| 摘要 |
<p>An admission ticket (10) including a plastic card (11) with a magnetic strip (14) having data indicating admission to a sporting event (figure 1) or arts performance, and human readable indicia (16, 20) related by alphanumeric characters or pictorial representations (17, 18, 19, 38, 40, 41, 45) to represent a seat location (24, 24') and/or street map (25). The magnetic readable data may allow multiple event admissions (a "season ticket") (40). A method of controlling admission to an event is provided by employing, at multiple sequential entrances (figure 6) for seating for the event, magnetic card reader capable (50, 52, 54, 57, 62, 64) of reading the data and automatically allowing or denying admission (51, 53, 63, 65). A PIN number may be issued with the tickets, and a keyboard (60) controlled access mechanism provided at one of the entrances. The card may be provided with parking admission magnetic data (57, 58), and/or debit card data to allow it to be used to purchase goods, or may include a computer chip (73) instead of the magnetic data.</p> |
