JP6399549B2 - Method and system for preventing misuse of electronic ticket - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique of an electronic ticket that can be used during a commercial transaction.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been a service that permits entry to an event venue, for example, by purchasing an electronic ticket with a mobile terminal typified by a smartphone or a mobile phone and clearly indicating the electronic ticket (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1). Here, in order to prevent the electronic ticket from being repeatedly used, a process of electronically “used” is required. For example, there is a technique that electronically “uses” the electronic ticket by “smashing operation” on the screen of the mobile terminal (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3).

  Here, there is a possibility that the electronic ticket becomes “used” due to misuse of the electronic ticket by the user (for example, an operation of tearing the electronic ticket at home). As a countermeasure when considering usability, there is a technique for making an electronic ticket “used” only when conditions for permitting use of the ticket data and time conditions are satisfied (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3). . As the position condition, for example, it is assumed that the position information measured using a GPS (Global Positioning System) function mounted on the mobile terminal and the address location of the event venue are within a predetermined distance. As a time condition, for example, it is assumed that the current date and time when the user intends to use the ticket is between the date and time from the start to the end of the event.

  In addition, when a user visits an event venue, a technique for detecting that the user has visited the venue by causing a mobile terminal to read a QR (Quick Response) code (registered trademark) installed in the venue is also available. Yes (see, for example, Patent Document 4). According to this technology, the mobile terminal accesses a predetermined server based on the QR code and transmits position information from GPS or the like. Then, the predetermined server compares the collected location information with the location information of the venue, and if they match, the user recognizes that the user has visited the venue. Thus, the electronic ticket can be made used.

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  However, in contrast to the above-described Patent Documents 1 to 4, there are many cases where the user himself / herself has stopped acquiring position information regarding the setting of the mobile terminal. In this case, the location information of the mobile device cannot be acquired, so even if you try to make an electronic ticket “used” when entering the event venue, the location condition is not met and it cannot be made “used” was there. Even if the GPS setting is turned on, if the event venue is in the building, the GPS positioning on the mobile terminal also fails, and eventually the position of the mobile terminal cannot be detected.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a system and method that can prevent an electronic ticket from being misused on a portable terminal without using a positioning function of the portable terminal.

According to the present invention, there is provided a method of using an electronic ticket in a system having a ticket management server that transmits an electronic ticket used during a commercial transaction and a portable terminal that uses the received electronic ticket in response to a user operation,
A first step in which the ticket management server transmits an electronic ticket embedded with surrounding environment information and an allowable range based on a place where use is assumed to the portable terminal;
A second step of acquiring peripheral environment information around the portable terminal when the portable terminal is operated to use the electronic ticket;
A third step in which the portable terminal determines whether or not the acquired surrounding environment information is included in the permissible range of the surrounding environment information of the electronic ticket;
A fourth step of notifying an alarm for the use of the electronic ticket if the portable terminal is determined to be false (mismatch) in the third step;
The portable terminal transmits a surrounding environment information acquired by itself together with use / nonuse of the electronic ticket to the ticket management server, a fifth step;
Using the group of surrounding environment information corresponding to the location of the electronic ticket collected by the ticket management server from a plurality of portable terminals, the surrounding environment information in which the absolute value of the spatial density gradient vector is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and A sixth step of determining an allowable range and updating the surrounding environment information and the allowable range in association with the location of the electronic ticket;
And preventing misuse of the electronic ticket.

According to another embodiment of the electronic ticket usage method of the present invention,
Electronic tickets are rights information that is used in O2O (Online to Offline) business and can only be used at the relevant location, and is electronically “used” after use and prohibits subsequent use. Is also preferable.

According to another embodiment of the electronic ticket usage method of the present invention,
Environment information, geomagnetic or reception strength, and / or a base station identifier,
When the surrounding environment information includes geomagnetism, the mobile terminal acquires the geomagnetism from the geomagnetic sensor, and when it includes the reception intensity or the base station identifier, the mobile terminal preferably acquires the reception intensity or the base station identifier from the communication interface .

According to another embodiment of the electronic ticket usage method of the present invention,
The base station identifier is preferably a cellular base station identifier for each carrier, a wireless LAN and a Bluetooth (registered trademark) access point identifier.

According to another embodiment of the electronic ticket usage method of the present invention,
Regarding the sixth step, it is also preferable that the ticket management server updates the surrounding environment information and the allowable range only when the surrounding environment information is received from a predetermined number of portable terminals.

