Method of validating entrance to event site

• US 7,567,910 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2001
• Issued: 07/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Tsunashima, Nobuo, Okura, Masaya, Koezuka, Shinji, Hasegawa, Yutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss; John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brooks; Matthew L.
• Application Number:
  US09/963,859
• Publication Number:
  US 20020040308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,863 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/5, 705/26, 705/39, 705/64, 705/67, 235/382, 235/384, 340/825
• US Class Current: 705/317
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0457 the tickets being sent electronically
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/342 Cards defining paid or billed services or quantities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• 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 7/025 by means, e.g. cards, providing billing information at the time of purchase, e.g. identification of seller or purchaser, quantity of goods delivered or to be delivered

Abstract

A method is designed for validating an entrance to an event site. The method is carried out by the steps of accessing to a ticket issue server through a network by a portable terminal device to request an issue of ticket data, accepting a request of the ticket data at the ticket issue server and transmitting the ticket data in place of a physical ticket to the portable terminal device in response to the request, and receiving the ticket data by the portable terminal device to reproduce the ticket data in a visible or audible form at the event site for validating of the entrance to the event site.

Claims

1. A method of validating an entrance to an event site, comprising the steps of:

loading a software on the portable terminal device;

accessing a reception server through a network by a portable terminal device to request issuance of ticket data;

transmitting a message comprising a first password and an address of a ticket issue server to the requesting portable terminal device from the reception server;

receiving the message by the portable terminal device and addressing the ticket issue server according to the address in the received message and inputting the first password in the received message to thereby gain access to the ticket issue server;

transmitting the ticket data in lieu of a physical ticket to the requesting portable terminal device from the ticket issue server upon confirmation of the inputted first password;

providing a second password to a user of the portable terminal device upon arrival at the event site; and

receiving the ticket data by the portable terminal device, the ticket data comprising a script configured for execution at the portable terminal device and to cause the portable terminal device to perform the following only if the software is loaded at the portable terminal device;

generate a first audio or visual message by the portable terminal device, display an input field;

allow the user to enter the second password in the input field;

determine whether the second password is valid; and

generate a second audio or visual message upon determination that the second password is valid to validate entrance to the event site.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising examining the first and second messages to determine whether or not the ticket data is authentic.