Ticket issuing system, storage medium and electronic ticket issuing and managing method
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakanori Nakanowatari, Mitsuhisa Kamei
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Abstract
There is provided a ticket issuing system issuing an electronic ticket for digital content to a user system attempting to utilize the digital content by means of the electronic ticket. The ticket issuing system includes a receiver that receives a request to issue the electronic ticket for the digital content from the user system attempting to utilize the digital content using the electronic ticket, and an issuance controller that controls issuance of the electronic ticket for the digital content to the user system, on the basis of a retained electronic ticket in the user system.
Claims22
A ticket issuing system issuing an electronic ticket for digital content to a user system attempting to utilize the digital content by means of the electronic ticket, comprising:
- a receiver that receives a request to issue a first electronic ticket for the digital content from the user system attempting to utilize the digital content using the first electronic ticket;
- a storage that stores a correspondence relationship between the digital content and a second electronic ticket necessary for issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content;
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- an issuance controller that controls issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content to the user system according to the request, and issues the first electronic ticket if the user system retains the second electronic ticket, identified by the correspondence relationship stored in the storage, necessary for issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content.
A computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for issuing an electronic ticket, the process comprising:
- receiving a request to issue first electronic ticket for digital content from a user system attempting to utilize the digital content using the first electronic ticket;
- storing a correspondence relationship between the digital content and a second electronic ticket necessary for issuance of the fast electronic ticket for the digital content;
- controlling issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content to the user system according to the request;
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- issuing the first electronic ticket if the user system retains the second electronic ticket, identified by the stored correspondence relationship, necessary for issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content.
An electronic ticket issuing and managing method performed in a ticket issuing system that issues an electronic ticket for digital content to a user system that attempts to utilize the digital content using the electronic ticket, comprising:
- receiving a request to issue first electronic ticket for digital content from a user system attempting to utilize the digital content using the first electronic ticket;
- storing a correspondence relationship between the digital content and a second electronic ticket necessary for issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content;
- controlling issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content to the user system according to the request;
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- issuing the first electronic ticket if the user system retains the second electronic ticket, identified by the stored correspondence relationship, necessary for issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content.
A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for enabling a computer to perform a process for issuing an electronic ticket, the process comprising:
- receiving a request to issue first electronic ticket for digital content from a user system attempting to utilize the digital content using the first electronic ticket;
- storing a correspondence relationship between the digital content and a second electronic ticket necessary for issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content;
- controlling issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content to the user system according to the request;
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- issuing the first electronic ticket if the user system retains the second electronic ticket, identified by the stored correspondence relationship, necessary for issuance of the first electronic ticket for the digital content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.