CN104574101B

CN104574101B - Method, equipment and system for verifying electronic ticket

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Publication number: CN104574101B
Application number: CN201410759241.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘宇茜; 徐海波; 邓世雯; 梁俊
Original assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-12-10
Filing date: 2014-12-10
Publication date: 2020-05-22
Anticipated expiration: 2034-12-10
Also published as: CN104574101A

Abstract

The invention aims to provide a method, equipment and a system for verifying an electronic ticket. When the user equipment has a ticket checking request, the user equipment automatically determines the position of the user equipment, determines a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be checked according to the position information, and then directly sends the electronic ticket to the service provider for checking so as to obtain the checking result information provided by the checking equipment corresponding to the service provider. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages that the user equipment sends the electronic ticket to be verified through automatic positioning and automatic matching, and the verification is carried out by the verification equipment of the service provider; the whole verification process is simpler, more efficient and more accurate, time consumption, a missing verification rate and an error rate in the manual copying matching process are reduced, user experience is improved, and in addition, the resource consumption is reduced due to the fact that no paper is used in the ticket verification process.

Description

Method, equipment and system for verifying electronic ticket

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of internet, in particular to a technology for verifying an electronic ticket.

Background

With the continued development of e-commerce and B2C, it is becoming more common for users to pay online and go to merchant brick and mortar stores for goods or services. Taking group purchase as an example, users and merchants participating in group purchase at present are increasing, and when the group purchase users consume the money in the store, the merchants need to verify the group purchase tickets to complete the verification.

Typically, a merchant authenticates an electronic ticket (e.g., a group purchase ticket) in one of two ways:

firstly, the method comprises the following steps: hand-reading the electronic ticket code, and inputting the ticket code on a foreground machine;

II, secondly: the merchant takes the user's mobile phone away and then inputs the coupon code on the foreground machine in comparison with the mobile phone.

The two modes have very low efficiency, and are easy to copy errors and input errors, so that the test is missed, and the use experience of a user is influenced; the second approach also involves privacy concerns for the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a method, equipment and a system for verifying an electronic ticket.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of validating an electronic ticket at a user equipment side, wherein the method includes:

-obtaining a ticket checking request of a user, wherein the ticket checking request corresponds to one or more electronic tickets to be checked;

-determining location information of the user equipment;

-determining a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified, according to the location information;

-sending the electronic ticket to be verified to a verification device corresponding to the service provider for verifying the electronic ticket;

-obtaining authentication result information provided by the authentication device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a method of validating an electronic ticket at a validation device corresponding to a service provider, the method including:

-obtaining one or more electronic tickets to be verified sent by a user device;

-determining verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified;

-sending the verification result information to the user equipment.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a user device for verifying an electronic ticket, wherein the device comprises:

the device comprises a device for obtaining a ticket checking request of a user, wherein the ticket checking request corresponds to one or more electronic tickets to be verified;

means for determining location information of the user equipment;

means for determining a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be authenticated according to the location information;

the device is used for sending the electronic ticket to be verified to verification equipment corresponding to the service provider so as to verify the electronic ticket;

means for obtaining authentication result information provided by the authentication device.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a verification apparatus for verifying an electronic ticket, wherein the verification apparatus corresponds to a service provider, the apparatus including:

the device comprises a means for acquiring one or more electronic tickets to be verified sent by user equipment;

means for determining verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified;

means for sending the verification result information to the user equipment.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a system for validating an electronic ticket, comprising a user device as described above and a validation device as described above.

Compared with the prior art, the method and the device have the advantages that when the user equipment has the ticket verifying request, the position of the user equipment is automatically determined at the user equipment end, the service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified is determined according to the position information, and then the user equipment directly sends the electronic ticket to the service provider for verification, so that the verification result information provided by the verification equipment corresponding to the service provider is obtained. The user equipment sends the electronic ticket to be verified through automatic positioning and automatic matching, and verification is carried out by the verification equipment of the service provider; the whole verification process is simpler, more efficient and more accurate, time consumption, a missing verification rate and an error rate in the manual copying matching process are reduced, user experience is improved, and in addition, the resource consumption is reduced due to the fact that no paper is used in the ticket verification process.

Moreover, the present invention may further determine one or more candidate service providers associated with the location information according to the location information of the user equipment, and determine a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified according to the electronic ticket to be verified and provider-related information corresponding to the candidate service providers; therefore, the electronic ticket is accurately matched with the service provider, the ticket checking efficiency and accuracy are further improved, and the user experience is improved.

Moreover, the invention can also obtain candidate verification result information provided by a service provider at the user equipment end, send feedback information to the verification equipment according to the candidate verification result information, and then obtain verification result information determined by the verification equipment according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information; therefore, false triggering or misoperation of the user is avoided, the reliability in the ticket checking process is improved, and the user experience is improved.

In addition, the invention can also combine the electronic ticket to be verified according to the position information to obtain the recommendation information corresponding to the user equipment; therefore, recommendation information associated with the position or the electronic ticket is provided for the user, the information obtaining efficiency of the user is improved, and the user experience is improved.

Moreover, the invention can also inquire the use state information of the electronic ticket through the interaction between the user equipment end and the service provider, thereby meeting the inquiry requirement of the user, completing the update and the inquiry of the use state in real time and reducing the interaction cost.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent upon reading of the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments made with reference to the following drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a user device and a validation device for validating an electronic ticket, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a user device and a validation device for validating an electronic ticket, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow diagram of a method implemented by a user device in cooperation with an authentication device for authenticating electronic tickets, in accordance with another aspect of the invention;

fig. 4 shows a flow chart of a method for authenticating an electronic ticket, implemented by a user device in cooperation with an authentication device, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The same or similar reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements.

