CN1423473A - Mobile electronic ticketing system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile electronic ticketing system and method thereof. The invention firstly transmits the booking information and the mobile phone number of the ticket taker to the ticket center by the user; and the ticket center generates the electronic ticket according to the ticket booking information and transmits the electronic ticket according to the mobile phone number of the ticket taker. The electronic ticket has the number of the mobile phone of the ticket taker. Then the mobile communication device receives the electronic ticket, and the security authentication mechanism checks the mobile phone number of the ticket taker of the electronic ticket and the mobile phone number thereof to confirm the validity of the user. And then, the ticket checking end checks the electronic ticket of the mobile communication device. The invention is convenient for the user to order, fetch and check the ticket without waiting in line; and can prevent the electronic ticket from being duplicated and reused, thereby having security.

Description

Mobile electronic ticketing system and method thereof

                      

The present invention relates to a mobile electronic ticketing system and its method, and in particular to a system and its method for taking and checking tickets by using a mobile communication device.

Background technique

Generally speaking, before going to places such as movie theaters, concert halls, gymnasiums, or exhibition halls that require ticket inspection, consumers need to buy tickets to enter the venue. In the traditional way, consumers have to line up to buy tickets, collect tickets, and then line up for ticket inspection to enter the venue. In this way, it takes a lot of time just to enter the venue. With the popularization of telephone network and computer network, consumers can pre-purchase tickets by telephone, fax or computer network, thereby solving the problem of time-consuming queues when purchasing tickets, and also providing a flexible and pre-booking method.

But despite this, the industry still needs to deliver paper tickets to consumers in the traditional way, or consumers go to a specific place to obtain pre-purchased tickets, which still cannot fully serve their homes. If the operator transmits the ticket to the consumer in electronic form, the consumer can complete the procedure of ordering and collecting tickets without going out. And because electronic data is very easy to be copied, so how to avoid this electronic ticket from being copied and reused, how to have the security of avoiding being forged or shared by many people, so as to ensure the safety of operators or consumers It is a very important subject to have rights and interests and convenience, and it is also a problem to be solved by this invention.

Contents of invention

In view of this, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a convenient and safe mobile electronic ticketing system and its method, which can be used by consumers to book tickets in various ways and send electronic tickets to consumers' mobile phones. communication device, and finally check the electronic ticket in the mobile communication device.

According to the purpose of the present invention, a mobile electronic ticketing system is proposed, which is used to provide users with services of ordering tickets, collecting tickets and checking tickets. The system includes a ticket center, a mobile communication device and a ticket checking terminal. The ticketing center is used to receive the booking information and the mobile phone number of the ticket taker sent by the user, and generate an electronic ticket according to the booking information and output the electronic ticket according to the mobile phone number of the ticket taker. And the electronic ticket includes the mobile phone number of the person who takes the ticket. The mobile communication device is used for receiving electronic coupons, and also includes a security authentication mechanism. This security authentication mechanism is used to check whether the mobile phone number of the ticket taker in the electronic ticket is consistent with the mobile phone number in the mobile communication device. The ticket checking terminal is used for checking the electronic tickets in the mobile communication device.

According to the purpose of the present invention, a method for mobile electronic ticket purchase and ticket checking is also proposed. It is used for a user to order an electronic ticket from a ticket center, receive the electronic ticket by a mobile communication device, and verify the electronic ticket by a ticket inspection terminal at the entrance of the venue. In this method, the user sends a booking information and a mobile phone number of the ticket taker to the ticketing center at first. Then, the electronic ticket is generated by the ticketing center according to the booking information, and the electronic ticket is sent out according to the mobile phone number of the ticket taker. And the electronic ticket has the taker's mobile phone number. Immediately, the electronic ticket is received by the mobile communication device, and a security authentication mechanism of the mobile communication device is used to check whether the mobile phone number of the ticket taker of the electronic ticket is consistent with a mobile phone number in the mobile communication device. Then, at the entrance of the venue, the ticket checking terminal verifies the electronic ticket of the mobile communication device to allow the user to enter the venue.

