Method of Processing Travel Ticket Data
First Claim
1. A method of processing a travel ticket in which contract instances are stored, wherein:
- a preselection file is read, the preselection file comprising a record for each stored contract instance, each record comprising at least one selection field and a pointer referencing a contract instance,a preselection list is prepared, from the data read from the preselection file, the preselection list referencing the stored contract instances in order of preference.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of processing data from a travel ticket, whereby the data stored in the ticket comprise contract instances, i.e. data relating to the use of a transport service. The inventive method comprising the following steps consisting in: reading a pre-selection file which contains a record of each stored contract instance, each record comprising at least one selection field and a pointer to reference a contract instance; and preparing a pre-selection list from the data read in the pre-selection file, said pre-selection list referencing the stored contract instances by order of preference. In this way, the contract instance data can be read in said order of preference, thereby accelerating processing speed since it is not necessary for all of the contract instance data to be read.
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9 Claims
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1. A method of processing a travel ticket in which contract instances are stored, wherein:
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a preselection file is read, the preselection file comprising a record for each stored contract instance, each record comprising at least one selection field and a pointer referencing a contract instance, a preselection list is prepared, from the data read from the preselection file, the preselection list referencing the stored contract instances in order of preference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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