Detailed Description

The present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the attached drawing figures.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a user device and a validation device for validating an electronic ticket according to an aspect of the invention. The user equipment 1 comprises a device (hereinafter referred to as a "request acquisition device 11") for acquiring a ticket verification request of a user, wherein the ticket verification request corresponds to one or more electronic tickets to be verified; means for determining location information of the user equipment (hereinafter referred to as "location determining means 12"); means (hereinafter referred to as "service determination means 13") for determining a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be authenticated, based on the position information; means (hereinafter referred to as "authentication sending means 14") for sending the electronic ticket to be authenticated to an authentication device corresponding to the service provider so as to authenticate the electronic ticket; means for acquiring authentication result information provided by the authentication device (hereinafter referred to as "result acquisition means 15"). The authentication device 2 comprises a device (hereinafter referred to as "authentication obtaining device 21") for obtaining one or more electronic tickets to be authenticated sent by the user device; means for determining authentication result information of the electronic ticket to be authenticated (hereinafter referred to as "authentication means 22"); means for transmitting the authentication result information to the user equipment (hereinafter referred to as "result transmitting means 23").

Specifically, the request obtaining device 11 of the user equipment 1 obtains a ticket checking request of the user, wherein the ticket checking request corresponds to one or more electronic tickets to be verified; the location determining means 12 determines location information of the user equipment; the service determining device 13 determines a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified according to the position information; the verification sending device 14 sends the electronic ticket to be verified to the verification device corresponding to the service provider so as to verify the electronic ticket; correspondingly, the verification obtaining device 21 of the verification device 2 obtains one or more electronic tickets to be verified sent by the user device; the verification device 22 determines verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified; the result sending device 23 sends the verification result information to the user equipment; accordingly, the result obtaining means 15 of the user equipment 1 obtains the authentication result information provided by the authentication device.

The user device includes, but is not limited to, any electronic product capable of human-computer interaction with a user through a keyboard, a remote controller, a touch panel, or a voice control device, and generally, the user device is a mobile device, such as a smart phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a tablet computer (PAD), or the like. The verification device comprises an electronic device capable of automatically performing numerical calculation and information processing according to preset or stored instructions, and the hardware thereof includes but is not limited to a microprocessor, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a programmable gate array (FPGA), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an embedded device and the like. The authentication device comprises but is not limited to a computer, a network host, a single network server, a plurality of network server sets or a cloud consisting of a plurality of servers; here, the Cloud is composed of a large number of computers or web servers based on Cloud Computing (Cloud Computing), which is a kind of distributed Computing, one virtual supercomputer consisting of a collection of loosely coupled computers. Including, but not limited to, the internet, a wide area network, a metropolitan area network, a local area network, a VPN network, a wireless ad hoc network (ad hoc network), etc. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other authentication devices or user devices are equally suitable for use with the present invention, and are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention and are hereby incorporated by reference.

Here, those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention can complete the interaction and authentication only by the user device and the authentication device; interaction and verification can also be accomplished by means of other third party devices, such as servers and the like.

The devices continuously operate, and herein, those skilled in the art should understand that "continuously" means that the devices respectively perform, in real time or according to a set or real-time adjusted operating mode requirement, acquisition of an authentication request, determination of location information, determination of a service provider, transmission and acquisition of an electronic ticket to be authenticated, authentication of the electronic ticket to be authenticated, transmission and acquisition of authentication result information, and the like until the user equipment stops acquiring a ticket authentication request of a user.

The request acquisition device 11 of the user equipment 1 acquires a ticket verification request of a user, wherein the ticket verification request corresponds to one or more electronic tickets to be verified.

Specifically, the request obtaining device 11 obtains a verification request of the user for one or more electronic tickets to be verified through user selection, voice input, text input and the like according to interaction with the user.

Wherein the electronic ticket refers to a service exchange certificate which is used by the user as a party B and a corresponding service provider as a party A; for example, the electronic ticket may be a group purchase ticket, that is, the user may purchase the service of the second party by a prepaid manner, and the group purchase ticket is a credential that the user requests the service provider to provide the service, or the electronic ticket may be another coupon or experience ticket, that is, the user obtains the additional service of the service provider by, for example, being a VIP client, and the electronic ticket is a credential that the user enjoys the corresponding additional service with the identity. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that other electronic coupons, such as those suitable for use with the present invention, are also within the scope of the present invention and are hereby incorporated by reference.

For example, when the user arrives at a storefront of a service provider or a place where the electronic ticket can be verified, the user selects one or more electronic tickets to be verified in a mobile phone by clicking and sends a ticket verification request.

Here, the one or more electronic tickets to be verified selected by the user may be all electronic tickets which are not verified in the mobile phone of the user; or filtering all the electronic tickets to be verified by the system, and selecting the electronic tickets to be verified which can support a self-service ticket verification mode as the electronic tickets contained in the ticket verification request; or one or more of the whole electronic tickets to be verified, selected by the user himself.

The location determining means 12 determines location information of the user equipment.

Specifically, the position determining apparatus 12 obtains the position information of the user equipment by interacting with a positioning apparatus of the user equipment or other third-party equipment; for example, the user equipment is located by acquiring GPS information of the user, or the user is located on a map by acquiring a map of the location of the user equipment.

