DIRECT USER TO TICKETING SERVICE PROVIDER SECURE TRANSACTION CHANNEL

摘要

Ensuring security of electronic transactions between a user and a ticketing service provider involves establishing trust between a user and a transaction service provider, authenticating an electronic transaction facility of the user, establishing a secure communication channel between the user and the ticketing service provider, and registering the user with the ticketing service provider over the secure communications channel.

主权项

1. A method of accessing ticketing services of a service provider via a secure transaction channel, comprising:
issuing with a transaction server a first one-time activation code (OTAC) to a user of an electronic transaction facility; receiving with the transaction server a message comprising a plurality of keys generated by the electronic transaction facility and the first OTAC, wherein the first OTAC is entered by the user into the electronic transaction facility during an electronic transaction facility registration process; authenticating the electronic transaction facility and associating the electronic transaction facility with the user based on the received message; updating with the transaction server the electronic transaction facility with credentials of a ticketing service provider and forwarding credentials of the electronic transaction facility to the ticketing service provider, thereby providing secure communication directly between the user and the ticketing service provider; and registering with the ticketing service provider the user of the electronic transaction facility to access ticketing services of the service provider via the secure communication directly between the user and the ticketing service provider, wherein the user is registered by verifying a second OTAC sent to the user from the ticketing service provider and then received directly from the electronic transaction facility after being encrypted by the electronic transaction facility using the credentials of the ticketing service provider.