| 摘要 |
Disclosed is an electronic ticketing system ( 100, 200 ) and method ( 60 ) utilizing a smart card ( 31 ) The smart card can be loaded with pre-purchased tickets which are then booked at a subsequent date. Alternatively, the booking and payment for the ticket can be made at the one transaction. The smart card is customizable by a user ( 100 ) who would normally be a promoter or organizer of an event for which tickets are required. Also disclosed is a multiple purpose card ( 70, 91, 141, 151, 161 ) which is both a smart card having electronic data stored ( 78 ) therein and a conventional business card having information ( 72 ) printed thereon for use by a reader. The donee of the card is able to insert same into a card reader ( 12 ) to obtain detailed information from the computer ( 100 ) of the donor of the card. The multiple purpose smart card may also be used as a trading card ( 506 ) as part of a set ( 500 ) of similar cards each offering differing levels of user access to a database ( 526 ) related to the set.
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