The mobile electronic ticketing system and method disclosed in the present invention have the following advantages:

(1) Convenience and time-saving: Consumers can complete the process of booking and collecting tickets without going out; and it can save consumers the time of queuing up to buy tickets and check them.

(2) Security: the ticketing center 101 transmits the electronic ticket to the mobile communication device 103, and the security authentication mechanism 107 in the mobile communication device 103 checks the mobile phone number of the ticket taker in the electronic ticket and the mobile communication device 103. Whether the mobile phone number matches to verify whether the user is legally using the electronic coupon. If the electronic ticket of the mobile communication device 103 comes from other sources, the mobile phone number of the ticket collector in the electronic ticket must be different from the mobile phone number in the mobile communication device 103, so the content of the electronic ticket cannot be a mobile phone number. Device 103 reads and uses. In this way, the electronic ticket can be prevented from being reused.

In order to make the above-mentioned purpose, features, and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, a preferred embodiment is specifically cited below, and is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 shows a system block diagram of a mobile electronic ticketing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 shows a flow chart of a mobile electronic ticket purchase and ticket checking method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The mobile electronic ticketing system and its method of the present invention provide users with multiple ways to book tickets, and after the booking is confirmed, the system sends an electronic ticket to the mobile communication device carried by the user. When the user arrives at the entrance of the meeting place, the electronic ticket in the mobile communication device is checked by the ticket inspection terminal at the entrance.

The present invention utilizes the wireless mobile communication system (such as the GSM system) to which the mobile communication device belongs to transmit the electronic ticket to the user to complete the action of ticket collection. In addition, the present invention can also provide the user with the mobile communication device to carry out the booking procedure. Since the current wireless mobile communication system has matured the identity authentication of mobile communication devices and the technical development of wireless network transmission security, the present invention is possible for the identity confirmation of the ticket taker (or even the person who ordered the ticket) and the transmission security of the electronic ticket. Fully rely on the mechanism provided by the wireless mobile communication system.

And in order to prevent the electronic ticket from being arbitrarily copied, the present invention utilizes a ticket taker's mobile device unique code to check the use legitimacy of the electronic ticket. The principle of its operation is that the electronic ticket generated by the system includes the unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device; and when in use, the system checks whether the unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device in the electronic ticket matches the unique code of the mobile communication device , to confirm legality of use. The unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device is, for example, a mobile phone number, a subscriber identity module (SIM) code, or a machine code of the mobile device. In the embodiment of the present invention, the unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device is illustrated by taking the mobile phone number as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which shows a system block diagram of a mobile electronic ticketing system 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the mobile electronic ticketing system 100 includes a ticketing center 101 , a mobile communication device 103 and a ticket checking terminal 105 . The ticketing center 101 is used for receiving a booking information and a mobile phone number of a ticket collector sent by a user. The ticket booking information is the data required by the user to order the admission ticket for the time and event of the unit agency. Wherein, the booking information includes, for example, date, time, session, seat, number of people, and the like. The ticketing center 101 generates an electronic ticket according to the booking information, and sends the electronic ticket to the user according to the mobile phone number in the form of sending a message. Wherein, the electronic ticket includes the data of the ticket taker's mobile phone number.

The mobile communication device 103 is one of the ways in which the user can order a ticket from the ticketing center 101 . The mobile communication 103 allows the user to input the above-mentioned booking information, and transmits the booking information and the mobile phone number of the ticket collector to the ticketing center 101 . And the mobile communication device 103 is used to receive the electronic ticket sent by the ticketing center 101 , wherein the mobile communication device 103 includes a security authentication mechanism 107 . This security authentication mechanism 107 is used to check whether the mobile phone number of the ticket taker in the electronic ticket received by the mobile communication device 103 is consistent with the mobile phone number in the mobile communication device 103, to confirm whether the identity of the person using this electronic ticket Same as originally booked. If the two are the same, it means that the electronic ticket can be legally used in the mobile communication device 103; The content of the electronic ticket, and the data of the electronic ticket will not be displayed.

