JP2001291035A - Ticket issuing method using information recording card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ticket issuing method using an information recording card by which the troublesomeness of ticket management in eliminated for a user. SOLUTION: The reservation information of a ticket desired by the user is transmitted from a user terminal 3 through the Internet 100 to a service providing company terminal 1 and the presence/absence information of the ticket is transmitted to the user terminal 3. In the case that the ticket is present, the user transmits a purchase intention to the service providing company terminal 1 and the service providing company terminal 1 accesses a bank/card company terminal 2 on the basis of a specified charge payment method and completes payment. Then, the service providing company terminal 1 ciphers and downloads the ticket issuance data of the reserved ticket to the information recording card set to the user terminal 3. Thus, since the ticket of a paper base is stored in the information recording card as the ticket issuance data, the need of paper is eliminated and the troublesomeness of the ticket management is dissolved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing method using an information recording card, and more particularly to a ticket issuing method such as a viewing ticket or a watching ticket for a concert, drama, sports, etc., or a ticket such as an air ticket or a train ticket. The present invention relates to a ticket issuing method using a suitable information recording card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, tickets such as concerts, sports games, theater plays, and the like as various types of performances are issued by a user in advance through a telephone, the Internet, or the like, and then sold to a retail store such as a ticket counter or a convenience store. Going out, and based on the ticketing number (or user identification number) notified at the time of reservation, ticket collection processing was performed directly after collecting the ticket price, or completion of payment was confirmed by transfer of the price, etc. The ticket was to be mailed later.

[0003] As for air tickets, after a user completes a reservation by telephone, the Internet, or the like, and confirms payment at a travel agency or the like, a ticket voucher is mailed and installed at each airport. I went to the booth of a travel agency and had the vouchers mailed exchanged for air tickets.

Further, regarding a ticket, after a user completes a reservation by telephone, the Internet, or the like, a sheet on which a reservation memo (a screen notifying that the reservation has been completed) relating to the reservation is printed out is sent to a ticket sales counter. The ticket was obtained by presenting and paying the fare.

[0005]

However, in the above-described ticketing processing, in order to receive a ticket, the user has to use a ticket counter, a convenience store, a travel agency booth installed at an airport, a ticket sales counter, etc. There was a problem that he had to go to the place and take the procedure to receive the ticket.

In addition, if the ticket is mailed after completing the ticket reservation and payment procedures, the ticket cannot be received at a special time such as midnight, and if the recipient is absent, In some cases, it is not delivered, so there is a problem that the user must take a procedure for redistribution at a later date, or the user cannot receive the ticket unless the user directly goes to pick up the delivery.

[0007] Further, since the conventional ticket is a paper-based ticket, it is easy to transfer the ticket after it is issued, and it is easy to conduct a transaction with an illegal amount. In some cases, the ticket is several times the displayed price. There was a problem that it was traded at a price.

Further, when participating in a tour planned by a travel agency or the like, there are a plurality of tickets such as a ticket for using various transportations and a ticket for using facilities. There was a problem that the user had to manage them individually.

According to the present invention, there is provided an information recording card capable of obtaining a ticket upon completion of payment by replacing a paper-based ticket medium with an information recording card and recording necessary ticketing data on the information recording card. It is a first object to provide a ticket issuing method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a ticketing method using an information recording card which eliminates troublesome ticket management for a user by recording ticketing data of a plurality of tickets on an information recording card. As a second object.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 includes a step of transmitting reservation information of a ticket desired by a user from a user terminal to a terminal of a service providing company; Transmitting the presence or absence of a ticket from the service providing company terminal to the user terminal; and transmitting a ticket purchase intention from the user terminal to the service provider terminal from the user terminal when there is a ticket corresponding to the reservation information. Transmitting an inquiry about the payment method for the ticket from the service providing company terminal to the user terminal, confirming the ticket payment method from the user terminal to the service providing company terminal, Send a payment request based on the payment method to the card company terminal And transmitting a completion report of the payment based on the payment request from the bank terminal or the card company terminal to the service provider terminal. Transmitting an information recording card set to the user terminal from the user terminal, transmitting a user-specific information recording card set to the user terminal from the user terminal to the service provider terminal, Transmitting the ticketing data of the ticket corresponding to the reservation information to be recorded on the information recording card from the service provider terminal that has confirmed that the unique information recording card has been set.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a step of transmitting another reservation information from the user terminal to the service provider terminal when there is no ticket corresponding to the reservation information. Features.

