Display apparatus and display method

A display method, comprising:

• in a display apparatus including an integrated circuit (IC) chip and a display screen:
• storing a plurality of electronic tickets on the IC chip,
• wherein each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets includes usage information, address information, and first information which includes one of date of purchase, date-of-use, arrival time, departure time, boarding station, name of train, train number, car number, or seat number;
• reading the usage information of each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets from the IC chip without reading the first information of each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets from the IC chip;
• determining that each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets is one of an in-use ticket, a used ticket, or an unused ticket, based on the usage information read from the IC chip;
• determining a display order of the plurality of electronic tickets based on the determination that each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets is one of the in-use ticket, the used ticket, or the unused ticket;
• determining at least one electronic ticket from the plurality of electronic tickets based on the determined display order;
• after the determination of the at least one electronic ticket from the plurality of electronic tickets based on the determined display order, reading, from the IC chip, the first information of the at least one electronic ticket based on the address information associated with the at least one electronic ticket;
• and
• controlling the display screen to display the first information of the at least one electronic ticket.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

• storing a plurality of electronic tickets on an integrated circuit (IC) chip,
• wherein each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets includes usage information, address information, and first information which includes one of date of purchase, date-of-use, arrival time, departure time, boarding station, name of train, train number, car number, or seat number;
• reading the usage information of each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets from the IC chip without reading the first information of each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets from the IC chip;
• determining that each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets is one of an in-use ticket, a used ticket, or an unused ticket, based on the usage information read from the IC chip;
• determining a display order of the plurality of electronic tickets based on the determination that each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets is one of the in-use ticket, the used ticket, or the unused ticket;
• determining at least one electronic ticket from the plurality of electronic tickets based on the determined display order;
• after the determination of the at least one electronic ticket from the plurality of electronic tickets based on the determined display order, reading, from the IC chip, the first information of the at least one electronic ticket based on the address information associated with the at least one electronic ticket;
• and
• controlling a display screen to display the first information of the at least one electronic ticket.

A display system, comprising:

• a display apparatus comprising an integrated circuit (IC) chip and a display screen, wherein the IC chip is configured to execute non-contact communication;
• a reader/writer configured to execute the non-contact communication with the IC chip;
• and
• a server apparatus connected to the reader/writer, wherein a plurality of electronic tickets transmitted from the server apparatus through the reader/writer are stored in the IC chip,
• wherein each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets includes usage information, address information, and first information which includes one of date of purchase, date-of-use, arrival time, departure time, boarding station, name of train, train number, car number, or seat number;
• and
• wherein the display apparatus further comprises:
• one or more processors configured to:
• read the usage information of each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets from the IC chip without reading the first information of each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets from the IC chip;
• determine that each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets is one of an in-use ticket, a used ticket, or an unused ticket, based on the usage information read from the IC chip;
• determine a display order of the plurality of electronic tickets based on the determination that each electronic ticket of the plurality of electronic tickets is one of the in-use ticket, the used ticket, or the unused ticket;
• determine at least one electronic ticket from the plurality of electronic tickets based on the determined display order;
• after the determination of the at least one electronic ticket from the plurality of electronic tickets based on the determined display order, read, from the IC chip, the first information of the at least one electronic ticket based on the address information associated with the at least one electronic ticket;
• and
• control the display screen to display the first information of the at least one electronic ticket.