According to the present invention, there is provided an electronic ticket use system having a ticket management server that transmits an electronic ticket used at the time of a commercial transaction, and a portable terminal that uses the received electronic ticket in response to a user operation,
The ticket management server
An electronic ticket transmitting means using the electronic ticket embedded environment information and the allowable range based on the location envisaged, and transmits to the portable terminal,
Using a group of surrounding environment information corresponding to the location of the electronic ticket collected from a plurality of portable terminals, the surrounding environment information and the allowable range in which the absolute value of the spatial density gradient vector is equal to or greater than a predetermined value are determined. A surrounding environment updating means for updating the surrounding environment information and the allowable range in association with the location of the electronic ticket ,
Mobile devices
Ambient environment information acquisition means for acquiring surrounding environment information around the mobile terminal when an operation of using the electronic ticket is performed;
A surrounding environment determination means for determining whether or not the acquired surrounding environment information is included in the permissible range of the surrounding environment information of the electronic ticket;
An alarm notifying means for notifying an alarm for the use of the electronic ticket when it is determined to be false (mismatch) by the surrounding environment determining means;
A peripheral environment information transmitting unit that transmits the surrounding environment information acquired by the electronic ticket to the ticket management server together with use / nonuse of the electronic ticket, and prevents the electronic ticket from being misused. .

  According to the method and system of the present invention, it is possible to prevent an electronic ticket from being misused on a mobile terminal without using the positioning function of the mobile terminal. In particular, it is not necessary to check the address of the event venue in advance or perform any setting operation at the event venue.

It is a system configuration diagram in the present invention. It is explanatory drawing showing the surrounding environment information memorize | stored in the surrounding environment memory | storage part. It is a sequence diagram in the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the screen displayed on the display of the portable terminal in this invention. It is a coordinate diagram showing Φ (m, n) and ∇Φ (m, n). It is a functional block diagram of the portable terminal and management server in this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram according to the present invention.

  According to the system of FIG. 1, the portable terminal 2 is carried by the user and moves with the user's action. The mobile terminal 2 is, for example, a mobile phone or a smartphone, and is connected to any base station of the mobile phone network via radio. Therefore, the mobile terminal 2 can always acquire the base station identifier that is the connection destination. The cellular phone network is interconnected to the Internet, and a ticket management server 1 is further connected to the Internet. The ticket management server 1 transmits an electronic ticket used at the time of a commercial transaction to the portable terminal 2 in response to a request from the user. The portable terminal 2 can display the received electronic ticket as content on a display in accordance with a user operation, and use the electronic ticket.

  Here, the “electronic ticket” is content that can be used during commercial transactions. Specifically, the electronic ticket is right information that can be used only in a place that is used in an O2O (Online to Offline) business and is supposed to be used. After use, it is “used” electronically, and subsequent use is prohibited. As specific user actions, an electronic ticket can be downloaded online from a website, and the electronic ticket can be clearly shown to a staff member when entering the event venue.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the surrounding environment information stored in the surrounding environment storage unit.

  The ticket management server 1 includes a peripheral environment storage unit 10 that stores peripheral environment information in a place where use of an electronic ticket is assumed. “Ambient environment information” is, for example, geomagnetism (reception intensity) information and / or a base station identifier. The base station identifier may be a base station base station (cell) identifier of a mobile phone network, or a wireless LAN or Bluetooth (registered trademark) access point identifier (for example, MAC (Media Access Control) address). Also good.

  According to FIG. 2, for example, “A baseball field” is associated with geomagnetism (reception strength) information and base station identifiers (carrier-specific base station identifiers, wireless LAN-APs). Further, only the geomagnetic information is associated with “B Live House”.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram in the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a screen displayed on the display of the mobile terminal according to the present invention.

(S1) The ticket management server 1 searches the surrounding environment storage unit 10 according to the location information described in the electronic ticket to be transmitted. In the electronic ticket, “peripheral environment information” based on a place where use is assumed is embedded. Then, the ticket management server 1 transmits the electronic ticket to the mobile terminal 2. Thereby, the portable terminal 2 stores the electronic ticket received from the ticket management server 1 (see S1 in FIG. 4).

  The portable terminal 2 may download the electronic ticket based on a user operation, or may automatically download the electronic ticket according to a predetermined condition (time or place).

  When the user purchases an electronic ticket, the contract carrier information is also preferably transmitted from the portable terminal 2 to the ticket management server 1. For example, in the case of Android (registered trademark), the contract carrier information of the wireless interface unit can be acquired by a mobile terminal. As a result, the ticket management server 1 can search the surrounding environment information by identifying the base station identifier for each carrier (for each communication carrier). In other words, the target surrounding environment information can be embedded in the electronic ticket according to the carrier contracted by the user who purchased the electronic ticket.

