TWI608430B - Certified electronic ticket system and method - Google Patents

Description

Certified electronic ticket system and method

The present invention relates to a system and method for authenticating an electronic ticket, and more particularly to an authentication electronic ticket system and method for authenticating an electronic ticket using an augmented reality technology for anti-counterfeiting purposes.

At present, one of the implementation methods of the electronic ticket is to display the barcode and the alphanumeric symbol through the handheld device, and then automatically interpret or manually perform the interpretation through the scanning device and the interpretation system to determine the legality of the ticket. However, the picture of the handheld device can be easily copied and smoothly passed the system or manual inspection.

In order to solve the above problems, there have been many anti-counterfeiting patents on electronic ticket coupons, such as dynamic barcode display and authentication method (Taiwan Patent Bulletin No. I375919), which proposes to insert a fake barcode rotation method before and after the barcode to prevent static photocopying. This patent does not prevent the production of fake tickets by recording movies. The electronic ticket security system and method (Taiwan Patent Publication No. 201349144) proposes that when the electronic ticket of the handheld device is verified by the ticket checking device, the ticket center immediately sends an authentication message to the handheld device and displays it via the screen. The verification device is verified again. However, this method requires instant connection of the network or communication on the handheld device and the ticket inspection end, and needs to wait for the reply time, pull The long ticket verification process cannot be implemented in a bad signal environment. The anti-counterfeit electronic ticket system (Taiwan Patent Publication No. I368178) further proposes that the user holds the electronic ticket image displayed on the screen of the mobile device and the entity certificate registered in advance, and the entity ticket and the electronic ticket are read by the ticket checking device. The content information of the voucher will be verified by interactive verification as the anti-counterfeiting use of the electronic ticket. However, this method must apply for the entity voucher in advance, and carry the entity voucher at each check-in, which is inconvenient for the user.

It can be seen that there are still many shortcomings in the above-mentioned methods of use, which is not a good design, but needs to be improved.

In view of the shortcomings derived from the above-mentioned conventional methods, the inventors of the present invention have improved and innovated, and after years of painstaking research, they finally succeeded in researching and developing the system and method for authenticating electronic coupons using the augmented reality technology.

In view of the above problems of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to provide an authentication electronic ticket system and method for augmenting the physical technology authentication electronic ticket to achieve the purpose of anti-counterfeiting, and effectively improving various inconveniences of the prior art. .

The certified electronic ticket system of the present invention comprises a ticket issuing end, a ticket management platform, a ticket checking end and a user end. The ticket issuing end is used for providing ticket information; the ticket management platform is used for obtaining the ticket information from the ticket issuing end, and providing the ticket checking image and the ticket checking information; the ticket checking end is used for requesting from the ticket management platform and The verification ticket image and the ticket inspection data are downloaded; the user end is used to receive the ticket information from the ticket issuing end, and collect the ticket inspection image of the ticket inspection end to generate new ticket information. Among them, the ticket inspection end determines whether the ticket information is true based on the new ticket information and the ticket inspection data.

The method for authenticating an electronic ticket of the present invention comprises the steps of: requesting and obtaining a ticket inspection image from the ticket management platform at the ticket inspection end; requesting and obtaining the ticket inspection data from the ticket inspection platform at the ticket inspection end; The ticket inspection image at the ticket end is taken and new ticket information is generated; and the ticket inspection end determines whether the ticket information is true based on the new ticket information and the ticket inspection data.

In view of the above, an authentication electronic ticket system and method according to the present invention may have one or more of the following advantages:

1. The present invention realizes a technique of dynamic electronic ticket, which can simultaneously prevent static copying of ticket screens and dynamic recording of ticket tickets and the like.

2. The ticket content and icon conversion information of the present invention can be downloaded and stored in the user's handheld device in advance, and the user handheld device can receive the ticket verification in the absence of internet and communication signals.

