System, server and device for providing ticket

• US 20060143698A1
• Filed: 12/28/2005
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Ohara, Kiyotaka
• Application Number:
  US11/318,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20060143698A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/42 for ticket printing or like apparatus , e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0866 by active credit-cards adapted therefor G07F7/1008 takes precedence

Abstract

A system provides tickets from a server to a client device connected to the server via a network. The client device includes a ticket generating unit that receives ticket data from the server and generates a ticket by recording information represented by the ticket data on the ticket, a reading unit that reads the information recorded on the ticket, and a client side transmission unit that transmits data representing the information recorded on the ticket to the server. The server includes a ticket transmission unit that transmits the ticket data to the client device, a judging unit that judges whether the ticket is properly generated in accordance with the data transmitted from the client side transmission unit, and a re-transmission control unit that operates to transmit the ticket data again to the client device if the judging unit judges that the ticket is not properly generated.

Claims

1. A system for providing tickets over a network comprising:

a server; and

a client device connected to the server via the network, the client device including

a ticket generating unit configured to receive ticket data from the server and generate a ticket by recording information represented by the ticket data on the ticket;

a reading unit configured to read the information recorded on the ticket; and

a client side transmission unit configured to transmit data representing the information recorded on the ticket read by the reading unit, to the server,

wherein the server includes

a ticket transmission unit configured to transmit the ticket data to the client device;

a judging unit configured to judge whether the ticket is properly generated in accordance with the data transmitted from the client side transmission unit after the ticket transmission unit transmits the ticket data; and

a re-transmission control unit configured to re-transmit the ticket data to the client device if the judging unit judges that the ticket is not properly generated, and

wherein the client device includes

a re-generation control unit configured to control the ticket generating unit, the reading unit and the client side transmission unit so that if the ticket data is re-transmitted from the server by the re-transmission control unit after the client side transmission unit transmits the data to the server, the ticket generating unit re-generating a ticket in accordance with the ticket data re-transmitted from the server by recording information represented by the re-transmitted ticket data on the re-generated ticket, the reading unit reading the information recorded on the re-generated ticket, and the client side transmission unit transmitting data representing the information recorded on the re-generated ticket to the server.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the ticket data includes identification data for identifying the ticket data; and

the judging unit judges that the ticket is properly generated if the data transmitted from the client side transmission unit is equivalent to the ticket data transmitted previously to the client device by the ticket transmission unit and is identified by the identification data of the data transmitted from the client side transmission unit.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the re-transmission control unit is configured to transmit generation command data for instructing the client device to generate the ticket if the judging unit judges that the ticket is not generated properly, to wait until request data for requesting the ticket data is transmitted from the client device after transmitting the generation command data, and to re-transmit the ticket data to the client device after receiving the request data from the client device.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the server includes a database recording unit that records the ticket data judged to be properly generated as valid ticket data in the database;

the re-transmission control unit is configured to transmit the ticket data to the client device, the ticket data being different from the ticket data previously transmitted by the ticket transmission unit; and

the re-generation control unit operates so that generation of a ticket in accordance with the ticket data re-transmitted from the server, reading of the information recorded on the re-generated ticket, and transmission of the data representing the information of the re-generated ticket to the server are performed in accordance with the ticket data being different from the ticket data previously transmitted by the ticket transmission unit.

5. The system according to claim 4, further comprising

a ticket inspecting device connected to the server, the ticket inspecting device including:

an inspecting device side reading unit configured to read information recorded on the ticket;

an inspecting device side transmission unit configured to transmit data representing the information of the ticket read by the inspecting device side reading unit, to the server; and

an inspection result notifying unit configured to receive inspection data from the server and to provide notification of an inspection result represented by the inspection data,

wherein the server includes;

an inspection unit configured to judge whether the ticket is properly generated in accordance with the data transmitted from the inspecting device side transmission unit, the ticket being properly generated if the ticket data corresponding to the data transmitted from the ticket inspecting device corresponds to the ticket data registered in the database; and

an inspection result transmission unit configured to transmit the inspection data to the ticket inspecting device, the inspection data being a result of the judgment made by the inspection unit.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the server includes an accounting unit configured to conduct an accounting process for generation of the ticket when the judging unit judges that the ticket is generated properly.

