ELECTRONIC TICKET SYSTEM

• US 20130124236A1
• Filed: 01/19/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: M-Media Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Gi G.I. Chen
• Inventors: CHEN, Gi Gi
• Application Number:
  US13/353,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124236A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/34 using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

The present invention is an electronic ticket system. A server is provided with a member platform, a member database, a ticket platform and a ticket database. The member database stores account information of a plurality of members and a characteristic code corresponding to each account. The ticket platform provides the functions of sale and verification of each type of tickets. The ticket database stores ticket information of a plurality of tickets and a characteristic code corresponding to each ticket. A ticket checking device is used by each service unit to read a characteristic code in a characteristic code carrier provided by the member, and then send it to the server to be contrasted with the ticket information and characteristic code stored in the ticket database. Moreover, the verification result is displayed on a warner, and thereby whether the service corresponding to the ticket should be provided is determined.

Claims

1. An electronic ticket system comprising:

a server provided with a member platform, a member database, a ticket platform and a ticket database, wherein said member platform provides the functions of creation and management of account, said member database is used for storing account information of a plurality of members and characteristic codes corresponding to each account, said ticket platform provides the functions of booking and verification of each type of tickets, said ticket database is used for storing ticket information of a plurality of tickets and characteristic codes corresponding to each ticket;

a plurality of service units for providing service corresponding to each ticket, each service unit is provided with at least one ticket checking device connected to said server through a network, each ticket checking device comprises a characteristic code reader and a warner; and

a plurality of characteristic code carriers corresponding to each account, wherein each characteristic code carrier is stored with a characteristic code;

wherein after the ticket is purchased by the member on said ticket platform, a relationship between said ticket and the characteristic code corresponding to said member is created by said ticket platform in said ticket database;

said member carries the corresponding characteristic code carrier to the service unit, and has said characteristic code stored in the characteristic code carrier to be read by said characteristic code reader of said ticket checking device;

said characteristic code is sent to said server by said ticket checking device and then contrasted with the ticket information and characteristic code stored in said ticket database, and then the service corresponding to said ticket is exchanged in accordance with verification result displayed on said warner.

2. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein said ticket is selectively one of a shopping voucher, an exchange certificate, a coupon, a traffic ticket, an activity ticket, a sports ticket, a movie ticket, a concert ticket, a performance ticket, an exhibition ticket, a guild hall ticket, an amusement park ticket, an admission ticket, an invitation card, a food stamp, or a voucher for daily necessity.

3. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein said service unit is selectively one of a shop, a railroad/bus station, a dock, an airport, a movie theater, a concert hall, a performance hall, an exhibition hall, a guild hall, an amusement park, a conference hall or the combination thereof.

4. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein said ticket information is selectively one of a name of ticket, a company name, a name of service unit, a merchandise to be exchanged, an exchangeable amount, an expiry date, a date and time, a session, a number of runs, a location, a seat, points of departure and destination, a check-in time, a check-out time or the combination thereof.

5. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein said ticket information of said ticket is sent to a corresponding member by said ticket platform by means of one of short message, e-mail, post, printing and the combination thereof after a procedure of ticket purchasing is completed by the member on said ticket platform.

6. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein said warner of said ticket checking device is selectively one of a sound warner, a light warner, a display or the combination thereof.

7. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein said characteristic code carrier is selectively one of an IC card, a radio frequency identification (RFID) card, a RFID tag, a bar code, a two-dimensional bar code, a quick response code, a magnetic stripe card or the combination thereof.

8. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein said characteristic code reader is selectively one of an IC card reader, an RFID tag reader, a bar code reader, a two-dimensional bar code reader, a quick response code reader, a magnetic stripe card reader or the combination thereof.

9. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein a user can use an information device to connect to said server through said network, and create a member account on said member platform.

10. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one characteristic code register connected to said server through said network, wherein said characteristic code register is provided with a characteristic code reader and a keyboard.

11. The electronic ticket system according to claim 10, wherein said characteristic code register is integrated into said ticket checking device.

12. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein a member code is used by a user for account creation on the member platform, said member code is selectively one of a national identity number, a passport number, a phone number, a mobile phone number, an e-mail address, a business registration number, a user defined account, a specific account, a bar code or the combination thereof.

13. The electronic ticket system according to claim 12, wherein a password of said account is sent to the member by said member platform by means of one of short message, e-mail, post, printing, sound or the combination thereof, when said account is created.

14. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein said characteristic code carrier is selectively one of an identification card, a health insurance card, an Easycard, an iCash card, a Taiwan Smart Card, an All-in-One Card, a credit card, a debit card, a cash card, a traffic card, an Octopus card and a member card.

15. The electronic ticket system according to claim 1, wherein a specific ticket can be issued to a member who meets a specific condition by said ticket platform automatically.