3. The ticket inspection information of the present invention can be completely downloaded to the ticket inspection end in advance. The entire ticket inspection procedure can be implemented in the environment without network and communication signals. For some venues with poor signal, such as the basement, the electronic inspection can be smoothly verified. Tickets.

101‧‧‧ Ticket Management Platform

102‧‧‧ ticket issue side

103‧‧‧User side

104‧‧‧Checking end

111‧‧‧ Ticket Information

112‧‧‧Check in image

113‧‧‧Checking information

114‧‧‧New ticket information

S201~S207‧‧‧Step procedure

301‧‧‧Checkout icon

302‧‧‧Image conversion program

303‧‧‧Key sequence

304‧‧‧ Ticket Information

305‧‧‧Specific operations

306‧‧‧ New ticket information

401‧‧‧ Ticket Service Center

402‧‧‧User side

403‧‧‧Checking end

404‧‧‧ Ticket Information

405‧‧‧Check in image

406‧‧‧Checking information

407‧‧‧ Ticketing system

408‧‧‧ Ticket Content

S501~S507‧‧‧Step procedure

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the system architecture of the certified electronic ticket voucher system of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart of the verification end of the authentication electronic ticket system and method of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the generation of new ticket information for the certified electronic ticket system and method of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the system and method for authenticating an electronic ticket of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a method of authenticating an electronic ticket for the present invention.

Referring to the system architecture diagram shown in FIG. 1, the system is divided into four parts, a ticket management platform 101, a ticket issuing end 102, a user end 103, and a ticket checking end 104, wherein the user end 103 is to the ticket. The issuer 102 obtains the ticket information 111; the ticket management platform 101 acquires the same ticket information 111 from the ticket issuer 102. The ticket inspection terminal 104 requests and obtains the ticket inspection image 112 from the ticket management platform 101; the ticket inspection terminal 104 requests and obtains the ticket inspection data 113 from the ticket management platform 101; the user terminal 103 takes the ticket inspection with the built-in camera lens of the device. End 104 checks the ticket image 112, parses the check ticket image 112, and combines with the ticket information 111 to generate a new ticket information 114 for display.

Please refer to the ticket inspection end flow chart shown in FIG. 2, which includes the following steps: S201: The ticket inspection end requests the ticket management platform and obtains the ticket inspection image, and the ticket inspection image is an implicit user end parsable The graphic of the ticket verification icon may be a bar code or various graphic contents; S202: the ticket inspection end requests the ticket management platform and obtains the ticket inspection data, and the ticket inspection data includes the ticket information, the ticket inspection image, and the new Corresponding list of ticket information, etc.; S203: When the ticket is inspected, the ticket inspection end displays the image of the ticket inspection. This step can display the image on paper or display the image on the electronic screen; S204: The user opens the device photography The lens displays the real image; S205: the user ingests the ticket image specified by the ticket inspection end, parses the ticket icon included in the ticket image and converts it into a key sequence; S206: the user terminal sets the key sequence Generating a new ticket information with the ticket information via a specific operation; S207: The user terminal displays the new ticket information on the device display screen for subsequent verification, where the new ticket information can be displayed as a text sequence or a bar code. The verification program compares the new ticket information generated by the user end, the inspection ticket image provided by the ticket inspection end, and the ticket inspection data to confirm whether the ticket is correct, and the implementation manner may be that the ticket inspection personnel check the table comparison, or adopt Automation scans the ticket barcodes and compares them with the system.