Here, preferably, the present invention may also determine the location information of the user equipment by the location determining device 12, and then the request obtaining device 11 determines one or more electronic tickets to be verified corresponding to the location information according to the location information, for example, an applicable range of the electronic ticket to be verified coincides with or is covered by a range (e.g., within a radius of 500 meters) covered by the current location information of the user equipment. Here, the sending of the verification request of the electronic ticket to be verified may be based on a user operation, or may be automatically sent by the user device according to the location information of the user device.

The service determination device 13 determines the service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified according to the position information.

Specifically, the service determination device 13 obtains, according to the location information of the user equipment, one or more candidate service providers corresponding to the vicinity of the location information by using a positioning device of the user equipment in combination with a vicinity map associated with the location information; or acquiring one or more candidate service providers corresponding to the vicinity of the position information by interacting with a third-party device providing the service provider. Then, the service determination means 13 may, for example, take a candidate service provider closest to the position information as the service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be authenticated; or, for example, one of the service providers whose name matches the electronic ticket information to be verified within the range covered by the location information is selected as the service provider.

For example, the service determination device 13 queries all service providers existing within a certain range (for example, within 100 meters of a radius) as candidate service providers based on a map associated with a according to the location information a of the user equipment; then, the service determination means 13 takes one of all candidate service providers whose geographical position is closest to the position information of the user as the service provider.

For example, the service determination device 13 uploads the location information a to a third-party server according to the location information a of the user equipment, and the third-party server determines one or more candidate service providers near the location a according to the location a and provides the candidate service providers to the user equipment; then, the service determination device 13 matches the obtained names of the plurality of candidate service providers with the service provider name information in the electronic ticket to be verified, and if the obtained names of the plurality of candidate service providers match with the service provider name information in the electronic ticket to be verified, the matched candidate service provider is used as the service provider; and if the names of a plurality of candidate service providers are matched with the electronic ticket information, taking the candidate service provider closest to the candidate service provider as the service provider.

Here, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above-mentioned manner for determining the service provider is only an example and is not a limitation to the present invention, and other manners for determining the service provider according to the location information can be applied to the present invention and are also included in the scope of the present invention.

Preferably, the service determination device 13 determines one or more candidate service providers associated with the location information according to the location information; and determining the service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified according to the electronic ticket to be verified and the provider related information corresponding to the candidate service provider.

Specifically, the service determination device 13 obtains, according to the location information of the user equipment, one or more candidate service providers corresponding to the vicinity of the location information by using a positioning device of the user equipment; or acquiring one or more candidate service providers corresponding to the vicinity of the position information by interacting with a third-party device providing the service provider.

Then, the service determination means 13 obtains provider-related information of each candidate service provider by directly interacting with an authentication device or other device connected to the candidate service provider, such as through WIFI, mobile network, or the like; alternatively, the service determination means 13 interacts with a third party device or database capable of providing the provider-related information to obtain the provider-related information for each candidate service provider.

Preferably, the provider-related information comprises at least any one of:

-location information of the service provider, i.e. geographical location, geographical relative location, riding route, etc. of the service provider;

-identification information of the service provider, i.e. name, icon, trademark, contact etc. of the service provider;

-whether the service provider supports e-ticket authentication mode;

-whether the service provider has a corresponding service supporting an electronic ticket;

-whether the service provider supports the validation of electronic tickets during a current period, where the current period comprises a date and/or a time.

Then, the service determining device 13 matches the information of the electronic ticket to be verified with the provider-related information, and if provider-related information of a certain candidate service provider is completely matched with the information of the electronic ticket to be verified or meets a certain matching success threshold, the candidate service provider is used as the service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified.

The information of the electronic ticket to be verified comprises a service provider name of the electronic ticket, a service provider location of the electronic ticket, a contact way of a service provider of the electronic ticket, an available time (including a date and/or a time period) of the electronic ticket, a corresponding service of the electronic ticket, a ticket verification way of the electronic ticket (whether self-service ticket verification is supported), and the like.

For example, if the information of the electronic ticket to be verified is "the name of the corresponding service provider is B, the electronic ticket supports self-service verification, and the corresponding service is one fixed package", and if the provider-related information of a candidate service provider closest to a certain distance is "the electronic ticket supports self-service verification only at 10 o ' clock to 14 o ' clock on weekdays", and the current time is 5 o ' clock on weekdays, the candidate service provider is excluded from the range of the service provider; if the provider related information of another candidate service provider is named as B and does not support self-service ticket checking, excluding the candidate service provider from the range of the service provider; and if the provider related information of another candidate service provider is named as ' B ', the ticket is verified by self in any time period, and the corresponding service is one fixed package ', the candidate service provider is taken as the service provider.

The verification sending device 14 sends the electronic ticket to be verified to the verification device corresponding to the service provider so as to verify the electronic ticket. Accordingly, the verification obtaining means 21 of the verification device 2 obtains one or more electronic tickets to be verified sent by the user device.

Specifically, the verification sending device 14 sends the electronic ticket to be verified to the verification device corresponding to the service provider through various communication protocols and/or according to an interface corresponding to the verification device end; the transmitted electronic ticket to be verified may only include a specific verification code, such as a string of numbers, or may include other content, such as a picture or text.

Correspondingly, the verification obtaining device 21 obtains the electronic ticket to be verified sent by the user equipment through various communication protocols and/or according to the interface corresponding to the verification equipment terminal.