The ticket checking terminal 105 is located at the ticket checking place at the entrance of the venue, and it is used for checking the electronic tickets in the mobile communication device 103 . Therefore, the user can use the mobile communication device 103 to display the electronic ticket at the entrance of the venue or send the electronic ticket to the ticket checking terminal 105 for inspection by the ticket checking terminal 105 . For example, the ticket checking terminal 105 can check whether the date, time, show and seat number of the electronic ticket are correct.

A mobile electronic ticket purchase and ticket checking method of the present invention is applied to the above-mentioned mobile electronic ticketing system 100 . Next, please refer to FIG. 2 . FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of a mobile electronic ticket purchase and ticket checking method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2 , the method of the present invention starts with the ticket booking step 202 : the user sends the ticket booking information and a ticket collector's mobile phone number to the ticket center 101 . Wherein, after the ticket collector's mobile phone number generates an electronic ticket for the ticketing center 101, the electronic ticket is sent according to the ticket collector's mobile phone number.

In step 202 , the user can connect with the ticketing center 101 in various ways, and send the booking information and the mobile phone number of the ticket collector to the ticketing center 101 . For example, the user can use the mobile communication device 103 or the telephone 111 to contact the ticketing center 101 via a wired or wireless telephone network, or use the fax machine 113 to send the booking information and the mobile phone number of the ticket collector by fax. In addition, the user can also use the computer 115 to connect to the ticketing center 101 via the network 117 to complete the steps of booking tickets through the Internet.

Next, the present invention proceeds to the ticket collection step of step 204 . The ticketing center 101 generates electronic tickets according to the ticketing information it receives. Subsequently, the ticketing center 101 transmits the electronic ticket to the mobile communication device where the ticket collector's mobile phone number is located. Among them, the electronic ticket includes data such as the date, time, session, seat number, and mobile phone number of the ticket holder booked by the user. The electronic ticket transmission method of the ticketing center 101 may be short message (short message), email or other data formats. Then go to step 206 .

In step 206, after the mobile communication device 103 receives the above-mentioned electronic ticket, the security authentication mechanism 107 of the mobile communication device 103 checks the mobile phone number of the ticket taker in the electronic ticket and the mobile phone number in the mobile communication device 103 Is it consistent. If the two are the same, the user can legally use the electronic coupon on the mobile communication device 103 . If the two do not match, the electronic ticket is forged, or the mobile communication device 103 is not authorized to use the electronic ticket. After the security authentication mechanism 104 confirms the legal identity of the user, the method of the present invention proceeds to step 208 .

Step 208 is the step of ticket checking. When the user arrives at the entrance of the venue, the ticket checking terminal 105 checks the electronic ticket in the mobile communication device 103 . The ticket checking terminal 105 can check whether the date, time, show and seat number of the electronic ticket are correct; if correct, the user is allowed to enter. The verification method in this step can be that the mobile communication device 103 displays the content data of the electronic ticket for the ticket inspector at the ticket verification terminal 105 to check visually; or the mobile communication device 103 uses a bar code (bar code) type (eg: two-dimensional barcode) or other coded forms to display electronic tickets, and then the barcode or coded data is scanned by the ticket checking terminal 105 to perform ticket checking.

In addition, the mobile communication device 103 can also establish a network connection with the ticket checking terminal 107 for the ticket checking terminal 107 to access and verify the electronic tickets in the mobile communication device 103 via the network connection. The network connection can be implemented in wired or wireless ways such as infrared transmission, radio connection or bluetooth.

