Method and system for distributing electronic tickets with visual display

摘要

This invention discloses a novel system and method for distributing electronic ticketing such that the ticket is verified at the entrance to venues by means of an animation or other human perceptible verifying visual object that is selected by the venue for the specific event. This removes the need to use a bar-code scanner on an LCD display of a cell phone or other device and speeds up the rate at which human ticket takers can verify ticket holders. The system also can permit ticket purchase verification in the absence of a network connection during verfication.

主权项

1. A method performed by a computer system for displaying visual validation of the possession of a previously purchased electronic ticket for utilization of a service monitored by a ticket taker comprising:
transmitting a token associated with a previously purchased electronic ticket to a remote display device,
wherein the token is a unique alphanumeric string, andwherein a copy of the unique alphanumeric string is stored on a central computer system; validating the token by matching the token transmitted to the remote display device to the copy of the unique alphanumeric string stored on the central computing system to provide a ticket payload to the remote display device; securing a validation display object prior to transmission to provide a secured validation display object; transmitting to the remote display device a secured validation display object associated; with the ticket payload; and enabling the remote display device to display the secured validation display object upon validation of the token for visual recognition by the ticket taker or preventing the remote display device from displaying the secured validation display object in the event that the token is not validated.