The authentication device 22 determines authentication result information of the electronic ticket to be authenticated.

Specifically, the verifying device 22 matches the electronic ticket to be verified with an electronic ticket database stored in the verifying device to inquire whether the electronic ticket exists and whether the electronic ticket is used or not; or, the verifying device 22 sends the electronic ticket to be verified to other third-party devices (such as a server), and interacts with other third-party devices to inquire whether the electronic ticket exists and whether the electronic ticket is used or not; and determining the verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified according to the query information.

Wherein the verification result information includes whether the electronic ticket is available; if not, reasons of failing to pass the verification, such as time interval inconsistency, store name inconsistency, etc., can also be included. Further, the verification device may further determine whether to provide a service according to the verification result information, so that the verification result information may further include information related to providing the service, such as a time scheduled for providing the service.

Preferably, the verification apparatus further includes means (hereinafter, referred to as "updating means", not shown) for updating the usage state of the electronic ticket according to the verification result information.

Specifically, for example, if the verification result information is that the verification is passed and the service provider provides the corresponding service, the updating means sets the usage state of the electronic ticket to "used"; if the verification result information is that the verification is not passed and/or the verification is passed but the service is not provided, the updating device maintains the use state of the electronic ticket to be unused, and further, information such as time, place, number of times of the verification attempt can be recorded.

Here, if the electronic ticket is used, the usage state information includes, but is not limited to, whether to use, a usage time, a usage place, and a number of usage times; if the electronic ticket is not used, the usage status information includes, but is not limited to, whether to use, time of the verification attempt, location of the verification attempt, number of verification attempts, and the like.

The result sending device 23 sends the verification result information to the user equipment through various communication protocols and/or according to an interface corresponding to the verification equipment terminal; accordingly, the result obtaining means 15 of the user equipment 1 obtains the authentication result information provided by the authentication device.

Preferably, the user equipment further includes a device (hereinafter referred to as "recommendation obtaining device", not shown) for obtaining recommendation information corresponding to the user equipment according to the location information and in combination with the electronic ticket to be verified.

Specifically, the recommendation acquisition device acquires other service providers or information providers near the location information by interacting with other third-party devices according to a map device of the user equipment or according to the location information of the user equipment; then, the recommendation obtaining device selects one or more service providers or relevant recommendation information of information providers associated with the electronic ticket as recommendation information corresponding to the user information according to the information of the electronic ticket, such as the service provider name of the electronic ticket, the service provider location of the electronic ticket, the contact information of the service provider of the electronic ticket, the available time (including date and/or time), the corresponding service of the electronic ticket, the ticket verification manner of the electronic ticket (whether self-verification is supported), and the like.

Here, the determination of the related recommendation information includes, but is not limited to, the same or similar based on the name of the service provider, the same or similar category, the same or similar available period, whether the ticket checking manner is the same as that of the current electronic ticket, whether the provided service is similar or complementary, and the like.

The recommendation information also includes, but is not limited to, a distance between a location corresponding to the recommendation information and the current user device, a contact way of a service provider of the recommendation information, an available time (including a date and/or a time period) of the recommendation information, a service corresponding to the recommendation information, a ticket verification way of the recommendation information (whether self-service ticket verification is supported or not), and the like.

For example, the recommendation acquisition device takes a group purchase coupon or a coupon related to a certain service provider near the user as recommendation information, the electronic ticket currently authenticated by the user is a movie ticket, and the recommendation information is a popcorn coupon within 10 meters nearby.

Preferably, the user device further includes a device (hereinafter referred to as "query sending device", not shown) for sending the electronic ticket to a verification device corresponding to the service provider to query the usage status information of the electronic ticket; and a device for acquiring use status information of the electronic ticket (hereinafter referred to as "use acquisition device", not shown).

Specifically, the query sending device sends the verified or unverified electronic ticket to the verification device through various communication protocols according to a query instruction of a user and/or according to an interface corresponding to the verification device, and the verification device queries the electronic ticket to acquire the use state information of the electronic ticket; then, the user device acquires the use state information of the electronic ticket sent by the verification device.

Wherein, if the electronic ticket is used, the usage status information includes but is not limited to whether to use, time of use, place of use, and number of uses; if the electronic ticket is not used, the usage status information includes, but is not limited to, whether to use, time of the verification attempt, location of the verification attempt, number of verification attempts, and the like. If the electronic ticket is not queried, the use state information may also be "not queried", and the like.

Here, as will be understood by those skilled in the art, the way in which the user equipment knows the authentication device is the same as or similar to the way in which the service determination apparatus 13 in fig. 1 is known, and therefore, the details are not described here.

