System and method for purchasing and authentificating electronic tickets

摘要

A method and system for purchasing and authenticating an electronic ticket has a computer for receiving a ticket request from a user system and generating electronic ticket image data including a ticket identifier in response to the request; encrypting the generated electronic ticket image data and sending them to the user system; forwarding the encrypted electronic ticket image data from the user system to an associated user wireless communication terminal; which decrypts the encrypted electronic ticket image data and displays it on the screen of the terminal; and a computer which checks the validity of the ticket by reading the electronic ticket image data displayed on the screen of the terminal.