US 2017/0323228 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING AND INSPECTING E-TICKETS ON A USER TERMINAL

Abstract

A method for inspecting an e-ticket on a mobile communication device of a user, including rendering the e-ticket on a display of the mobile communication device, wherein the e-ticket includes a ticket information area for displaying user related information, and a ticket validation area for displaying inspection related information when at least one predefined condition is met, enabling a ticket inspector to execute a checking gesture in the ticket validation area when the ticket inspector ascertains one or more predefined identifiers in the ticket validation area, displaying a confirmation code in the ticket validation area, upon execution of the checking gesture, enabling the ticket inspector to execute a confirmation gesture in the ticket validation area when the displayed confirmation code matches a predefined confirmation code, and marking the e-ticket as used upon execution of the confirmation gesture.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A method for visually validating an e-ticket, the method comprising:

submitting a request for using the e-ticket purchased from a ticket issuing server, wherein the e-ticket is associated with one or more predefined identifiers;
receiving a confirmation code associated with the e-ticket from the ticket issuing server, in response to identification of the one or more predefined identifiers associated with the e-ticket;
instructing a ticket inspector with a predefined confirmation code for visually inspecting the e-ticket;
and
validating the e-ticket by matching the confirmation code with the predefined confirmation code, to grant the request for using the e-ticket.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/656,052Filed 21 Jul 2017

Priority

4 Jun 2014

Published

9 Nov 2017

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Classification6 codes

G06Q 10/02
Administration; Management: reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
G06F 3/0484
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or…
G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
G06F 3/016
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: input arrangements with force or tactile…

Method and system for using and inspecting e-tickets on a user terminal

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Method and system for using and inspecting e-tickets on a user terminal

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