Furthermore, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the validation is not equal to the query; in the verification process, the verification device verifies whether the electronic ticket is the electronic ticket distributed by the service provider, and if the verification is successful, the corresponding service needs to be provided and the use state of the electronic ticket needs to be modified; while queries do not involve the provision of services nor generally the alteration of usage status.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a user device and a validation device for validating an electronic ticket, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; the user equipment 1 comprises a device (hereinafter referred to as "request acquisition device 11'") for acquiring a ticket verification request of a user, wherein the ticket verification request corresponds to one or more electronic tickets to be verified; means for determining location information of the user equipment (hereinafter referred to as "location determining means 12'"); means (hereinafter referred to as "service determination means 13'") for determining a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be authenticated, based on the position information; a device (hereinafter referred to as "verification transmitting device 14'") for transmitting the electronic ticket to be verified to a verification device corresponding to the service provider so as to verify the electronic ticket; means for acquiring candidate authentication result information provided by the service provider (hereinafter referred to as "candidate acquisition means 16'"); means (hereinafter referred to as "feedback transmitting means 17'") for transmitting feedback information to the authentication device based on the candidate authentication result information; means (hereinafter referred to as "result obtaining means 15'") for obtaining verification result information provided by the verification device, wherein the verification result information is determined based on the candidate verification result information and the feedback information. The authentication device 2 includes means (hereinafter referred to as "authentication acquisition means 21'") for acquiring one or more electronic tickets to be authenticated sent by the user device; means for determining candidate authentication result information of the electronic ticket to be authenticated (hereinafter referred to as "candidate determination means 24'"); means for transmitting the candidate verification result information to the user equipment (hereinafter referred to as "candidate result transmitting means 25'"); verification result information means (hereinafter referred to as "verification means 22'") for determining the electronic ticket to be verified according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information of the user equipment to the candidate verification result information; means for transmitting the authentication result information to the user equipment (hereinafter referred to as "result transmitting means 23'").

Specifically, the request obtaining device 11' of the user equipment 1 obtains a ticket checking request of the user, wherein the ticket checking request corresponds to one or more electronic tickets to be verified; the location determining means 12' determines location information of the user equipment; the service determining device 13' determines a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified according to the position information; the verification sending device 14' sends the electronic ticket to be verified to a verification device corresponding to the service provider so as to verify the electronic ticket; correspondingly, the verification obtaining device 21' of the verification device 2 obtains one or more electronic tickets to be verified sent by the user device; the candidate determining means 24' determines candidate verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified; the candidate result sending means 25' sends the candidate verification result information to the user equipment; accordingly, the candidate obtaining means 16' of the user equipment obtains candidate verification result information provided by the service provider; the feedback sending device 17' sends feedback information to the verification equipment according to the candidate verification result information; correspondingly, the verification device 22' of the verification device determines the verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information of the user equipment to the candidate verification result information; the result sending means 23' sends the verification result information to the user equipment; accordingly, the result obtaining means 15' of the user equipment 1 obtains the verification result information provided by the verification device, wherein the verification result information is determined according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information.

The request obtaining device 11 ', the location determining device 12', the service determining device 13 ', and the verification transmitting device 14' of the user equipment are the same as or substantially the same as the corresponding devices shown in fig. 1, and therefore, the description is omitted here and included herein by way of reference.

The above devices continuously operate, and herein, those skilled in the art should understand that "continuously" means that the above devices respectively perform, in real time or according to a set or real-time adjusted operating mode requirement, acquisition of an authentication request, determination of location information, determination of a service provider, transmission and acquisition of an electronic ticket to be authenticated, determination of a candidate authentication result, transmission and acquisition of a candidate authentication result, transmission of feedback information, authentication of an electronic ticket to be authenticated, transmission and acquisition of authentication result information, and the like until the user equipment stops acquiring a ticket authentication request of a user.

The candidate determination means 24' determines candidate verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified.

Specifically, the candidate determining means 24' queries information such as whether there is an electronic ticket and whether the electronic ticket is used by matching the acquired electronic ticket to be verified with the electronic ticket database stored in the verifying device; alternatively, the candidate determining means 24' sends the electronic ticket to be verified to other third-party devices (such as a server), and interacts with other third-party devices to inquire information such as whether the electronic ticket exists and whether the electronic ticket is used; and determining candidate verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified according to the query information.

Here, if the candidate verification result is that the electronic ticket is available, the candidate verification result information may include an available prompt; if the candidate verification result is that the electronic ticket is unavailable, the candidate verification result may include reasons of failed verification, such as time interval inconsistency and store name inconsistency, in addition to the unavailable prompt.

The candidate result sending device 25' sends the verification result information to the user equipment through various communication protocols and/or according to an interface corresponding to the verification equipment terminal; accordingly, the candidate obtaining means 16' of the user equipment obtains the candidate verification result information provided by the service provider.

The feedback sending device 17' sends feedback information to the verification device according to the candidate verification result information.

Specifically, after the user equipment acquires the candidate verification result information, the user equipment feeds back the candidate verification result; wherein the feedback information includes confirmation of available information to determine use of the electronic ticket, or feedback of unavailable information, such as resending of a verification request or other operations; thereby, false triggering by the user and the like are avoided.

Correspondingly, the verification device 22' of the verification apparatus determines the verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information of the user equipment to the candidate verification result information.

Specifically, for example, if the candidate authentication result information is authenticated (available) and the feedback information is that it is determined to use the electronic ticket, the authentication result information is "the electronic ticket is available and used"; if the candidate verification result information is verified (available) and the feedback information is that the electronic ticket is determined not to be used, the verification result information is 'the electronic ticket is available and temporarily not used'; if the candidate verification result information is not verified (unavailable) and the feedback information is accepted, the verification result information is 'the electronic ticket is unavailable'; if the candidate verification result information is not verified (unavailable) and the feedback information is a request for re-verification, determining the verification result information according to the re-verification result.

Then, the result sending device 23' sends the verification result information to the user equipment through various communication protocols and/or according to an interface corresponding to the verification equipment terminal; accordingly, the result obtaining means 15' of the user equipment 1 obtains the verification result information provided by the verification device, wherein the verification result information is determined according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information.

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart of a method implemented by a user device in cooperation with an authentication device for authenticating electronic tickets, in accordance with another aspect of the invention.