7. A client device connected to a server via a network, comprising:

a ticket generating unit configured to receive ticket data from the server and generate a ticket by recording information represented by the ticket data on the ticket;

a reading unit configured to read the information recorded on the ticket;

a client side transmission unit configured to transmit data representing the information recorded on the ticket read by the reading unit, to the server; and

a re-generation control unit configured to control the ticket generating unit, the reading unit and the client side transmission unit so that if the ticket data is re-transmitted from the server after the client side transmission unit transmits the data to the server, the ticket generating unit re-generating a ticket in accordance with the ticket data re-transmitted from the server, the reading unit reading the information recorded on the re-generated ticket, and the client side transmission unit transmitting data representing the information recorded on the re-generated ticket to the server.

8. A server connected to a client device via a network, comprising:

a ticket transmission unit configured to transmit ticket data for generating a ticket to the client device;

a judging unit configured to judge whether the ticket is properly generated in accordance with data transmitted from the client device after the ticket transmission unit transmits the ticket data, the data representing information on the ticket read by the client device; and

a re-transmission control unit configured to re-transmit the ticket data to the client device if the judging unit judges that the ticket is not properly generated.

9. An inspecting device connected to a server via a network, comprising:

an inspecting device side reading unit configured to read information recorded on a ticket;

an inspecting device side transmission unit configured to transmit data representing the information on the ticket read by the inspecting device side reading unit, to the server; and

an inspection result notifying unit configured to receive inspection data from the server and to provide notification of an inspection result represented by the inspection data.

10. A method of generating a ticket on a client device connected to a server via a network, comprising the steps of:

generating a ticket by recording information represented by ticket data on the ticket, in accordance with the ticket data transmitted from the server;

reading the information recorded on the ticket;

transmitting data representing the information recorded on the ticket to the server; and

repeating the generating step, the reading step and the transmitting step if the ticket data is re-transmitted from the server after the transmitting step transmits the data to the server.

11. A computer program product for use on a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer program that causes the computer, when executed, to perform a method of generating a ticket on the computer connected to a server via a network, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a ticket by recording information represented by ticket data on the ticket, in accordance with the ticket data transmitted from the server;

reading the information recorded on the ticket;

transmitting data representing the information recorded on the ticket to the server; and

repeating the generating step, the reading step and the transmitting step if the ticket data is re-transmitted from the server after the transmitting step transmits data to the server.

12. A method to be implemented on a server for enabling a client device connected to the server via a network to generate a ticket, comprising the steps of:

transmitting ticket data for generating a ticket to the client device;

judging whether the ticket is properly generated in accordance with data transmitted from the client device after the step of transmitting transmits the ticket data to the client device; and

re-transmitting the ticket data to the client device if the step of judging judges that the ticket is not properly generated.

13. A computer program product for use on a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer program that causes the computer, when executed, to perform a method for enabling a client device connected to the computer via a network to generate a ticket, the method comprising the steps of:

transmitting ticket data for generating a ticket to the client device;

judging whether the ticket is properly generated in accordance with data transmitted from the client device after the step of transmitting transmits the ticket data to the client device; and

re-transmitting the ticket data to the client device if the step of judging judges that the ticket is not properly generated.

14. A method for inspecting a ticket on a device connected to a server via a network, comprising:

reading information recorded on a ticket;

transmitting data representing the information recorded on the ticket to the server; and

providing notification of an inspection result represented by inspection data when the inspection data is transmitted from the server after the step of transmitting transmits the data to the server.

15. A computer program product for use on a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer program that causes the computer, when executed, to perform a method for inspecting a ticket on the computer connected to a server via a network, comprising:

reading information recorded on a ticket;

transmitting data representing the information recorded on the ticket to the server; and

providing notification of an inspection result represented by inspection data when the inspection data is transmitted from the server after the step of transmitting transmits the data to the server.