JP2016058053A - Event ticket management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an event ticket management system for preventing the resale or illegal use of an event ticket.SOLUTION: An event ticket management system includes: a ticket sales site 12 for enabling a purchaser to perform access and purchase his or her desired event ticket for rigidly authenticating whether or not the event ticket has been normally purchased by the purchaser. The ticket sales site 12 includes: a ticket issuing part 13 for issuing a ticket; and a database 14 for storing the purchaser information of the ticket and various ticket information. The ticket issuing part 13 generates a ticket code based on a telephone number and a terminal ID code or the like for each ticket when or after the ticket is purchased, and adds the ticket code, and transmits the information data of the event ticket to the portable information terminal of the purchaser.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an event ticket management system suitable for use in purchasing various event tickets, for example, by using a multifunctional portable information terminal such as a smartphone or a mobile phone, and in particular, prevents resale and unauthorized use of event tickets. It relates to a possible event ticket management system.

For example, when purchasing event tickets for various events such as concerts, electronic ticketing has been conventionally performed by using a multifunctional portable information terminal such as a mobile phone.
That is, the purchaser receives an electronic ticket from the sales site by accessing the ticket sales site through a portable information terminal, selecting an event desired to be purchased, and transmitting predetermined items such as purchaser information. . Then, the electronic ticket received at the entrance of the event venue is displayed on the display screen of the portable information terminal, thereby enabling entry.

  JP 2003-187272 A

  However, the ticket sales method as described above cannot completely prevent improper use or impersonation caused by the purchaser reselling the ticket to others. In other words, in the conventional method, the purchaser's information is registered at the time of ticket purchase, the purchase number, the event number, the authentication number, etc., and the photograph of the purchaser's face etc. are displayed on the terminal as much as possible. It is hard to say that it can be completely prevented.

  Therefore, it is desired to take some measures for this type of event ticket so that strict authentication of the event ticket can be performed at the time of event entry, and as a result, resale prevention can be surely performed.

  In addition, on the other hand, it is necessary to consider refunds and resale of tickets when the ticket purchaser is unable to attend on the day of the event for any reason and cannot go there. It is required to take some measures.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an event ticket management system for preventing resale and unauthorized use of an event ticket by using a telephone number or a terminal ID as a ticket code and performing ticket authentication. The purpose is to obtain.

  In order to meet such a purpose, the event ticket management system according to the present invention (the invention according to claim 1) is an event that strictly authenticates whether or not the event ticket has been purchased by the purchaser. A ticket management system, comprising: a ticket sales site that purchases an event ticket that a purchaser accesses and desires, the sales site including a ticket issuing unit that issues the ticket; A database for storing purchaser information and various ticket information, and the ticket issuing unit generates a ticket code for each ticket at the time of ticket purchase or after ticket purchase, and adds the ticket code to the event. It is configured to send ticket information data to the purchaser's personal digital assistant. And wherein the door.

  The event ticket management system according to the present invention (the invention described in claim 2) is the event ticket management system according to claim 1, wherein the ticket code is generated based on at least one of a telephone number of a purchaser's portable information terminal and a terminal ID code. It is characterized by being.

  The event ticket management system according to the present invention (the invention according to claim 3) is the event ticket management system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the purchaser registers at the time of ticket purchase or after ticket purchase as the ticket code. An arbitrary code is included.

  The event ticket management system according to the present invention (the invention according to claim 4) is the event ticket management system according to claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3, wherein the event ticket management system is the face of the purchaser at the time of ticket purchase or after ticket purchase. The photographic information is configured to be registered together.

  The event ticket management system according to the present invention (the invention according to claim 5) is the event ticket management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the purchaser can purchase a plurality of tickets at the ticket sales site. , Ticket authentication is possible with the ticket code generated by entering at least one of the phone number of the portable information terminal, the terminal ID code of the person who receives the ticket, or any code when purchasing the ticket or after purchasing the ticket It is comprised so that it may become.

  An event ticket management system according to the present invention (invention according to claim 6) is the event ticket management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ticket sales site of the event ticket management system uses the ticket code. By performing the authentication, a refund process by canceling the event ticket and resale of the event ticket are performed.

  Here, the phone number and the terminal ID code can be read out by installing a dedicated application in advance on the information portable terminal. However, the telephone number and the terminal ID code of the portable information terminal can be confirmed. If there is, it is not limited to a specific method. For example, the telephone number can also be obtained by transmitting from a portable information terminal using a short message service or the like. In addition, when performing the ticket issuance procedure, the phone number of the portable information terminal and the phone number registered by the ticket purchaser are derived by guiding the procedure from the short message service that the purchaser sends to the phone number registered at the time of ticket purchase. It is also possible to confirm the coincidence, and it may be selected as necessary.

