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US 7,520,427 B2Granted
Method of operating a ticketing system
AssigneeBritish Airways PLC
InventorLeslie Fergus Boyd
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Abstract
A method of operating a ticketing system comprises generating data representing ticket information and transmitting the same for reception by a mobile station over a mobile communications network link. Data from the mobile station can then be used to verify a transaction.
Claims15
A method of operating a ticketing system for users, the method comprising:
- generating ticket data which represents ticket information to allow said ticket data to be used by a user of the system;
- transmitting said ticket data such that said ticket data is received by a mobile station over a mobile communications network link;
- receiving said ticket data from said mobile station by reading said ticket data from a display on the mobile station using an optical reader;
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- using said ticket data read by said optical reader in verifying a transaction with said user;
- wherein the ticket data is transmitted to said mobile station in a text message format comprising said ticket data and further information, and the further information is displayed for reading by the user.
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