[0013] The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
In the invention described above, when the payment request is transmitted from the service providing company terminal to the bank terminal or the card company terminal, the ability of the user to pay for the payment is confirmed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, the information recording card includes a recording unit for recording ticketing data transmitted from a terminal of a service providing company. It is characterized by comprising.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the information recording card according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the information recording card has visible information for specifying a user in a partial area of the card surface. Is formed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, when the ticketing data is recorded on an information recording card, it is subjected to a predetermined encryption process. It is characterized by being.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, when the payment for the payment request is completed at the bank terminal or the card company terminal, the user terminal is transmitted to the user terminal. The method further comprises a step of sending an e-mail indicating that the payment has been completed.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the transmission at the user terminal, the service provider terminal, and the bank terminal or the card company terminal is performed via an Internet line. It is characterized by being performed.

<Operation> The present invention is to reserve a ticket or a viewing right desired by a user or various tickets such as an air ticket or a ticket from a terminal device on the user side via an Internet line. The ticketing data (ticket information) of the reserved ticket is downloaded and recorded on an information recording card unique to the user.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a ticket issuing method using an information recording card according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of a ticket issuing method using an information recording card according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system to which a ticket issuing method using an information recording card according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, a system to which a ticket issuing method using an information recording card according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied includes:
Service provider company terminal 1 and bank / card company terminal 2
An information recording card 31 configured to include the user terminal 3 and the Internet 100 for linking them and record ticketing data (ticket information) downloaded using the system is illustrated.

As the service provider company terminal 1, as shown, for example, terminals such as various performance company (travel agency etc.) terminals 11 and airline / railway company terminals 12 are provided. It sells tickets to provide various services such as viewing tickets, watching tickets for various sports, air tickets, and tickets.

The bank / card company terminal 2 is connected to the service provider company terminal 1 to complete the ticket reservation desired by the user and to pay for the ticket price. Further, the bank / card company terminal 2 has a function of transmitting an e-mail to the user terminal 3 when the account transfer or credit payment procedure is completed.

The user terminal 3 has an input function for inputting user-desired ticket information (information on concert tickets, air tickets, various sports watching tickets, etc.), and accesses the service provider terminal 1 via the Internet 100. And a download function for recording the ticketing data transmitted from the service provider terminal 1 on the information recording card 31.

Further, according to the communication function described above, it is also used when receiving an e-mail notifying the completion of the payment processing in the bank / card company terminal 2 connected to the Internet 100.

The information recording card 31 needs to be a card that is not easily transferred, and does not ask for a card type such as a credit card or an employee ID card. Any card having an information recording area such as an IC chip or a magnetic stripe for recording ticketing data downloaded by the terminal 3 may be used, and it does not matter whether the card is a contact type or a non-contact type.

This ticketing data is subjected to a predetermined encryption process before being downloaded to the information recording card 31 and is downloaded in another state. When reading out the recorded ticketing data, the ticketing data is decrypted. The data can be read by a reader having a function of decoding by processing.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a configuration in which the information recording card according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied to a cash card. In FIG. 2, an information recording card (cash card) 31 has a magnetic stripe 311 for recording information necessary for depositing and withdrawing using an ATM, and a face photograph as visible information for authenticating the user. 312,
And an IC chip 313 for recording ticketing data downloaded by the above-described ticketing method.

Information such as a user's name and account number is formed on the card surface of the information recording card 31 by printing or embossing in addition to the above.

Although an IC chip 313 having a large recording capacity is provided for recording downloaded ticketing data, the present invention is not limited to this, and other recording media may be mounted. It may be.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a specific ticket purchasing method in the ticket issuing method using the information recording card according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, first, the user accesses the various performance company (travel agency etc.) terminals 11 via the Internet for a ticket (various performances such as concerts) desired to be purchased from the user terminal 3 and performs reservation / negotiation. .

If the user wants a concert ticket, the reservation / negotiation is performed by using the artist name, performance date,
The information such as the type of seat is transmitted as reservation information, and the various box-office company terminals 12 confirm the presence or absence of the corresponding ticket from the received reservation information, and determine whether or not the ticket is present in the user terminal 3.
Is transmitted to the server.

After performing such processing a plurality of times, if there is a ticket corresponding to the reservation information desired by the user, that is, if the reservation is established, various performance companies (travel agencies, etc.)
The terminal 11 inquires the user terminal 3 about a payment method. Based on the response from the user terminal 3 to this inquiry, the terminal 2 accesses the bank / card company terminal 2 specified by the user and performs the payment processing based on the payment method.

When the payment of the ticket is confirmed by the above method, the terminal 11 of various performance company (travel agency etc.)
Downloads the ticketing data of the reserved ticket to the information recording card 31 set in the user terminal 3.

The ticketing data here is, for example, a concert ticket, such as a performance date and time, a place, a seat number (seat type), a schematic map to the concert venue, a ticketing date and time, and notes. If so, the information includes the boarding place, boarding date and time, destination, seat number (seat type), round trip / one way, simplified map to airport, ticketing date and time, and notes.