  As described above, according to the event ticket management system of the present invention, a ticket code is generated for each ticket at the time of purchasing a ticket or after purchasing a ticket, and the ticket code is added to the information data of the event ticket. It is possible to strictly authenticate the purchaser and the event ticket at the event venue by using the ticket code at the time of purchasing the ticket or after purchasing the ticket as a personal identification code. Thus, it is possible to reliably confirm that the visitor is a legitimate ticket purchaser when entering the event venue, and to prevent improper use and impersonation of the ticket such as resale of the event ticket.

  In particular, according to the present invention, the ticket code is generated based on at least one of the phone number of the purchaser's portable information terminal and the terminal ID code, or the purchaser has registered at the time of purchasing the ticket or after purchasing the ticket. If the code is included, or the facial photograph information of the purchaser is registered together, a further resale prevention effect can be exhibited.

  In addition, according to the present invention, when a purchaser cannot participate in an event for any reason, a remedy that allows a refund at a ticket purchase site or a resale at a resale site authorized by the event organizer. Also in the case of performing the above, in the sales system using the above-described ticket code as a personal identification code, authentication and the like are reliably performed, so that smooth processing can be performed, and its practical effect is great.

  BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of an event ticket management system according to the present invention and explaining an overview of the entire system.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an event ticket management system according to the present invention.
In the figure, an event ticket management system, generally designated by reference numeral 10, sells event tickets for various events, and whether or not the event ticket was purchased by the purchaser at the time of event entry. Configured for authentication.

  In other words, the event ticket management system 10 includes a user registration site 11 where a user U who wishes to purchase registers purchaser information and the like, and a ticket sales site 12 where the user U accesses as a purchaser and purchases a desired event ticket. A ticket authentication site 15 for authenticating an event ticket purchased at the sales site 12 when entering the event venue is provided.

  The ticket sales site 12 includes a ticket issuing unit 13 that issues the ticket, a database 14 that stores purchaser information of the ticket and various ticket information, and the like.

According to the present invention, the ticket issuing unit 12 described above generates a ticket code for each ticket at the time of ticket purchase (or after ticket purchase), and adds the ticket code to obtain the event ticket information data. It is comprised so that it may send out to the portable information terminal.
Here, for the purchaser information of the purchaser, a ticket code obtained based on at least one of the telephone number of the portable information terminal and the terminal ID code, for example, may be used.

  The above-described ticket code can be generated at the time of purchase when accessing the sales site 12 with a portable information terminal. However, the access from the Web browser is performed when the portable information terminal is accessed after purchase. Good.

  In this way, the code code at the time of ticket authentication may be generated in a natural manner without causing a burden on the purchaser at the time of ticket purchase or after ticket purchase.

  In this way, the ticket code obtained as described above is used as a secret code, and it is used for authentication at the time of event entry to confirm that the ticket has been properly purchased by the purchaser. Reliable authentication. In other words, it is possible to confirm that the visitor is a legitimate ticket purchaser when entering the event venue, and to prevent improper use or impersonation of the ticket.

  Note that the ticket code may be generated based on an arbitrary code input and registered by the purchaser at the time of purchasing the ticket or after purchasing the ticket.

  That is, according to the present invention, when the purchaser selects an event to be purchased at the ticket sales site 12 and selects purchase, on the sales site 12 side, the telephone number and the terminal ID code of the purchaser's portable information terminal. At least one of these is automatically acquired, a ticket code taking these information into consideration is generated, transmitted to the purchaser, and a ticket is issued. Further, the ticket code is stored in the database 13 on the sales site 12 side, and is used as a password when entering the event venue.

  When entering the event venue, the purchased user U brings a portable information terminal and holds the terminal over an appropriate detection device prepared at the entrance etc. It is configured so that the ticket can be displayed on the display screen of the terminal by being activated and further performing automatic authentication of the ticket.

  According to the present invention, at the time of this authentication, the ticket code generated at the time of purchasing the ticket or after the ticket is used as a password, so that the ticket can be authenticated strictly. This is a code that takes into account the telephone number, terminal ID code (this information is read directly from the purchaser's portable information terminal and difficult to be used by anyone other than the purchaser), etc. This is because safe and reliable authentication can be performed.

  In addition, when entering the event venue described above, the venue entrance is equipped with a transmission / reception device such as an ultrasonic transmission device, and short-range wireless communication such as ultrasonic communication with the portable information terminal, Bluetooth, etc. By enabling communication, a dedicated application installed in advance by the user on the terminal is automatically started, and further authentication processing is automatically performed so that an electronic ticket can be automatically displayed on the display screen. Also good. This is convenient for the user and has a great practical effect.