  As another embodiment, when the place where the electronic ticket is supposed to be used is not registered in the surrounding environment storage unit, the surrounding environment information may not be embedded in the electronic ticket, or null may be embedded as the surrounding environment information.

(S2) When the user arrives at a place where the electronic ticket is expected to be used (for example, an event venue), the user selects a desired electronic ticket while looking at the display of the mobile terminal 2. And it operates so that the electronic ticket may be used (refer S2 of FIG. 4). At this time, the mobile terminal 2 acquires “peripheral environment information” around the mobile terminal 2. The mobile terminal 2 acquires geomagnetic information from the geomagnetic sensor and / or acquires a base station identifier (and reception intensity) from the radio interface unit. The base station identifier may be a cellular base station identifier for each carrier, a wireless LAN, and an access point identifier for Bluetooth (registered trademark). In addition to the base station identifier, as the surrounding environment information, a wireless quality value (for example, reception intensity) from the base station may be further acquired.

(S3) The portable terminal 2 determines whether or not the surrounding environment information of the electronic ticket matches the surrounding environment information acquired by itself (see S3 in FIG. 4). As the predetermined condition, for example, when one of the base station identifiers matches, it may be determined to be true. Further, when the geomagnetism and the radio wave intensity match within a predetermined range, it may be determined to be true.

(S4) If the portable terminal 2 determines that it is false (mismatch) in S3, it notifies an alarm for the use of the electronic ticket (see S4 in FIG. 4). “Alarm” means, for example, indicating on the display that the electronic ticket cannot be used or that the electronic ticket can be used again. As a result, misuse of the electronic ticket can be prevented.

  Specifically, when the user operates to use an electronic ticket at home, it is determined to be false (mismatch) by S3, and a message that the electronic ticket cannot be used is displayed on the portable terminal 2. This prevents the user from misusing the electronic ticket at home.

  Conversely, when the mobile terminal 2 determines true (match) in S3, the mobile terminal 2 executes an electronic ticket use (grip) process. Thereby, “used” is clearly indicated to the user on the display of the portable terminal 2.

  Even when the surrounding environment information is not embedded in the electronic ticket or only null is embedded, the electronic ticket use process is executed. This is because it is not preferable that the electronic ticket cannot be used because the surrounding environmental information is not included in the electronic ticket.

(S5) As an optional function, it is also preferable that the mobile terminal 2 transmits the surrounding environment information acquired by itself to the ticket management server 1 together with use / non-use of the electronic ticket. As a result, the ticket management server 1 can collect the surrounding environment information from a large number of portable terminals for each place where use of the electronic ticket is assumed.

(S6) The ticket management server 1 uses the group of surrounding environment information corresponding to the location of the electronic ticket collected from the plurality of portable terminals 2, and the absolute value of the spatial density gradient vector is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. Determine the surrounding environment information and tolerance. For example, only the base station identifier whose appearance frequency or appearance ratio for each place is a predetermined value or more may be extracted. Then, the surrounding environment information and the allowable range are updated in association with the location of the electronic ticket.

  In S6, it is also preferable that the ticket management server 1 updates the surrounding environment information and the allowable range only when the surrounding environment information is received from a predetermined number of portable terminals.

  FIG. 5 is a coordinate diagram representing Φ (m, n) and ∇Φ (m, n).

When the surrounding environment information is geomagnetism, for example, it is arranged in a three-dimensional space of the collected total magnetic force F, declination D, and dip I and is M × M × M centered on the position (i, j, k). Let the number of geomagnetic values included in the range be the density value Φ (i, j, k).
The surrounding environment information at the location depends on the range of (i, j, k) where the absolute value of the gradient vector ∇Φ (i, j, k) || ∇Φ (i, j, k) || Update. Of course, for the sake of safety (in order to prevent the electronic ticket from being used because it is determined that it is not the location of the electronic ticket due to a slight difference), it is also preferable to set the surrounding environment information as a range expanded from the range by a predetermined range. In this case, the range to be expanded may be a fixed value (for example, a geomagnetic value corresponding to about 10 m).
∇Φ (i, j, k) = gradΦ = ∂Φ / ∂x · i + ∂Φ / ∂y · j + ∂Φ / ∂z · k
This is a vector field by applying a gradient to the scalar field Φ. The vector field represents the direction in which the slope of Φ is large at each coordinate.

