System and method for processing an active ticket
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsPetteri Saarinen, Mia Lahteenmaki, Zheng Yan
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for providing an active ticket in a mobile terminal for use by a mobile terminal user, wherein at least one active ticket has a ticket characteristic that dynamically changes based on one or more states in a life cycle of the active ticket. Dynamic changes to the ticket characteristic include multimedia changes or other presentation data, including text, sound (audio), animation, video, still pictures, or some combination thereof. The active ticket can have different states in it's life cycle, such as purchased, validated, invalid for certain events. Also the ticket service provider or issuer can send new control data to change the characteristic and/or contents of the active ticket.
Claims22
A method for processing active tickets utilizing an active ticket application on a mobile device, the method comprising:
- requesting, utilizing the mobile device and the active ticket application, a first active ticket based on information associated with a first event,
- wherein the active ticket application includes data fields to accommodate multimedia data of one or more active tickets in a multimedia ticket format,
- receiving a first token at the mobile device in response to requesting the first active ticket,
- wherein the received first token includes first active ticket information with multimedia data in the multimedia ticket format and associated with the first event,
- wherein the first active ticket information is secured as accessible only through the mobile device,
- wherein the received first token includes a location, a time, or a combination thereof specified by an issuer and associated with the first event;
- processing, utilizing the mobile device and the active ticket application, the first token to provide an access to the first event,
- wherein the processing includes changing one or more characteristics of the multimedia data to indicate the first active ticket as being valid and then, subsequently, invalid for the first event;
- and
- re-validating the active ticket application based on, at least in part, a presentation via the active ticket application at the mobile device of one or more changed characteristics of the multimedia data in the multimedia ticket format associated with a second event that is different from the first event.
A system for processing active tickets utilizing an active ticket application on a mobile device, the system comprising:
- a ticket service provider system;
- and
- the mobile device that stores information associated with at least one active ticket, wherein the mobile device is configured to:
- request, utilizing the mobile device and the active ticket application, a first active ticket associated with a first event,
- wherein the active ticket application includes data fields to accommodate multimedia data of one or more active tickets in a multimedia ticket format,
- receive a first token at the mobile device in response to requesting the first active ticket,
- wherein the received first token includes first active ticket information with multimedia data in the multimedia ticket format and associated with the first event,
- wherein the first active ticket information is secured as accessible only through the mobile device,
- wherein the received first token includes a location, a time, or a combination thereof specified by an issuer and associated with the first event;
- process, utilizing the mobile device and the active ticket application, the first token to provide an access to the first event,
- wherein the processing includes changing one or more characteristics of the multimedia data to indicate the first active ticket as being valid and then, subsequently, invalid for the first event;
- and
- re-validate the active ticket application based on, at least in part, a presentation via the active ticket application at the mobile device of one or more changed characteristics of the multimedia data in the multimedia ticket format associated with a second event that is different from the first event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.