Downloading of ticketing data does not necessarily have to be performed by a terminal owned by the user, and terminals installed in each retail store such as a convenience store may be used as long as the terminal has a download function.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a processing example of a ticket issuing method using an information recording card according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, first, reservation information of a ticket desired by the user is transmitted from the user terminal 3 (step S).
1). Based on the reservation information, the service provider terminal 1
Searches for ticket data owned by the company managed by the database, and transmits to the user terminal 3 whether or not there is a ticket corresponding to the reservation information (step S2). Here, if there is no ticket corresponding to the reservation information desired by the user, another reservation information is transmitted.

In step S2, if there is a ticket corresponding to the reservation information desired by the user, the intent to purchase the ticket is transmitted to the service provider terminal 1 (step S3). Here, if the user determines that he does not want to make a purchase, he or she sends a message that he does not want to make a purchase and ends the processing.

The service providing company terminal 1 to which the purchase intention has been transmitted transmits a message for confirming the method of paying the ticket price and information exemplifying specific payment means to the user terminal 3 (step). S4).

After confirming the information transmitted in step S4 on the user terminal 3, the user determines a desired payment method and transmits the method to the service provider terminal 1 (step S5).

Here, the screen to be confirmed by the user at the user terminal 3 includes, for example, a company name, a card number, an expiration date, and a telephone number of a credit card held by the user when payment by a credit card is desired. A screen for inputting information such as, is displayed. If the user wishes to withdraw from a bank, a screen is displayed on which the user inputs information such as the name of the bank and branch where the account is opened, the account number, and the telephone number.

The user inputs necessary items in each item provided on the screen displayed as described above, and transmits the necessary items to the service provider terminal 1 as a payment method.

Upon receiving the payment method information transmitted from the user terminal 3 in step S4, the service providing company terminal requests the bank / card company terminal 2 designated by the user for user authentication processing (step S4). Step S6).

The bank / card company terminal 2 performs the authentication process of the user requested from the service provider terminal 1, and if the payment is from a bank account, the user's account is opened and Confirm that the balance in the designated account is sufficient to pay the ticket price and report the completion of authentication.If the payment is by credit card, confirm that the user has subscribed Then, the authentication completion is transmitted to the service providing company terminal 1 (step S7).

Here, if the user's account has not been opened, or if the account has been opened but the balance is insufficient, or if the contract with the card company has not been confirmed, this is indicated. Is transmitted to the service providing company terminal 1. Upon receiving such a report, the service providing company terminal 1 notifies the user to that effect and considers another payment method, or terminates the service.

In step S7, the service providing company terminal 1 which has been notified of the completion of the authentication requests the bank / card company terminal 2 to pay the ticket price (step S8).

When completing the payment of the ticket price based on the payment method designated by the user, the bank / card company terminal 2 to which the payment request has been transmitted transmits a payment completion report to the service provider terminal 1 (step S).
9) Send an e-mail to the user terminal 3 indicating that there has been a withdrawal (payment) (step S10).

The service providing company terminal 1 having received the payment completion report transmits a confirmation message as to whether or not an information recording card for downloading ticketing data is set to the user terminal 3 (step S11). When the setting of the information recording card is completed, the user sends a message to the effect that the card insertion has been completed to the service provider terminal 1 (step S12).

After confirming that the information recording card has been set in the user terminal 3, the service provider terminal 1 downloads the ticketing data of the ticket purchased by the user (step S13).

As described above, the ticketing data of the ticket recorded on the information recording card uses the ticketing data actually recorded on the information recording card, that is, such as entering a concert hall or getting on a train. In this case, the ticket is read by a reader having a decryption function, and is erased at the same time that the ticketing data is determined to be valid data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of transfer in a ticket issuing method using an information recording card according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, at the time of transfer of the ticket, the transfer of the ticket is performed under the management via the service providing company terminal 1, so that the transfer with an improper amount is not performed.

As shown in FIG. 5, when there is an extra ticket at the user terminal 3b, the ticketing data of the extra ticket is transferred to various entertainment company (travel agency etc.) terminals 11 via the Internet 100. Is transferred to the user's account via the bank / card company terminal 2 shown in FIG. The bank / card company terminal 2 that has performed the transfer process sends an e-mail to the user terminal 3 to that effect.

If the ticket transferred to the terminal 11 of various performance companies (travel agencies, etc.) corresponds to the reservation information from the user terminal 3a again, payment of the ticket price and download of the ticketing data are performed by a regular procedure. .

For example, when a plurality of tickets are purchased at the time of ticket purchase, ticketing data for the number of passengers is recorded on the information recording card of the first purchaser, and then transferred again via the service provider terminal 1. Will be At this time, if the amount of the transfer is improper, by restricting the transfer process from being performed, it is possible to prevent unauthorized transactions.