Specifically, in step S1, the user device 1 obtains a ticket verification request of the user, where the ticket verification request corresponds to one or more electronic tickets to be verified; in step S2, the user equipment 1 determines location information of the user equipment; in step S3, the user device 1 determines a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified according to the location information; in step S4, the user device 1 sends the electronic ticket to be verified to a verification device corresponding to the service provider, so as to verify the electronic ticket; accordingly, in step S4, the authentication device 2 obtains one or more electronic tickets to be authenticated sent by the user device; in step S5, the authentication device 2 determines authentication result information of the electronic ticket to be authenticated; in step S6, the authentication apparatus 2 transmits the authentication result information to the user apparatus; accordingly, in step S6, the user equipment 1 acquires authentication result information provided by the authentication device.

The above steps are continuously operated, and herein, those skilled in the art should understand that "continuously" means that the above steps are performed in real time, or according to the set or real-time adjusted operating mode requirement, respectively, until the user device stops acquiring the ticket verification request of the user, the obtaining of the verification request, the determining of the location information, the determining of the service provider, the sending and obtaining of the electronic ticket to be verified, the verification of the electronic ticket to be verified, the sending and obtaining of the verification result information, and the like.

In step S1, the user device 1 obtains a ticket verification request of the user, where the ticket verification request corresponds to one or more electronic tickets to be verified.

Specifically, in step S1, the user equipment 1 obtains a verification request of the user for one or more electronic tickets to be verified through user selection, voice input, text input, and the like according to interaction with the user.

In step S2, the user equipment 1 determines location information of the user equipment.

Specifically, in step S2, the user equipment 1 obtains the location information of the user equipment by interacting with other third-party devices or according to the positioning apparatus of the user equipment; for example, the user equipment is located by acquiring GPS information of the user, or the user is located on a map by acquiring a map of the location of the user equipment.

Here, preferably, the present invention may further determine, by the user equipment, location information of the user equipment, and then, the user equipment determines, according to the location information, one or more electronic tickets to be verified corresponding to the location information, for example, an applicable range of the electronic ticket to be verified coincides with or is covered by a range (for example, within a radius of 500 meters) covered by current location information of the user equipment. Here, the sending of the verification request of the electronic ticket to be verified may be based on a user operation, or may be automatically sent by the user device according to the location information of the user device.

In step S3, the user device 1 determines a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be authenticated according to the location information.

Specifically, in step S3, the user equipment 1 acquires, according to the location information of the user equipment, one or more candidate service providers corresponding to the vicinity of the location information by using a positioning device of the user equipment in combination with a vicinity map associated with the location information; or acquiring one or more candidate service providers corresponding to the vicinity of the position information by interacting with a third-party device providing the service provider. Then, in step S3, the user device 1 may, for example, take a candidate service provider closest to the location information as the service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be authenticated; or, for example, one of the service providers whose name matches the electronic ticket information to be verified within the range covered by the location information is selected as the service provider.

For example, in step S3, the user device 1 queries all service providers existing within a certain range (for example, within 100 meters of a radius) as candidate service providers based on a map associated with a according to the location information a of the user device; then, in step S3, the user device 1 takes one of all candidate service providers whose geographical location is closest to the location information of the user as the service provider.

For example, in step S3, the user device 1 uploads the location information a to a third party server according to the location information a of the user device, and the third party server determines one or more candidate service providers near location a according to the location a and provides the candidate service providers to the user device; then, in step S3, the user equipment 1 matches the obtained names of multiple candidate service providers with the service provider name information in the electronic ticket to be verified, and if the obtained names of multiple candidate service providers match with the service provider name information in the electronic ticket to be verified, the matched candidate service provider is used as the service provider; and if the names of a plurality of candidate service providers are matched with the electronic ticket information, taking the candidate service provider closest to the candidate service provider as the service provider.

Preferably, in step S3, the user equipment 1 determines one or more candidate service providers associated with the location information according to the location information; and determining the service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified according to the electronic ticket to be verified and the provider related information corresponding to the candidate service provider.

Specifically, in step S3, the user equipment 1 obtains, according to the location information of the user equipment, one or more candidate service providers corresponding to the vicinity of the location information by using a positioning device of the user equipment; or acquiring one or more candidate service providers corresponding to the vicinity of the position information by interacting with a third-party device providing the service provider.

Then, in step S3, the user device 1 connects to the authentication device or other devices of the candidate service providers through WIFI, mobile network, etc., and obtains provider-related information of each candidate service provider by directly interacting with the above devices; alternatively, in step S3, the user device 1 interacts with a third party device or database capable of providing the provider-related information to obtain provider-related information for each candidate service provider.

Preferably, the provider-related information comprises at least any one of:

-whether the service provider supports e-ticket authentication mode;

Then, in step S3, the user device 1 matches the information of the electronic ticket to be verified with the provider-related information, and if there is a candidate service provider whose provider-related information can be completely matched with the information of the electronic ticket to be verified or meets a certain matching success threshold, takes the candidate service provider as the service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified.

In step S4, the user device 1 sends the electronic ticket to be verified to a verification device corresponding to the service provider, so as to verify the electronic ticket. Accordingly, in step S4, the authentication device 2 acquires one or more electronic tickets to be authenticated sent by the user device.

Specifically, in step S4, the user equipment 1 sends the electronic ticket to be verified to the verification equipment corresponding to the service provider through various communication protocols and/or according to the interface corresponding to the verification equipment; the transmitted electronic ticket to be verified may only include a specific verification code, such as a string of numbers, or may include other content, such as a picture or text.

