Electronic ticketing system and method
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorAllen K. Yu
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Abstract
A method and system for electronic ticket recognition and acceptance. The method includes the step of facilitating a purchase of an electronic ticket from a networked ticketing computer. Another step is downloading the electronic ticket to a portable computing device having a data output. An additional step is enabling activation of the electronic ticket to communicate the electronic ticket via the data output. This allows the displayed electronic ticket is optically communicated to a ticket receiving unit.
Claims19
A method for electronic ticket recognition and acceptance, comprising the steps of:
- facilitating a purchase of an electronic ticket from a networked ticketing computer;
- downloading the electronic ticket to a portable computing device having a data output;
- enabling activation of the electronic ticket to communicate the electronic ticket via the data output, wherein the electronic ticket is optically communicated to a ticket receiving unit.
A method for electronic ticket recognition and acceptance for a ticketed event, comprising the steps of:
- facilitating a purchase of an electronic ticket from a networked ticketing computer;
- enabling downloading of the electronic ticket to a portable computing device having a visual display output;
- accepting the electronic ticket by optical communication with a ticket receiving unit;
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- providing entry to the ticketed event after the electronic ticket has been accepted.
A method for electronic ticket recognition and acceptance at a ticketed event, comprising the steps of:
- facilitating purchasing of an electronic ticket from a networked ticketing computer;
- downloading the electronic ticket to a portable computing device having a display output;
- accepting the electronic ticket by optical communication with a ticket receiving unit;
- providing amenities to a ticket user based on the accepted ticket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.