Referring to the new ticket information generation diagram shown in FIG. 3, first, the ticket verification icon 301 is transferred to a key sequence 303 via the image conversion program 302, and then the key sequence 303 and the ticket information 304 are passed. The particular operation 305 generates a new ticket material 306. The image conversion program 302 and the specific operation 305 must be jointly agreed by the ticket management platform and the user end, and the same algorithm rule can be used to verify the correctness of the ticket at the time of the ticket inspection. Regarding the image conversion program 302, since the analysis and conversion of icons are widely used in the augmented reality technology, multiple sets of different version icon systems have appeared on the market, and the interpretation conversion of various barcodes has also become a mature technology. The focus of the present invention is not repeated here. For a specific operation, taking a personal concert ticket as an example, the ticket information of one ticket includes a ticket number string A-content: "T12345678", an event number number string B-content: "ABC0010 ", an activity time string C-content is: "20160606", a payment number D-content is: "M0001", etc., at the time of ticket inspection, the user side ingests the ticket image and converts it into a key sequence E- The content is: "DRBOZ32165EFDFFZFDSS", through a specific operation, for example, N = one-way hash function (A + B + C + D + E), a new ticket number N is obtained and displayed on the device screen. In this example, SHA1-Hash ("T12345678ABC001020160606M0001DRBOZ32165EFDFFZFDSS") = "42174A5FD93894E436CA9951372C576381992FB1", in which the new ticket order No. "42174A5FD93894E436CA9951372C576381992FB1" is the new ticket information referred to in this embodiment.

In order to enable the examiner to further understand the actual features and functions of the present invention, an actual case is listed as follows: This embodiment uses an event ticket as an example, please refer to FIG. The system includes three functions: a ticket service center 401, a user terminal 402, and a ticket inspection terminal 403. The ticket service center 401 has the role of a ticket management platform and a ticket issuing terminal in the framework of the present invention, and its operation The method first generates a ticket information 404 from the ticket service center 401 and downloads it to the ticketing system 407 of its handheld device via the user. The user terminal 402 can be a handheld device with a photographic lens and a display device, and can be in the form of a smart phone, a PDA, a tablet, or the like. Before initiating the ticket inspection, the ticket inspection terminal 403 requests the ticket service center 401 to generate a plurality of ticket inspection images 405 containing different ticket inspection icons and a set of ticket inspection materials including the correspondence between the sold ticket coupons and the respective ticket inspection images. 406, and downloaded to the ticket inspection end 403. At the time of ticket inspection, the user opens the ticketing system 407 of the handheld device, selects the ticket, and enters the ticket screen. At this time, the ticketing system turns on the handheld device lens and displays the background with the live image as the ticket. The consumer, according to the instructions of the ticket inspector, points the camera lens to the ticket inspection image 405 designated by the ticket inspector. The handheld device ticketing system 407 automatically parses the ticket check icon on the ticket image, and instantly converts it into a key sequence, and generates a new ticket serial number with the ticket number of the original electronic ticket and other ticket information, and is in the real scene background. The converted ticket content 408 is superimposed on it. The ticket inspector reads the ticket by the ticket checking device and verifies whether it is a legitimate ticket through the ticket checking system containing the ticket checking information 406.

Please refer to FIG. 5, the method for authenticating an electronic ticket of the present invention, comprising the following steps: S501: the ticket inspection end requests the ticket management platform, and obtains a ticket inspection image; S502: the ticket inspection end requests the ticket management platform, and obtains the ticket inspection data; S503: the ticket inspection end displays the inspection ticket image; S504: the user end opens the device photography lens to display the real scene image; S505: the user end ingests the inspection The ticket inspection image specified by the ticket end, parsing the ticket verification icon included in the ticket inspection image and converting into a key sequence; S506: The user terminal generates a new ticket through a specific operation by using the key sequence and the ticket information. Information; and S507: The user displays the new ticket information on the device display screen for subsequent verification.

The ticket inspection image is a graphic implied by the user-resolvable ticket verification icon, and may be a barcode or various graphic contents. The ticket inspection information is a corresponding list including ticket information, ticket inspection image, and new ticket information. When the ticket inspection end has multiple inspection ticket images, the ticket inspection end can randomly designate one for the user to ingest. You can also ask for more than one ingestion. Since the parsing and transformation of icons is widely used in augmented reality technology, many sets of different version icon systems have appeared on the market, and the interpretation conversion of various bar codes has become a mature technology, which is not the focus of the present invention. Not much to repeat. The method of converting the ticket checking icon into a key sequence requires the ticket management platform and the user end to agree on the same algorithm rule to verify the correctness of the ticket at the time of the ticket inspection. The user side displays the new ticket information on the device for inspection by the ticket inspection end. The new ticket information here can be displayed as a text sequence or barcode. Since the details of the above steps have been described in the foregoing description of the system architecture, they will not be described again.

