Device for representing a multiple-use comsumption ticket by means of a bar code

• US 20070012765A1
• Filed: 03/09/2004
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Trinquet, Dominique, Piednoir, Xavier
• Application Number:
  US10/551,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20070012765A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/382
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes

Abstract

A device for displaying a bar code to represent a multiple-use consumption ticket in respect of a product or service, the device comprising a terminal (10) comprising communications means (11) adapted to receive a message containing order data in respect of said product or service, and graphical output means (12) adapted to represent said multiple-use consumption ticket in the form of a bar code. The terminal (10) further comprises means (21, 22) for storing said order data, an indicator of use of the multiple-use consumption ticket, and data relating to the terminal (10) and to the user, a module (33) for transferring order data received by said communications means (11) to said storage means (21, 22) a bar code generation module (41) adapted to generate a bar code representing the product or service ordered based on the order data, the use indicator, and the data relating to the user, and an image conversion module (42) adapted to supply said consumption ticket to the graphical output means (12) of the terminal (10) by converting the bar code generated by the bar code generation module (41) as a function of the data relating to the terminal (10).

Claims

1. A device for displaying a bar code to represent a multiple-use consumption ticket in respect of a product or service, the device comprising a terminal (10) comprising:

communications means (11) adapted to receive a message containing order data in respect of said product or service;

graphical output means (12) adapted to represent said multiple-use consumption ticket in the form of a bar code;

means (21, 22) for storing said order data, an indicator of use of the multiple-use consumption ticket, and data relating to the terminal (10) and to the user;

a module (33) for transferring order data received by said communications means (11) to said storage means (21, 22);

a bar code generation module (41) adapted to generate a bar code representing the product or service ordered based on the order data, the use indicator, and the data relating to the user; and

an image conversion module (42) adapted to supply said consumption ticket to the graphical output means (12) of the terminal (10) by converting the bar code generated by the bar code generation module (41) as a function of the data relating to the terminal (10).

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the multiple-use ticket is a season ticket for a given number of uses, said use indicator constitutes means for counting the number of uses.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the multiple-use ticket is a fixed charge ticket for a given period of use, said use indicator is an expiry date of said fixed charge.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein the bar code generated by said bar code generation module (41) includes information relating to the date of generation of said bar code.

5. A device according to claim 4, wherein said bar code also includes information relating to a validity period.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein said transfer module (33) is adapted to notify the user of a consumption ticket order data reception message and to receive an instruction for action from the user.

7. A device according to claim 6, wherein said action is the consumption, transfer, exchange, or cancellation of the consumption ticket.

8. A device according to claim 1, wherein said terminal (10) includes a watchdog module (31) adapted to detect the reception of a message containing order data and to store said message in an inbox (32) of the terminal, the transfer module 31) being adapted to transfer the order data of the message from the inbox (32) to said storage means (21,22).

9. A device according to claim 1, wherein at least the bar code generation module (41) and the image conversion module (42) constitute a unit that is out of circuit in the terminal (10) in the absence of a user action.

10. A device according to claim 1, wherein said terminal is a mobile telephone (10) and the graphical output means are a graphical display screen (12).