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ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF ADMISSION TICKETS DIRECT TO A PURCHASER

  • US 20090255989A1
  • Filed: 04/24/2009
  • Published: 10/15/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system by which counterfeit resistant documents are made available over an open communications network, and for validating such documents, comprising:

  • at least one supplier computer programmed to provide unique information for a document and to electronically transmit over the network at least information relating to the document and the unique information, the transmitted information related to the document and the unique information being capable of being printed on a medium suitable for functioning as the document;

    means for machine reading from a document with the information relating to the document and the unique information at least the unique information; and

    a computer programmed to determine at least from the machine-read unique information substantially in real time after the machine reading whether the machine-read unique information (a) is valid and (b) had been previously read for use.

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