Method and System for Distributing Electronic Tickets with Visual Display
First Claim
1. A method for activating a purchased electronic ticket on a user'"'"'s computer device comprising:
- Receiving from the user'"'"'s computer device a request to activate a purchased electronic ticket;
Receiving from the user'"'"'s computer device a token associated with the received request;
Determining whether a token associated with the purchased ticket has been stored in a data record associated with the received request, and if it has, whether the received token matches the stored token; and
In dependence on the determination that the stored token and received token match, transmitting to the user'"'"'s computing device a validating visual object corresponding to the purchased electronic ticket.
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Abstract
This invention discloses a novel system and method for distributing electronic ticketing such that the ticket is verified at the entrance to venues by means of an animation or other human perceptible verifying visual object that is selected by the venue for the specific event. This removes the need to use a bar-code scanner on an LCD display of a cell phone or other device and speeds up the rate at which human ticket takers can verify ticket holders. The system providing the service also can maintain a persistent communication channel with the user device in order to control the ticket verification process.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for activating a purchased electronic ticket on a user'"'"'s computer device comprising:
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Receiving from the user'"'"'s computer device a request to activate a purchased electronic ticket; Receiving from the user'"'"'s computer device a token associated with the received request; Determining whether a token associated with the purchased ticket has been stored in a data record associated with the received request, and if it has, whether the received token matches the stored token; and In dependence on the determination that the stored token and received token match, transmitting to the user'"'"'s computing device a validating visual object corresponding to the purchased electronic ticket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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