Ticketless system

A ticketless admission method in a network system wherein a ticket issuing center, a payment center, and an entrance gate are connected by a network, said ticketless admission method comprising the steps of:

• (a) notifying said first user terminal of a plurality of first data from said ticket issuing center, in response to a request from a first user terminal connectable to said network, said plurality of first data including site data representing a site, time-of-day data representing an admission time to said site, and price data for admittance to said site;
• (b) notifying said ticket issuing center of second data selected among said plurality of first data, third data for identifying said first user terminal, and fourth data representing an account for payment of said owner of said first user terminal, from said first user terminal;
• (c) notifying said payment center of said price data included in said second data sent in said step (b) and of said fourth data;
• (d) making a payment with said fourth data and said price data included in said second data notified in said step (c);
• (e) installing said entrance gate in said site represented with said site data included in said second data;
• (f) notifying said ticket issuing center of fifth data for identifying said second user terminal from said second user terminal connectable to said network at the site represented with said site data included in said second data on an admission time to said site represented with said time-of-day data included in said second data, after execution of said step (d);
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• (g) permitting said owner of said second user terminal to pass through said entrance gate installed in said step (e) when said fifth data coincides with said third data.

A ticketless system comprising a ticket issuing center, a payment center, and an entrance gate, interconnected by a network,

• said ticket issuing center including:
• first notification means for notifying a user terminal of a plurality of first data in response to a request from said user terminal connectable to said network, each of said plurality of first data including site data representing a site, time-of-day data representing a time-of-day for admittance to said site, and price data representing a price necessary for admittance to said site;
• second notification means for receiving a notification of second data selected among said plurality of first data, third data for identifying said user terminal, and fourth data representing an account for a payment by an owner of said user terminal, from said user terminal;
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• third notification means for notifying said payment center of said price data included in said second data notified by said second notification means and said fourth data;
• said payment center including:
• payment means for making a payment using said price data and said fourth data notified by said third notification means;
• said entrance gate installed at said site represented with said site data included in said second data prior to an admission date to said site represented with said time-of-day data included in said second data, said entrance gate including:
• an input section to which data can be input;
• input means for receiving fifth data identifying said user terminal from said input section after a payment of said payment means, at the admission date to said site represented with said time-of-day data included in said second data;
• and
• permission means, when said fifth data coincides with said third data, for permitting the passage of a person which has input said fifth data.