Ticketless system and processing method and memory medium storing its processing program

• US 5,953,705 A
• Filed: 02/21/1997
• Issued: 09/14/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Oneda, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): MacDonald, Allen R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Myhre, James W.
• Application Number:
  US08/804,516
• Time in Patent Office: 935 Days
• Field of Search: 705/5, 705/13
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0866 by active credit-cards adapted therefor G07F7/1008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/00 Cash registers alarm indicators G07G3/00

Abstract

A ticketless system for processing information for issuance of an airplane ticket or the like by using an IC card. The ticketless system includes a coupon ticket issuing module for recording coupon ticket issue information onto a distribution source card to enable plural use of the distribution source card. A coupon ticket moving module records coupon ticket movement information which moves a part of the coupon ticket of the distribution source card to a distribution destination card and enables the coupon ticket movement information to be used with the distribution destination card. A use processing module processes a use such as a reservation, a ticket issuance, a check-in, or a boarding by using the distribution source card or distribution destination card. In addition, a temporary card issuing module issues a temporary card in which a name of the user is not registered on the ticketless system and which is temporarily used. When the tempory card is employed, the coupon ticket moving module records coupon ticket movement information which moves a part of the coupon ticket of the distribution source card to the temporary card and enables the moved part of the coupon ticket to be used by the temporary card.

Claims

1. A ticketless system for use in modes of transportation such as an airplane or in a toll facility, using information stored in a distribution source card in which a processor and a memory are installed, said system comprising:

a coupon ticket issuing module to record coupon ticket issue information on the distribution source card to enable plural use of the distribution source card;

a coupon ticket moving module to move a part of the coupon ticket issue information on said distribution source card as coupon ticket movement information to a distribution destination card and enabling the coupon ticket movement information to be used with said distribution destination card; and

a use processing module to process a use such as a reservation, a ticket issuance, a check-in, or a boarding on the basis of the coupon ticket issue information of said distribution source card or the coupon ticket movement information of said distribution destination card, wherein each of said distribution source card and said distribution destination card is a registration card which has previously been registered on the ticketless system under a personal name of a user.

2. A ticketless system according to claim 1, further comprising a temporary card issuing module for issuing a temporary card in which a name of a user is not registered on the ticketless system and which is temporarily used, and wherein said coupon ticket moving module moves the coupon ticket movement information onto said temporary card and enables the coupon ticket movement information to be used.

3. A ticketless system according to claim 2, wherein the coupon ticket movement information that is moved to said temporary card includes holder ID information of said distribution source card corresponding to a front cover of a coupon ticket, a use range such as an interval between destinations, the number of times of distribution, the number of uses, personal information such as an age, a card attribute, a purchase year/month/day, and a purchasing location.

4. A ticketless system according to claim 2, wherein when the use by said temporary card is processed, said use processing module confirms a presence or an absence of an issue of a formal registration card registered in the system to the user, and when a request to issue a formal registration card is received from the user, said use processing module issues a formal distribution destination card in which the coupon ticket movement information of said temporary card has been recorded.

5. A ticketless system according to claim 2, wherein said coupon ticket issuing module, said coupon ticket moving module, and said temporary card issuing module are provided in a counter terminal apparatus or in an automatic ticket issuing machine of the ticketless system, thereby executing an issuance of the coupon ticket issue information to said distribution source card, a movement of the coupon ticket movement information from said distribution source card to said distribution destination card, and an issuance of a temporary card to which the coupon ticket movement information was moved from said distribution source card.

6. A ticketless system according to claim 1, wherein the coupon ticket issue information recorded on said distribution source card includes ID information of a card holder corresponding to a front cover of a coupon ticket, a use range such as an interval between destinations, the number of serial coupon tickets, the number of uses, the number of times of distribution, the number of remaining uses, personal information such as an age, a card attribute, a purchase year/month/day, and a purchasing location.

7. A ticketless system according to claim 1, wherein the coupon ticket movement information that is moved to said distribution destination card includes holder ID information of said distribution source card corresponding to a front cover of a coupon ticket, a use range such as an interval between destinations, the number of times of remaining uses, personal information such as an age a card attribute, a purchase year/month/day, and a purchasing location.

8. A ticketless system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a purchase information file to record and manage an issuing situation of a coupon ticket;

a career information file to record and manage a use situation of the coupon ticket issued;

an customer information file to record and manage personal information regarding a user of the coupon ticket issued; and

a discount information file to record and manage a discount rate which is used for calculation of a number of uses.