In addition, the collected total magnetic force F, declination angle D, and dip angle I are clustered, and the total magnetic force F, declination angle D, and dip angle I in a cluster of a predetermined size or more are used for each place where use is assumed. The permissible range (prediction section) may be associated and updated. Here, k-means may be used for the clustering, and the number k of clusters may be determined based on a predetermined information amount criterion (such as a Bayes information amount criterion (BIC)). Further, for example, the prediction interval related to the total magnetic force can be calculated by the following equation.
Prediction interval in total magnetic force = average of total magnetic value ± t × √ (variance of total magnetic value / (number of data + 1))

  The surrounding environment information included in the electronic ticket preferably includes an allowable range. Thus, for S1, the ticket management server 1 embeds the surrounding environment information and the allowable range in the electronic ticket. On the other hand, in S3, the mobile terminal 2 determines whether or not the acquired surrounding environment information is included in the permissible range of the surrounding environment information of the electronic ticket.

  As another embodiment, when the surrounding environment information is the reception intensity of the base station or the access point, as in the case of geomagnetism, the reception intensity range in which the absolute value of the gradient vector with respect to the reception intensity (one dimension) is a predetermined value or more. Is an acceptable range. The permissible range defined by the prediction interval is updated with the collected environmental information of usage.

  By updating the allowable range to be included in the surrounding environment information, even if the default surrounding environment information is different from the actual surrounding environment information at the place where the electronic ticket is supposed to be used, It can be updated with the surrounding environment information collected when actually used. Accordingly, it is not necessary to measure the surrounding environment information at a place where the use of the electronic ticket is assumed with high accuracy, and it is possible to cope with a change in the surrounding environment information.

  FIG. 6 is a functional configuration diagram of the mobile terminal and the ticket management server in the present invention.

<Mobile terminal 2>
According to FIG. 6, the mobile terminal 2 includes a wireless interface unit, a user interface unit, and a geomagnetic sensor as hardware. The wireless interface unit connects to the base station of the mobile phone network and communicates with the ticket management server 1 and acquires a base station identifier as peripheral environment information. The user interface unit is like a touch panel display when the mobile terminal 2 is a smartphone. The geomagnetic sensor acquires the total magnetic force F, the declination angle D, and the dip angle I from the geomagnetism as the surrounding environment information.

  The portable terminal 2 includes a ticket storage unit 20, a ticket use processing unit 21, a surrounding environment information acquisition unit 22, a surrounding environment determination unit 23, an alarm notification unit 24, and a surrounding environment information transmission unit 25. . These functional components are realized by executing a program that causes a computer mounted on the mobile terminal to function.

[Ticket storage unit 20]
The ticket storage unit 20 stores the electronic ticket received from the ticket management server 1 by the user's electronic purchase behavior (see S1 in FIG. 3). A list of identifiers of these electronic tickets is clearly shown to the user via the user interface unit. The electronic ticket is used by the ticket use processing unit 21.

[Ticket use processing unit 21]
The ticket use processing unit 21 executes a use (grinding) process of the electronic ticket stored in the ticket storage unit 20. Thereby, “used” is clearly indicated to the user on the display of the portable terminal 2.

[Ambient environment information acquisition unit 22]
The surrounding environment information acquisition unit 22 acquires surrounding environment information around the mobile terminal when the user performs an operation of using the electronic ticket (see S2 in FIG. 3). The acquired surrounding environment information is output to the surrounding environment determination unit 23.

[Ambient environment determination unit 23]
The surrounding environment determination unit 23 determines whether or not the surrounding environment information of the electronic ticket and the surrounding environment information acquired by the electronic ticket match at a predetermined condition or more (see S3 in FIG. 3).

[Alarm notification unit 24]
The alarm notification unit 24 notifies an alarm for the use of the electronic ticket when the surrounding environment determination unit 23 determines false (mismatch) (see S4 in FIG. 3).

[Ambient environment information transmitter 25]
The surrounding environment information transmitting unit 25 transmits the acquired surrounding environment information to the ticket management server 1 together with the use / nonuse of the electronic ticket to the identifier of the electronic ticket (see S5 in FIG. 3).

<Ticket management server 1>
The ticket management server 1 includes a peripheral environment storage unit 10, an electronic ticket transmission unit 11, and a peripheral environment information update unit 12. These functional components are realized by executing a program that causes a computer mounted on the server to function.

[Ambient environment storage unit 10]
The surrounding environment storage unit 10 stores surrounding environment information at a place where the use of the electronic ticket is assumed (see FIG. 2).

[Electronic ticket sending unit 11]
The electronic ticket transmission unit 11 transmits the electronic ticket embedded with the surrounding environment information based on the location at the time of use to the portable terminal (see S1 in FIG. 3). Further, the electronic ticket transmission unit 11 may embed surrounding environment information and an allowable range in the electronic ticket.