Note that the ticket code used as the above-described password code may be registered in combination with the purchaser's face photo information.
In this way, regular ticket authentication can be performed more strictly.

  The face photo information input described above may be included in the user registration information in advance when the system 10 is registered for the user U, and may be used when the ticket is purchased or after the ticket is purchased. Or after ticket purchase, you may include the step of taking the face picture of the user who is operating the terminal in the middle of the purchase procedure. Such face photo information may be selectively employed depending on the type of event.

Further, when the user U operates the portable information terminal to purchase a ticket, the handling when purchasing a plurality of tickets at the same time may be as follows.
That is, when a ticket is purchased by a purchaser or after the purchase of a ticket, the telephone number of the mobile information terminal of another person who receives the ticket is input, or the person who receives the other ticket accesses the mobile information terminal, thereby What is necessary is just to comprise so that at least any one of ID codes or arbitrary codes may be transmitted, a ticket code and a code code may be generated according to them, and used for authentication.

  In addition, as a multifunctional portable information terminal demonstrated by this embodiment, there exist information terminals, such as a smart phone and a mobile phone, and also Ipad, Ipod, etc., for example. In short, any portable information terminal may be used as long as it is a portable information terminal that is carried by a user and has a function capable of transmitting and receiving near field communication such as ultrasonic communication, and having display means capable of displaying face photo data and the like.

  In addition, if the purchaser of a regular event ticket cannot go to the event for any reason such as an accident, illness, or other accident, the ticket sales site or event organizer will pre- It may be configured so that a refund or resale (resale) can be performed at a designated ticket shop or ticket reseller.

For example, if it is within the due date of the event, it will be refunded at regular price.
Refunds will be made at the discount program fee near the event day.
In these cases, the determination that the ticket is a legitimate ticket can be performed using an authentication code based on the ticket code, so that a valid cancellation process can be performed.

In addition, the ticket sales site 12 announces the vacant seat and promotes new purchases.
Further, the purchaser may resell the ticket to a reseller authorized in advance by the event organizer. Of course, in this case as well, by performing authentication using the above-mentioned personal identification code, it is possible to reliably confirm that the ticket is a genuine product, and to perform quick and reliable processing. Such a canceled ticket can be resold quickly, which is useful for the organizer.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the structure described in the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that the shape, structure, and the like of each part constituting the event ticket management system 10 can be appropriately modified and changed.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, an electronic ticket recorded in a portable information terminal is described as an event ticket. However, at the sales site 12 in the event ticket management system 10, whether an electronic ticket is used at the time of ticket purchase or after ticket purchase. It is free to be able to select whether to make a paper ticket.

  Even when such a paper ticket is selected, a password code such as the ticket code described above is added to the ticket so that the password can be authenticated when entering the event venue. That's fine.

10 Event Ticket Management System 11 User Registration Site 12 Ticket Sales Site 13 Ticket Issuer 14 Database 15 Ticket Authentication Site U User (Ticket Purchaser)

Claims (6)

An event ticket management system that authenticates whether or not an event ticket is a genuine purchase by a purchaser,
The event ticket management system includes a ticket sales site for a purchaser to access and purchase a desired event ticket. The sales site includes a ticket issuing unit that issues the ticket, purchaser information of the ticket, and various tickets. A database for storing information,
The ticket issuing unit is configured to generate a ticket code for each ticket at the time of purchasing a ticket or after purchasing a ticket, and send the event ticket information data to the purchaser's portable information terminal by adding the ticket code. An event ticket management system characterized by The event ticket management system according to claim 1,
The ticket code is generated based on at least one of a telephone number of a purchaser's portable information terminal and a terminal ID code. In the event ticket management system according to claim 1 or 2,
The event ticket management system characterized in that the ticket code includes any code registered by the purchaser at the time of purchasing the ticket or after purchasing the ticket. In the event ticket management system according to claim 1, claim 2, or claim 3,
The event ticket management system is configured to register the purchaser's face photo information together at the time of ticket purchase or after ticket purchase. In the event ticket management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
In the ticket sales site, a purchaser can purchase a plurality of tickets, and at the time of ticket purchase or after ticket purchase, the ticket code generated by inputting the telephone number of the person who receives the ticket or any other code, An event ticket management system configured to enable ticket authentication. In the event ticket management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The ticket sales site of the event ticket management system is configured to perform refund processing by canceling the event ticket and resell the event ticket by performing authentication using the ticket code. Event ticket management system.

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