Method for Checking Electronic Tickets Stored on User Terminals

• US 20080120127A1
• Filed: 12/02/2005
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mcity GmbH
• Original Assignee: Mcity GmbH
• Inventors: Stoffelsma, Bouke C., Feiter, Manfred
• Application Number:
  US11/792,126
• Publication Number:
  US 20080120127A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• 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 20/0652 e-cash with decreasing value according to a parameter, e.g. time
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/204 comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
• 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: G06Q 20/381 Currency conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0284 Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• 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: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• 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 17/0042 for hiring of objects
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/08 by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means without personal verification means G07F7/02
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0866 by active credit-cards adapted therefor G07F7/1008 takes precedence

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for checking electronic tickets which are assigned to user terminals and are preferably used within a system for automatically detecting the utilization of chargeable means of transport conveying persons and/or deducting the fare. According to said method, a verification data telegram is transmitted while user terminals that receive the verification data telegram optically and/or acoustically output signals which represent the validity of the electronic ticket.

Claims

1. A method for checking electronic tickets which are allocated to user terminals which are preferably used within a system for automatically detecting the use of chargeable means of transport for conveying persons and/or for deducting the fare, wherein

a verification data telegram is emitted, wherein

use terminals that receive the verification data telegram optically and/or acoustically emit signals which represent the validity of the electronic ticket.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the validity signal that is output by the user terminal is transmitted to the user terminal together with the verification data telegram.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein verification data telegrams are emitted when pre-determined events happen and/or in pre-determined time intervals.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a verification data telegram is only transmitted to such user terminals that have already received and/or transmitted account relevant signals before the receipt of the verification data telegrams.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein only such user terminals emit a signal that represents the validity of the electronic ticket which have already received and/or transmitted account relevant signals before the receipt of the verification data telegrams.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the signals that represent the validity of the electronic ticket comprise a validity code.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the validity code is varied.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the signal is output via a display on the user terminal.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the signals that represent the validity of the electronic ticket can be verified by means of a control device.

10. The method according to claim 2, wherein verification data telegrams are emitted when pre-determined events happen and/or in pre-determined time intervals.