9. A ticketless system according to claim 8, wherein:

the issuing information that said purchase information file records and manages includes a processing division of a purchase, a movement, or a temporary use of the coupon ticket, use contents such as an interval between destinations, a class, number of serial coupon tickets, number of moving times, a movement destination, processing year/month/day, a term of validity, settlement information, and number of issuing tickets of a temporary card;

the use situation that said career information file records and manages includes a use year/month/day, a name of a user, number of uses, and number of remaining uses;

the personal information that said customer information file records and manages includes a customer ID, a name of a user, an address, concerned customer information, a customer kind, and a card; and

the discount rate that said discount information file records and manages is predetermined in accordance with an age, or a time zone.

10. A ticketless system according to claim 9, wherein at the time of a reserving process of the coupon ticket based on said distribution source card, said distribution destination card, or said temporary card, said use processing module provides a predetermined service to a holder of said distribution source card with reference to said customer information file.

11. A ticketless system according to claim 10, wherein when a reservation user is a holder of said distribution destination card, said use processing module forms information indicative of a new customer who will newly become a target of a purchase of the coupon ticket and notifies a service providing side of new customer information at the time of the check-in and the boarding.

12. A ticketless system according to claim 10, wherein said use processing module obtains the corresponding discount rate with reference to said discount information file at the time of the reservation, calculates the number of uses by using said discount rate, and updates the number of remaining uses of said career information file.

13. A ticketless system according to claim 1, wherein said use processing module issues a magnetic card or a ticket serving as a use ticket that can be used one time for a reservation using said distribution source card, said distribution destination card, or said temporary card.

14. A ticketless system according to claim 1, wherein said coupon ticket moving module is provided for a portable terminal apparatus of a user, thereby moving the coupon ticket from said distribution source card to said distribution destination card.

15. A ticketless system according to claim 1, wherein said coupon ticket issue information corresponds to a boarding coupon ticket of an airplane.

16. A ticketless processing method for ticketless processing used in modes of transportation such as an airplane or in a toll facility using information stored in a distribution source card in which a processor and a memory are installed, comprising:

previously registering a personal name of a user of the distribution source card into a system;

issuing a coupon ticket and recording coupon ticket issue information on the distribution source card to enable plural use of the destination source card;

recording coupon ticket movement information for moving the coupon ticket of said distribution source card to a distribution destination card and enabling the moved coupon ticket to be used by the distribution destination card; and

processing a use such as a reservation, a ticket issuance, a check-in, or a boarding, on the basis of the coupon ticket issue information or coupon ticket movement information of said distribution source card.

17. A ticketless processing method according to claim 16, further comprising issuing a temporary card in which a name of a user is not registered and which is temporarily used, and wherein said recording coupon ticket movement information step records the coupon ticket movement information which moves the coupon ticket of said distribution source card to said temporary card and enables the moved coupon ticket to be used with the temporary card.

18. A memory medium on which a ticketless system processing program for use in modes of transportation such as an airplane or in a toll facility using information stored in a distribution source card in which a processor and a memory are installed has been stored, said memory medium comprising:

a coupon ticket issuing module to record coupon ticket issue information onto the distribution source card to enable plural use of the distribution source card;

a coupon ticket moving module to move a part of the coupon ticket issue information recorded on said distribution source card as coupon ticket movement information onto a distribution destination card and enabling the coupon ticket movement information to be used with said distribution destination card; and

a use processing module to process a use such as a reservation, a ticket issuance, a check-in, or a boarding, on the basis of the coupon ticket issue information of said distribution source card or the coupon ticket movement information of said distribution destination card, wherein each of said distribution source card and said distribution destination card is a registration card which has previously been registered on the ticketless system under a personal name of a user.

19. A memory medium according to claim 18, further comprising a temporary card issuing module for issuing a temporary card in which a name of a user is not registered on the system and which is temporarily used, and wherein

said coupon ticket moving module moves the coupon ticket movement information onto said temporary card and enables the coupon ticket movement information to be used with said temporary ticket.

20. A ticketless system, comprising:

a coupon ticket issuing module to record coupon ticket issue information onto a first source card to enable the first source card to process use information a plurality of times; and

a coupon ticket moving module to move a part of the coupon ticket issue information recorded on the first source card to a second source card to enable the second source card to process use information using the part of the coupon ticket issue information moved from the first source card.

21. A ticketless method of processing airline or toll facility use information, comprising:

issuing a coupon ticket by recording coupon ticket issue information on a first source card to enable the first source card to process the use information a plurality of times; and

moving a part of the recorded coupon ticket issue information from the first source card to a second source card to enable the second source card to process use information corresponding to the part of the recorded coupon ticket issue information.

22. A memory medium for causing a computer to record a coupon ticket on a distribution source card, comprising:

issuing a coupon ticket by recording coupon ticket issue information on the distribution source card to enable the distribution source card to process the use information a plurality of times; and

moving a part of the recorded coupon ticket issue information from the distribution source card to a distribution destination card to enable the distribution destination card to process use information corresponding to the part of the recorded coupon ticket issue information.