Correspondingly, in step S4, the verification device 2 obtains the electronic ticket to be verified sent by the user device through various communication protocols and/or according to the interface corresponding to the verification device.

In step S5, the authentication apparatus 2 determines authentication result information of the electronic ticket to be authenticated.

Specifically, in step S5, the verification device 2 matches the electronic ticket to be verified with an electronic ticket database stored in the verification device, so as to inquire whether there is the electronic ticket and whether the electronic ticket is used; or, in step S5, the verification device 2 sends the electronic ticket to be verified to other third-party devices (e.g., servers), and interacts with other third-party devices to inquire whether the electronic ticket exists and whether the electronic ticket is used; and determining the verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified according to the query information.

Preferably, the method further includes step S10, wherein, in step S10, the authentication device updates the usage status of the electronic ticket according to the authentication result information.

Specifically, for example, if the verification result information is that the verification is passed and the service provider provides the corresponding service, in step S10, the verification apparatus sets the usage state of the electronic ticket to "used"; if the verification result information is that the electronic ticket is not verified and/or verified but not provided with a service, in step S10, the verification device maintains the usage status of the electronic ticket as "unused", and further, may record information such as time, location, and number of times of verification attempt.

In step S6, the authentication device 2 sends the authentication result information to the user device through various communication protocols and/or according to an interface corresponding to the authentication device side; accordingly, in step S6, the user equipment 1 acquires authentication result information provided by the authentication device.

Preferably, the method further includes step S11, where in step S11, the user equipment obtains recommendation information corresponding to the user equipment according to the location information and in combination with the electronic ticket to be verified.

Specifically, in step S11, the user device obtains other service providers or information providers near the location information by interacting with other third party devices according to a map device of the user device or according to the location information of the user device; then, in step S11, the user device selects, as recommendation information corresponding to the user information, one or more service providers or information providers associated with the electronic ticket according to information of the electronic ticket, such as a service provider name of the electronic ticket, a service provider location of the electronic ticket, a contact information of the service provider of the electronic ticket, a time (including a date and/or a time period) available for the electronic ticket, a corresponding service of the electronic ticket, a ticket verification method of the electronic ticket (whether self-verification is supported or not), and the like.

For example, the user device uses a related group purchase coupon or coupon of a certain service provider near the user as recommendation information, the electronic ticket currently authenticated by the user is a movie ticket, and the recommendation information is a popcorn coupon within 10 meters nearby.

Preferably, the method further comprises steps S12 and S13; in step S12, the user device sends the electronic ticket to a verification device corresponding to the service provider to query the use status information of the electronic ticket; in step S13, the user device acquires the usage state information of the electronic ticket.

Specifically, in step S12, the user device sends the verified or unverified electronic ticket to the verification device through various communication protocols according to the query instruction of the user and/or according to the interface corresponding to the verification device, and the verification device queries the electronic ticket to obtain the usage status information of the electronic ticket; then, in step S13, the user device acquires the use status information of the electronic ticket transmitted by the authentication device.

Here, as will be understood by those skilled in the art, the manner in which the user equipment knows the authentication device is the same as or similar to the manner in step S3 in fig. 3, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted here.

Specifically, in step S1', the user device 1 obtains a ticket verification request of the user, where the ticket verification request corresponds to one or more electronic tickets to be verified; in step S2', the user equipment 1 determines location information of the user equipment; in step S3', the user device 1 determines a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified according to the location information; in step S4', the user device 1 sends the electronic ticket to be verified to a verification device corresponding to the service provider, so as to verify the electronic ticket; accordingly, in step S4', the authentication device 2 obtains one or more electronic tickets to be authenticated sent by the user device; in step S7', the authentication device 2 determines candidate authentication result information of the electronic ticket to be authenticated; in step S8', the authentication device 2 transmits the candidate authentication result information to the user device; accordingly, in step S8', the user device 1 acquires candidate authentication result information provided by the service provider; in step S9', the user equipment sends feedback information to the authentication device according to the candidate authentication result information; correspondingly, in step S5', the verification device 2 determines the verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information of the user device to the candidate verification result information; in step S6', the authentication apparatus 2 transmits the authentication result information to the user apparatus; accordingly, in step S6', the user equipment 1 acquires the verification result information provided by the verification device, wherein the verification result information is determined according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information.

Step S1 ', step S2 ', step S3 ', and step S4 ' of the user equipment, and step S4 ' of the verification device are the same or substantially the same as the corresponding steps shown in fig. 1, and therefore, are not described herein again and are included herein by way of reference.

The above steps are continuously operated, and herein, those skilled in the art should understand that "continuously" means that the above steps are performed in real time, or according to the set or real-time adjusted operating mode requirement, respectively, until the user device stops acquiring the ticket verification request of the user, the obtaining of the verification request, the determining of the location information, the determining of the service provider, the sending and obtaining of the electronic ticket to be verified, the determining of the candidate verification result, the sending and obtaining of the candidate verification result, the sending of the feedback information, the verification of the electronic ticket to be verified, the sending and obtaining of the verification result information, and the like.

In step S7', the authentication apparatus 2 determines candidate authentication result information of the electronic ticket to be authenticated.

