading device at point of provision of the product. A handheld device including wireless communication means for receiving ticket data, the ticket data adapted to generate a visual display on said handheld device readable by a reading device to redeem a product corresponding to the ticket.

Claims

1. A token process, including

generating and storing transaction data for purchase of a product in a network database;

sending a virtual token from a network device to a handheld device to generate a machine-readable representation of the token in the handheld device;

reading the representation from the handheld device with a reading device to validate said token; and

authorising redemption of said product upon validation of said token against said transaction data in said network database;

3. A token process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said machine-readable representation is produced on a visual display of said handheld device.

4. A token process as claimed in claim 3, wherein said machine-readable representation on said visual display is a barcode.

5. A token process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said handheld device is a mobile telephone.

6. A token process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said handheld device is a personal digital assistant (PDA).

7. A token process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said handheld device is a smartcard.

9. A token process as claimed in claim 1, including validation of said token against said transaction data, of said network database, stored in said reading device.

13. A token process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sending includes transmitting said token using a network communications protocol, such as TCP/IP, SMS, GPRS or WAP.

17. A token system having components for executing the steps of a validation process as claimed in any one of the preceding claims.

18. Software stored on computer readable storage media and having code for executing the steps of a token process as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16.

26. A token process as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein said token is valid for a predetermined time determined by said transaction data.

2. (Deleted)

8. (Deleted)

11. A token process as claimed in claim 8 or 9, wherein said validation is dependent on previous validations.

12. A token process as claimed in claim 8 or 9, wherein said validation is dependent on time.

10. (Deleted)

14. A token process, including downloading a virtual token from a network device to a handheld device to generate a machine-readable representation of the token on the handheld device, so that the representation may be read with a reading device to validate said token, said token being validated on the basis of transaction data of a network database.

15. A token process including:

storing transaction data for purchase of a product;

generating a token for redemption of said product;

providing access to said token over a communications network; and

sending said token to a handheld device on receipt of a request for said token,

said token being readable from said handheld device by a reading device at point of provision of said product.

16. A token process as claimed in claim 15, wherein said handheld device is adapted to generate visual representation of said token for reading by said reading device.

19. A token system, including a token transmission system for sending a virtual token from a network device to a handheld device to generate a machine-readable representation of the token on the handheld device, and for authorising redemption of said product upon validation of said token on the basis of transaction data in said token transmission system.

20. A token system as claimed in claim 19, including a reading system for reading the representation from the handheld device with a reading device to validate said token.

21. A token system including:

a transaction server accessed over a communications network, said server storing transaction data for purchase of a product, and generating a token for redemption of said product, said token being accessible over said network from said server such that said token is sent to a handheld device on receipt of a valid request for said token from said handheld device.

22. A token system as claimed in claim 21, including a reading system having a reading device for reading said token and causing validation of said token, said reading device being at a point of provision of said product.

23. A token system as claimed in claim 22, wherein said product is a good or service, such as access to facilities or an event or a discount or exchange for currency.

24. A handheld device including wireless communication means for receiving ticket data from a communications network, said ticket data adapted to generate a visual display on said handheld device readable by a reading device to redeem a product corresponding to said ticket data upon validation of said ticket data on the basis of transaction data in said communications network.

25. A handheld device as claimed in claim 24, wherein said visual display is a barcode.