If the ticket is canceled within the validity period of the purchased ticket, the cancellation fee will be deducted,
Canceled tickets are sold again as new tickets.

Also, when a plurality of tickets exist in one show, all the ticket data is downloaded to one information recording card, so that it is not necessary to have a plurality of tickets.

When downloading ticketing data, security is provided such that the ticket is not downloaded unless the information unique to the information recording card owned by the user matches the ticketing data of the purchased ticket.

The above-described embodiment is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, when a telephone company terminal or the like is connected on the Internet, as a method of using a user-specific information recording card as a telephone card, a charge corresponding to the expected use is charged to a bank / card company terminal. 2 is accessed via the Internet 100 and debited from the user's bank account. When the payment is confirmed, data indicating that the call can be made for the number of times corresponding to the amount paid from the telephone company terminal is recorded on the information recording card. 31
And can be used just like a traditional calling card.

When terminals such as a railway company and a bus company are connected to the Internet, not only the ticket shown in the above-described embodiment but also data that can be used as a commuter pass for a certain period of time are stored. It is also possible to download and record on a user-specific information recording card,
It can be used without any difference from the conventional commuter pass.

[0061]

As is clear from the above description, according to the ticket issuing method using the information recording card of the present invention, since the information is managed on the net, easy transfer and illegal transaction can be prevented. .

Further, according to the ticket issuing method using the information recording card of the present invention, the ticket which has been handled on a paper basis is recorded as data on the information recording card, so that paperless operation can be achieved, which leads to effective utilization of resources. , Fraudulent transactions can be suppressed.

According to the ticketing method using the information recording card of the present invention, the ticketing data of the desired ticket is downloaded and recorded on the information recording card at the same time when the payment through the bank or the credit card company is completed. So you can always get a ticket.

Further, according to the ticketing method using the information recording card of the present invention, it is not necessary to have a plurality of tickets for each event or means of transportation in a performance consisting of a plurality of events such as a tour of a travel. Therefore, troublesome ticket management for the user can be eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of a ticket issuing system using an information recording card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating a configuration example of an information recording card according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a ticket issuing process using an information recording card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a processing example of a ticket issuing method using an information recording card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of transfer in a ticket issuing method using an information recording card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Service provider terminal 2 Bank / card company terminal 3 User terminal 11 Terminals of various performance companies (travel agencies, etc.) 12 Airline / railway terminal 31 Information recording card 100 Internet

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Claims (8)

[Claims] A step of transmitting reservation information of a ticket desired by a user from a user terminal to a service provider terminal; and a step of transmitting presence or absence of a ticket corresponding to the reservation information from the service provider terminal to the user terminal. Transmitting a ticket purchase intention from the user terminal to the service provider terminal when there is a ticket corresponding to the reservation information; and from the service provider terminal confirming the purchase intention to the user terminal. Transmitting an inquiry about a payment method for the ticket; transmitting the payment method from the user terminal to the service provider terminal; and from the service provider terminal to a bank terminal or a card company terminal. Sending a payment request based on the payment method; Transmitting a completion report of the payment based on the payment request from the bank terminal or card company terminal to the service provider terminal; and from the service provider terminal having received the payment completion report to the user terminal. Transmitting a message that the user-specific information recording card is set to the user terminal; and transmitting a message that the user-specific information recording card is set to the user terminal from the user terminal to the service provider terminal. And transmitting ticketing data of a ticket corresponding to the reservation information to be recorded on the information recording card from the service provider terminal that has confirmed that the user-specific information recording card has been set in the user terminal. Issuing a ticket using an information recording card, comprising: Method. 2. The information recording card according to claim 1, further comprising a step of transmitting another reservation information from the user terminal to the service provider terminal when there is no ticket corresponding to the reservation information. Ticketing method using. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the payment request is transmitted from the service provider terminal to a bank terminal or a card company terminal, the ability of the user to pay the payment is confirmed. Issuing method using the described information recording card. 4. The information recording card according to claim 1, wherein the information recording card is configured such that a recording unit that records the ticketing data transmitted from the service provider terminal is formed by an IC chip. Issuing method using the described information recording card. 5. The information recording card according to claim 1, wherein visible information for identifying a user is formed in a partial area of the card surface. Issuing method using an information recording card. 6. The information according to claim 1, wherein the ticketing data has been subjected to a predetermined encryption process when being recorded on the information recording card. Ticketing method using a recording card. 7. When the payment for the payment request is completed at the bank terminal or the card company terminal, transmitting a notification to the user terminal by e-mail that the payment is completed. A ticket issuing method using the information recording card according to any one of claims 1 to 6. 8. The transmission according to claim 1, wherein the transmission at the user terminal, the service provider terminal, and the bank terminal or the card company terminal is performed via an Internet line. Issuing method using the information recording card described in.