Method and system for ordering, loading and using admission tickets

• US 8,572,705 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2010
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ICEPAT Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ICEPAT Ltd.
• Inventors: Ritter, Rudolf, Lauper, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Zand, Kambiz
• Assistant Examiner(s): WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H
• Application Number:
  US12/844,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20100293013A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,190 Days
• Field of Search: 705/5, 726/7
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3226 Use of secure elements separate from M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3255 using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0866 by active credit-cards adapted therefor G07F7/1008 takes precedence

Abstract

Method and system for ordering, loading and using tickets ordered from a reservation center through transmission of order data that includes a number assigned to a mobile communications terminal. The ordered ticket is received via a mobile radio network at the mobile communications terminal, and the ticket is stored. A reading device receives ticket information contactlessly from the mobile communications terminal, and an authorization of a user of the mobile communications terminal is decided based on the ticket information.

Claims

1. A method for ordering, loading, and using tickets, the method comprising:

ordering a ticket from a reservation center through transmission of order data to the reservation center, the order data including a number assigned to a mobile communications terminal;

receiving the ordered ticket via a mobile radio network at the mobile communications terminal to which the number included in the order data is assigned;

storing the ticket in a memory module of the mobile communications terminal;

receiving contactlessly at a reading device ticket information from the mobile communications terminal; and

deciding about an authorization of a user of the mobile communications terminal based on the ticket information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising showing the ticket on a display of the mobile communications terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising checking the ticket on a display of the mobile communications terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the ticket information is received at the reading device from the mobile communications terminal via a contactless interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the deciding about the authorization of the user is performed in the reading device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the deciding includes deciding about the user'"'"'s authorization for at least one of public transportation, art performance, theater, opera, cinema, concert, trade fair, exhibition, sports event, and building access.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the ticket is assigned to a particular user;

and the deciding about the authorization of the user includes checking whether the ticket is assigned to the user, who is identified through a user identification stored in the memory module.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the ordering of a ticket from the reservation center comprises including in the order data a call number assigned to the mobile communications terminal;

and the ordered ticket is received via the mobile radio network at the mobile communications terminal to which the call number included in the order data is assigned.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising granting or denying access to the user in accordance with the deciding.

10. A system for ordering, loading and using tickets, the system comprising:

a reservation center which includes

an ordering module configured to receive via a telecommunications network order data for a ticket, the order data including a number assigned to a mobile communications terminal, and

a transmission module configured to transmit the ordered ticket via a mobile radio network to the mobile communications terminal to which the number included in the order data is assigned, for storing the ticket in a memory module of the mobile communications terminal;

a reading device configured to receive contactlessly ticket information from the mobile communications terminal; and

a decision-making module configured to decide about an authorization of a user of the mobile communications terminal based on the ticket information.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the mobile communications terminal is configured to show the ticket on a display of the mobile communications terminal.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the reading device comprises a contactless interface for receiving the ticket information from the mobile communications terminal.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the decision-making module is arranged in the reading device.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the decision-making module is configured to decide about the user'"'"'s authorization for at least one of public transportation, art performance, theater, opera, cinema, concert, trade fair, exhibition, sports event, and building access.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the ticket is assigned to a particular user;

and the decision-making module is configured to check whether the ticket is assigned to the user, who is identified through a user identification stored in the memory module.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the order data includes a call number assigned to the mobile communications terminal;

and the transmission module is configured to transmit the ordered ticket to the mobile communications terminal to which the call number included in the order data is assigned.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the memory module of the mobile communications terminal includes a SIM card.

18. The system of claim 10, further comprising an access device configured to grant or deny access to the user in accordance with the deciding.

19. A method for ordering, loading, and using tickets, the method comprising:

ordering a ticket from a reservation center through transmission of order data to the reservation center, the order data including a number assigned to a mobile communications terminal;

receiving the ordered ticket via a mobile radio network at the mobile communications terminal to which the number included in the order data is assigned;

storing the ticket in a memory module of the mobile communications terminal;

receiving contactlessly at a reading device ticket information from the mobile communications terminal; and

deciding, in the reading device, based on the ticket information, for a user of the mobile communications terminal the user'"'"'s authorization for at least one of public transportation, art performance, theater, opera, cinema, concert, trade fair, exhibition, sports event, and building access.

20. A system for ordering, loading and using tickets, the system comprising:

a reservation center which includes

an ordering module configured to receive via a telecommunications network order data for a ticket, the order data including a number assigned to a mobile communications terminal, and

a transmission module configured to transmit the ordered ticket via a mobile radio network to the mobile communications terminal to which the number included in the order data is assigned, for storing the ticket in a memory module of the mobile communications terminal;

a reading device configured to receive contactlessly ticket information from the mobile communications terminal; and

a decision-making module configured to decide, based on the ticket information, for a user of the mobile communications terminal the user'"'"'s authorization for at least one of public transportation, art performance, theater, opera, cinema, concert, trade fair, exhibition, sports event, and building access.