Specifically, in step S7', the verification apparatus 2 matches the acquired electronic ticket to be verified with the electronic ticket database stored in the verification apparatus to inquire whether there is the electronic ticket and whether the electronic ticket is used; or, in step S7', the verification device 2 sends the electronic ticket to be verified to other third-party devices (e.g., servers), and inquires whether there is the electronic ticket and whether the electronic ticket is used or not by interacting with other third-party devices; and determining candidate verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified according to the query information.

In step S8', the authentication device 2 sends the authentication result information to the user device through various communication protocols and/or according to an interface corresponding to the authentication device side; accordingly, in step S7', the user device 1 acquires candidate authentication result information provided by the service provider.

In step S9', the user equipment 1 sends feedback information to the authentication device according to the candidate authentication result information.

Accordingly, in step S5', the verification device 2 determines the verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information of the user device to the candidate verification result information.

Then, in step S6', the verification device 2 sends the verification result information to the user device through various communication protocols and/or according to an interface corresponding to the verification device side; accordingly, in step S6', the user equipment 1 acquires the verification result information provided by the verification device, wherein the verification result information is determined according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information.

It should be noted that the present invention may be implemented in software and/or in a combination of software and hardware, for example, as an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a general purpose computer or any other similar hardware device. In one embodiment, the software program of the present invention may be executed by a processor to implement the steps or functions described above. Also, the software programs (including associated data structures) of the present invention can be stored in a computer readable recording medium, such as RAM memory, magnetic or optical drive or diskette and the like. Further, some of the steps or functions of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, for example, as circuitry that cooperates with the processor to perform various steps or functions.

In addition, some of the present invention can be applied as a computer program product, such as computer program instructions, which when executed by a computer, can invoke or provide the method and/or technical solution according to the present invention through the operation of the computer. Program instructions which invoke the methods of the present invention may be stored on a fixed or removable recording medium and/or transmitted via a data stream on a broadcast or other signal-bearing medium and/or stored within a working memory of a computer device operating in accordance with the program instructions. An embodiment according to the invention herein comprises an apparatus comprising a memory for storing computer program instructions and a processor for executing the program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, trigger the apparatus to perform a method and/or solution according to embodiments of the invention as described above.

It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned. Furthermore, it is obvious that the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the singular does not exclude the plural. A plurality of units or means recited in the apparatus claims may also be implemented by one unit or means in software or hardware. The terms first, second, etc. are used to denote names, but not any particular order.

Claims

1. A method of validating an electronic ticket at a user device, wherein the method comprises:

-determining location information of the user equipment;

-determining, from the location information, one or more candidate service providers associated with the location information; determining a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified according to the electronic ticket to be verified and provider related information corresponding to the candidate service provider;

-sending the electronic ticket to be verified to a verification device corresponding to the service provider for verifying the electronic ticket to be verified;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the provider-related information comprises at least any one of:

-location information of the service provider;

-identification information of the service provider;

-whether the service provider supports e-ticket authentication mode;

-whether the service provider supports the validation of the electronic ticket for the current time period.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises:

-obtaining candidate verification result information provided by the service provider;

-sending feedback information to the verification device in dependence of the candidate verification result information;

wherein the step of obtaining the verification result information provided by the verification device comprises:

-obtaining verification result information provided by the verification device, wherein the verification result information is determined from the candidate verification result information and the feedback information.

4. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises:

-obtaining recommendation information corresponding to the user equipment in combination with the electronic ticket to be verified according to the location information.

5. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises:

-sending the electronic ticket to a verification device corresponding to the service provider for querying the usage status information of the electronic ticket;

-obtaining usage status information of the electronic ticket.

6. A user device for validating an electronic ticket, wherein the device comprises:

means for determining location information of the user equipment;

for determining, from the location information, one or more candidate service providers associated with the location information; a device for determining a service provider corresponding to the electronic ticket to be verified according to the electronic ticket to be verified and provider related information corresponding to the candidate service provider;

the device is used for sending the electronic ticket to be verified to verification equipment corresponding to the service provider so as to verify the electronic ticket to be verified;

7. The user device of claim 6, wherein the provider-related information comprises at least any one of:

-location information of the service provider;

-identification information of the service provider;

-whether the service provider supports e-ticket authentication mode;

8. The user equipment of claim 6 or 7, wherein the device further comprises:

means for obtaining candidate authentication result information provided by the service provider;

means for sending feedback information to the verification device based on the candidate verification result information;

wherein the means for obtaining the authentication result information provided by the authentication device is configured to:

9. The user equipment of claim 6 or 7, wherein the device further comprises:

and the device is used for acquiring recommendation information corresponding to the user equipment by combining the electronic ticket to be verified according to the position information.

10. The user equipment of claim 6 or 7, wherein the device further comprises:

the device is used for sending the electronic ticket to a verification device corresponding to the service provider so as to inquire the use state information of the electronic ticket;

and the device is used for acquiring the use state information of the electronic ticket.

11. A system for validating an electronic ticket comprising a user device as claimed in any one of claims 6 to 10 and a validation device for validating the electronic ticket, wherein the validation device corresponds to a service provider, the validation device comprising:

means for sending the verification result information to the user equipment.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the authentication device further comprises:

means for determining candidate validation result information of the electronic ticket to be validated;

means for sending the candidate authentication result information to the user equipment;

wherein the means for determining the verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified is configured to:

-determining the verification result information of the electronic ticket to be verified according to the candidate verification result information and the feedback information of the user equipment to the candidate verification result information.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the authentication device further comprises:

and updating the use state of the electronic ticket according to the verification result information.