G06Q 20/045
Using payment protocols involving tickets
Official title: {using payment protocols involving tickets}
G06Q20/045 (Using payment protocols involving tickets) appears on 788 US grants and 1,260 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 29 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Logical validation of devices against fraud and tampering29 Sep 2026US 12,749,084 B2Block, Inc.
- Method and control device for securely checking an electronic ticket22 Sep 2026US 12,743,680 B2VDV eTicket Service GmbH & Co. KG
- Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine22 Sep 2026US 12,743,929 B2Igt
- Closed loop blockchain gateway system18 Aug 2026US 12,711,500 B2Platinum Digital Technologies Inc.
- Method and system of identifying and reducing scalping using distributed ledgers11 Aug 2026US 12,705,624 B2Mastercard International Incorporated
- Self-service lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operation thereof24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290132 A1Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Analogue ticket exchange systems and methods20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245056 A1
- Ownership restricted electronic ticketing system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228756 A1Vivid Seats LLC
- Access Control System for Electric Vehicle Charging23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212720 A1Urban Intel, Inc.
- Methods, mediums, and systems for document authorization16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203766 A1Capital One Services, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-venue ticketing using smart cards663US 6,216,227 B1Sun Microsystems, Inc. · 2001
- Method and system for generating incentives based on substantially real-time product purchase information658US 6,292,786 B1Incentech, Inc. · 2001
- Automated banking system for dispensing money orders, wire transfer and bill payment601US 6,012,048 ACapital Security Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for the sale of airline-specified flight tickets596US 5,897,620 Apriceline.com Incorporated · 1999
- Interactive marketing network and process using electronic certificates580US 5,761,648 AInteractive Coupon Network · 1998