Method and system for dynamically interactive visually validated mobile ticketing

• US 9,792,604 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2014
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: moovel North America, LLC (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Moovel North Americ LLC
• Inventors: Gray, Michael, Parker, Nathaniel, Babb, Zachary, Peter, Alexandra, Schaus, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Iwarere, Seye
• Assistant Examiner(s): Iwarere, Oluseye
• Application Number:
  US14/577,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20160180326A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,033 Days
• Field of Search: 705 18, 705 1458, 705 5, 705 1464, 705 23
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0457 the tickets being sent electronically
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/047 using payment protocols involving electronic receipts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3274 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user

Abstract

Systems and methods for interaction-based validation of electronic tickets. In some embodiments, the system renders a first visually illustrative scene on an interactive display screen of a mobile device, the first visually illustrative scene responsive to a pre-determined gesture performed at a predetermined location on the interactive display screen. Upon a user interacting with the first visually illustrative scene, an app on the user'"'"'s mobile device extracts user interaction information. In response to determining that the user interaction information matches with a predetermined gesture performed at the predetermined location, the system renders a second visually illustrative scene on the interactive display screen of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method of electronic ticketing, comprising the steps of:

generating, at a server, a user account for an electronic ticketholder based on a mobile device account holder information; and

transmitting a condition and a gesture interaction set to a mobile device associated with the user account, the condition defining a context of operation associated with one or more gestures included in the gesture interaction set, the condition including gesture location condition;

upon validation of an electronic ticket on the mobile device, wherein

(1) the validation occurs after the mobile device (a) detects a match between (i) an interaction with a visually illustrative scene displayed on the mobile device and (ii) the one or more gestures included in the gesture interaction set and (b) determines that the interaction occurred at a location satisfying the gesture location condition, and

(2) the mobile device transmits an indication of the match to a computing device associated with a ticket-taker,

receiving a data transmission from the ticket-taker computing device indicating that the electronic ticket was validated via the mobile device; and

in response to receiving the transmitted data, updating a database to indicate a change in inventory of the electronic ticket and in the user account.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device account holder information includes an ID of a user, an ID of the mobile device, a network address of the mobile device, one or more credit/debit card numbers associated with a financial institution of the user, a phone number, an email address.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more gestures is selected from the following:

a tap, a double tap, a press, a scroll, a pinch, a swipe.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more gestures is associated with any of the following directions:

left, right, up, down.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the context of operation associated with the one or more gestures includes:

a time of the day, a day of the week, a location of the mobile device, a type of a mobile device, an operating system running on the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture interaction set includes a plurality of animations.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the animations are associated with video data and image data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

updating the condition based on (i) addition of a new condition, or (ii) revision of the pre-existing condition.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

updating the gesture interaction set based on (i) inclusion of a new gesture to the gesture interaction set, or (ii) revision of the pre-existing one or more gestures.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving transmitted data corresponding to successful validation of the electronic ticket on the mobile device, the successful validation based, in accordance with the condition, upon a match between (i) a user'"'"'s interaction with a visually illustrative scene displayed on the mobile device and (ii) the one or more gestures; and

in response to receiving the transmitted data, updating a database to indicate a change in inventory of the electronic ticket.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the mobile device is a first mobile device, and the transmitted data is received from a second mobile device different from the first mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition specifies successful validation of an electronic ticket is based on a user interacting at a predetermined location of an interactive screen of the mobile device according to a gesture in the one or more gestures included in the interaction set.