TICKET AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TICKET DISTRIBUTION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the risk such that ticket information is stolen, copied, and illegally used when the ticket is obtained. SOLUTION: The ID of a paper piece 11 where printing technology such as a hologram and a watermark or the characteristic ID 111 of an IC telephone card is recorded is inputted to a terminal 2 and sent from the terminal 2 to a ticket issue center 3, which obtains service information from a managing means 33 with the ID or the service information sent together with it, signs or ciphers the service information and ID with secret information 321 to obtain verification information 122 and sends it to the terminal 2. Then the terminal 2 prints or electronically records the verification information 122 and service information on base paper 12 to issue a ticket 1 composed of the paper piece 11 and base paper 12. The ticket 1 is shown to a ticket examining machine 4 to read its ID 111 and pieces 121 and 122 of information, which are verified with a verification key or key 441 of a common key signal system, so that the ticket is determined to be rightful when passing the verification.