Method and system for electronic ticket validation using proximity detection
AssigneeBytemark, Inc.
InventorsMicah Bergdale, Nicholas Ihm, Matthew Grasser
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Abstract
This invention discloses a novel system and method for automated protocols between a mobile device and an electronic ticketing verification system, where proximity detection is used to automatically display the verification or to automatically control entry gates or turnstiles when the mobile device is verified has holding a valid ticket and being located in a specific location associated with the ticket.
Claims19
A system for monitoring permission for persons to be in a location comprising:
- a computer system connected by a data network to a database comprised of data records representing purchased tickets;
- and
- one or more proximity detecting devices operatively connected to the computer system, where the proximity detecting devices in combination with the computer system are adapted to detect the presence of a mobile device within a predetermined region and in dependence on such determination, initiate a ticket validation process with the mobile device in order to verify that the mobile device is associated with a valid ticket.
A method of validating an electronic ticket associated with a predetermined service, said ticket stored on a mobile device comprising:
- receiving data representing the presence of a person possessing a mobile device within a predetermined region, said predetermined region being a position that the person must occupy in order to gain access to the service;
- receiving from the mobile device a token representing the stored electronic ticket;
- Verifying the validity of the token by searching a database of valid electronic tickets;
- and
- in dependence on the verification of the token, transmitting a command to a device that indicates permission to use the service associated with the electronic ticket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.