In summary, although the present invention has been disclosed as above with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make various modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (32)

1. A mobile electronic ticketing system, which is used to provide a user with the services of ordering tickets, collecting tickets and checking tickets, the system includes: A ticketing center is used to receive a booking information sent by the user and a unique code of a ticket taker's mobile device, generate an electronic ticket according to the booking information, and output the electronic ticket, wherein the electronic ticket includes The unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device; A mobile communication device for receiving the electronic ticket, wherein the mobile communication device includes a security authentication mechanism, and the security authentication mechanism is used to check the unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device in the electronic ticket with the mobile communication a mobile device unique code within the device; and A ticket verification terminal is used for verifying the electronic ticket in the mobile communication device. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device is used for the user to transmit the booking information and the unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device to the ticketing center. 3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user sends the booking information and the unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device to the ticketing center via a telephone. 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user sends the booking information and the unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device to the ticketing center via a fax machine. 5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user sends the ticket booking information and the unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device to the ticketing center via a network via a network via a computer. 6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device is a mobile phone number. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device is a user identification card code. 8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device is a mobile device machine code. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the ticketing center sends the electronic ticket to the mobile communication system in the form of a short message. 10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ticketing center sends the electronic ticket to the mobile communication system by email. 11. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device displays the electronic ticket for visual inspection by the ticket checking terminal. 12. The system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device displays the electronic ticket in a barcode format for the ticket verification terminal to verify the electronic ticket by scanning. 13. The system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device establishes a network connection with the ticket checking terminal, so that the ticket checking terminal reads and verifies the mobile communication device through the network connection. e-ticket. 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the network connection is an infrared transmission connection. 15. The system of claim 13, wherein the network connection is a radio transmission connection. 16. The system of claim 13, wherein the network connection is a Bluetooth transmission connection. 17. A method for mobile electronic ticket purchase and ticket verification, which is used for a user to order an electronic ticket from a ticket center, receive the electronic ticket by a mobile communication device, and verify the electronic ticket by a ticket verification terminal. Tickets, the method includes: a. The user sends a booking information and a unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device to the ticketing center; b. The ticketing center generates the electronic ticket according to the booking information, and transmits the electronic ticket to the mobile communication device, wherein the electronic ticket includes the unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device; c. The mobile communication device receives the electronic ticket, and a security authentication mechanism of the mobile communication device checks the unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device of the electronic ticket with a mobile device unique code in the mobile communication device; and d. The ticket verification terminal verifies the electronic ticket of the mobile communication device. 18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein in step a, the user sends the booking information and the unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device to the ticketing center through the mobile communication device. 19. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein in step a, the user sends the booking information and the unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device to the ticketing center via a telephone. 20. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein in step a, the user faxes the booking information and the unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device to the ticketing center via a fax machine. 21. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein in step a, the user sends the booking information and the unique code of the ticket taker's mobile device to the ticketing center through a network via a network via a computer. 22. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device is a mobile phone number. 23. The method of claim 17, wherein the unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device is a SIM card code. 24. The method of claim 17, wherein the unique code of the ticket collector's mobile device is a mobile device machine code. 25. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein in the step b, the ticketing center sends out the electronic ticket in the form of a short message. 26. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein in the step b, the ticketing center sends out the electronic ticket by email. 27. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the step d is to display the electronic ticket by the mobile communication device for the ticket checking terminal to check visually. 28. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein in step d, the mobile communication device displays the electronic ticket in a barcode format for the ticket verification terminal to verify the electronic ticket by scanning. 29. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the step d is to establish a network connection between the mobile communication device and the ticket checking terminal, so that the ticket checking terminal can read and verify the mobile phone via the network connection. The electronic ticket of the communication device. 30. The method of claim 29, wherein the network connection is an infrared transmission connection. 31. The method of claim 29, wherein the network connection is a radio transmission connection. 32. The method of claim 29, wherein the network connection is a Bluetooth transmission connection.

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