[Ambient environment information update unit 12]
The surrounding environment information update unit 12 uses the group of surrounding environment information corresponding to the location of the electronic ticket collected from the plurality of portable terminals from the portable terminal 2, and the absolute value of the spatial density gradient vector is predetermined. The surrounding environment information and the allowable range that are equal to or greater than the value are determined, and the surrounding environment information and the allowable range are updated in association with the location of the electronic ticket (see S6 in FIG. 3).

  As described above in detail, according to the method and system of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the electronic ticket from being misused on the mobile terminal without using the positioning function of the mobile terminal. In particular, it is not necessary to check the address of the event venue in advance or perform any setting operation at the event venue.

  Various changes, modifications, and omissions of the above-described various embodiments of the present invention can be easily made by those skilled in the art. The above description is merely an example, and is not intended to be restrictive. The invention is limited only as defined in the following claims and the equivalents thereto.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ticket management server 10 Peripheral environment memory | storage part 11 Electronic ticket transmission part 12 Peripheral environment information update part 2 Portable terminal 20 Ticket memory | storage part 21 Ticket use process part 22 Peripheral environment information acquisition part 23 Peripheral environment determination part 24 Alarm notification part 25 Peripheral environment Information transmitter

Claims (6)

An electronic ticket usage method in a system having a ticket management server for transmitting an electronic ticket used at the time of a commercial transaction and a portable terminal that uses the received electronic ticket in response to a user operation,
A first step in which the ticket management server transmits an electronic ticket embedded with surrounding environment information and an allowable range based on a place where use is assumed to the portable terminal;
A second step in which the portable terminal acquires peripheral environment information around the portable terminal when an operation of using the electronic ticket is performed;
A third step of determining whether or not the portable terminal includes the acquired surrounding environment information in the permissible range of the surrounding environment information of the electronic ticket;
A fourth step of notifying an alarm for the use of the electronic ticket if the portable terminal is determined to be false (mismatch) in the third step;
The portable terminal transmits a surrounding environment information acquired by the portable terminal together with use / nonuse of the electronic ticket to the ticket management server;
Using the group of surrounding environment information corresponding to the location of the electronic ticket collected by the ticket management server from a plurality of portable terminals, the surrounding environment information in which the absolute value of the spatial density gradient vector is equal to or greater than a predetermined value And a sixth step of determining the allowable range, updating the surrounding environment information and the allowable range in association with the location of the electronic ticket,
A method of using an electronic ticket, characterized by preventing misuse of the electronic ticket. The electronic ticket is used in an O2O (Online to Offline) business and is rights information that can be used only in the location, and is electronically “used” after use and prohibits subsequent use. The method of using an electronic ticket according to claim 1. The surrounding environment information is geomagnetism or reception intensity and / or a base station identifier,
When the surrounding environment information includes geomagnetism, the mobile terminal acquires geomagnetism from a geomagnetic sensor, and when the mobile terminal includes reception intensity or a base station identifier, the mobile terminal acquires reception intensity or a base station identifier from a communication interface. The method of using an electronic ticket according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the electronic ticket is used. 4. The method of using an electronic ticket according to claim 3, wherein the base station identifier is a cellular base station identifier for each carrier, an access point identifier for wireless LAN and Bluetooth (registered trademark). 6. The sixth step according to claim 1, wherein the ticket management server updates the surrounding environment information and the allowable range only when the surrounding environment information is received from a predetermined number of portable terminals or more . The electronic ticket usage method according to any one of the above. An electronic ticket using system having a ticket management server that transmits an electronic ticket used at the time of a commercial transaction, and a portable terminal that uses the received electronic ticket according to a user operation,
The ticket management server
An electronic ticket transmitting means using the electronic ticket embedded environment information and the allowable range based on the location envisaged, and transmits to the portable terminal,
Using a group of surrounding environment information corresponding to the location of the electronic ticket collected from a plurality of portable terminals, the surrounding environment information and the allowable range in which the absolute value of the spatial density gradient vector is equal to or greater than a predetermined value are determined. A surrounding environment updating means for updating the surrounding environment information and the allowable range in association with the location of the electronic ticket ,
The portable terminal is
Ambient environment information acquisition means for acquiring surrounding environment information around the mobile terminal when the electronic ticket is used.
A surrounding environment determination means for determining whether or not the acquired surrounding environment information is included in the permissible range of the surrounding environment information of the electronic ticket;
An alarm notifying means for notifying an alarm for the use of the electronic ticket when it is determined to be false (mismatch) by the surrounding environment determining means;
A peripheral environment information transmitting unit configured to transmit peripheral environment information acquired by the electronic ticket to the ticket management server together with use / non-use of the electronic ticket, and preventing misuse of the electronic ticket. Electronic ticket usage system.

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