ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF ADMISSION TICKETS DIRECT TO A PURCHASER
First Claim
1. A system by which counterfeit resistant documents are made available over the Internet, comprising:
- at least one computer programmed to;
(a) transmit over the Internet an offer of at least one particular document that has not been solicited, wherein transmission of the offer by the at least one computer is not in response to the at least one computer receiving a specific request for the transmission;
(b) receive over the Internet a request for a particular document in the offer transmitted by the at least one computer that has not been solicited;
(c) associate at least unique information with the requested particular document;
(d) at least temporarily store at least the unique information associated with the requested particular document; and
(e) transmit over the Internet information including the unique information associated with the requested particular document, the transmitted information being capable of being presented on a medium suitable for functioning as the requested particular document, wherein presented information on the medium is suitable for rendering the requested particular document counterfeit resistant.
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Abstract
Electronic delivery of counterfeit-resistant documents exchangeable for value such as admission tickets, gift certificates, coupons, vouchers, etc. directly to the person who ordered the documents over an open communications network such at the Internet. A first party orders a document from a second party, and the second party electronically delivers the ordered, counterfeit-resistant document to a device designated by the first party. For example, the document may be electronically ordered using a PC, and a printer coupled to the PC may print the document. In one embodiment, the first party transmits unsolicited offers over the open communications network. The document may be made counterfeit resistant by assigning unique information to each document of a given type, e.g., admission tickets, and checking the uniqueness of a document and whether the unique information was previously read prior to allowing it to be exchanged for value.
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13 Claims
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1. A system by which counterfeit resistant documents are made available over the Internet, comprising:
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at least one computer programmed to; (a) transmit over the Internet an offer of at least one particular document that has not been solicited, wherein transmission of the offer by the at least one computer is not in response to the at least one computer receiving a specific request for the transmission; (b) receive over the Internet a request for a particular document in the offer transmitted by the at least one computer that has not been solicited; (c) associate at least unique information with the requested particular document; (d) at least temporarily store at least the unique information associated with the requested particular document; and (e) transmit over the Internet information including the unique information associated with the requested particular document, the transmitted information being capable of being presented on a medium suitable for functioning as the requested particular document, wherein presented information on the medium is suitable for rendering the requested particular document counterfeit resistant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for making counterfeit resistant documents available over the Internet, the method comprising:
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at least one computer at least; (a) transmitting over the Internet an offer of at least one particular document that has not been solicited, wherein transmission of the offer by the at least one computer is not in response to the at least one computer receiving a specific request for the transmission; (b) receiving over the Internet a request for a particular document in the offer transmitted by the at least one computer that has not been solicited; (c) associating at least unique information with the requested particular document; (d) at least temporarily storing at least the unique information associated with the requested particular document; and (e) transmitting over the Internet information including the unique information associated with the requested particular document, the transmitted information being capable of being presented on a medium suitable for functioning as the requested particular document, wherein presented information on the medium is suitable for endering the requested particular document counterfeit resistant. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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