In summary, the authentication electronic ticket system and method of the present invention can simultaneously prevent the static copying of the ticket screen and the dynamic recording of the ticket and the like, and the user's handheld device can accept the environment without the network and the communication signal. Ticket inspection, for some venues with poor signal, such as the basement The electronic ticket can be successfully inspected.

The above is intended to be illustrative only and not limiting. Any equivalent modifications or alterations to the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included in the scope of the appended claims.

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Claims (10)

An authentication electronic ticket voucher system comprising: a ticket issuing end for providing a ticket information; a ticket management platform for obtaining the ticket information from the ticket issuing end and providing a ticket inspection image And a ticket inspection information; a ticket inspection end for requesting and downloading the inspection ticket image and the ticket inspection data from the ticket management platform, wherein the ticket inspection end and the ticket inspection end The ticket inspection information is downloaded to the ticket inspection end; and a user terminal is configured to receive the ticket information from the ticket issuing end, and take the photographic lens to take the inspection ticket image of the ticket inspection end, and the ticket The coupon information combination generates a new ticket information; wherein the ticket inspection end determines whether the ticket information is true based on the new ticket information and the ticket inspection data. The authentication electronic coupon system of claim 1, wherein the ticket issuing end, the ticket management platform, and the ticket checking end are respectively a computer system or a cloud platform, and the user end has a photographic lens. And a handheld device of a display device. The authentication electronic ticket system of claim 1, wherein the ticket inspection end requests and obtains the ticket inspection data from the ticket management platform, the ticket inspection information including the ticket information, the inspection ticket image, and the Correspondence list of new ticket information, etc. For example, in the authentication electronic ticket voucher system of claim 1, wherein: after the user end retrieves the ticket inspection image of the ticket inspection end, the client analyzes one of the ticket inspection icons included in the inspection ticket image and converts it into one a key sequence; and the user end generates the new ticket by using the key sequence and the ticket data via a specific operation data. For example, in the authentication electronic ticket system of claim 1, wherein the ticket inspection end determines whether the ticket information is true according to the new ticket information and the ticket inspection data, and the ticket inspection end is generated by the user terminal. The new ticket information, the inspection ticket image provided by the ticket inspection end, and the ticket inspection information. A method for authenticating an electronic ticket includes: a ticket management platform obtains a ticket information from a ticket issuing end, and provides a ticket inspection image and a ticket inspection data; and a ticket inspection end before starting the ticket inspection The ticket management platform requests and obtains the inspection ticket image, and downloads the inspection ticket image to the ticket inspection terminal; and the ticket inspection terminal requests and obtains the ticket inspection data from the ticket management platform before starting the ticket inspection, and downloads the ticket inspection data to the ticket inspection terminal. The ticket inspection end receives the ticket information from the ticket issuing end by a user terminal; the user terminal takes the ticket inspection image of the ticket inspection end with a built-in photographic lens, and combines with the ticket information to generate a new ticket information; and determining whether the ticket information is true based on the new ticket information and the ticket inspection data. The method for authenticating an electronic ticket according to claim 6 , wherein the ticket issuing end, the ticket management platform, and the ticket checking end are respectively a computer system or a cloud platform, and the user end has a photographic lens And a handheld device of a display device. The method for authenticating an electronic ticket according to claim 6 , wherein the ticket inspection end requests and obtains the ticket information from the ticket management platform, the ticket information includes the ticket information, the inspection ticket image, and the Correspondence list of new ticket information, etc. The method for authenticating an electronic ticket according to claim 6 , wherein: after the user captures the image of the ticket at the ticket inspection end, the client checks the image of the ticket in the ticket image and converts it into one a key sequence; and the user end generates the new ticket information by using the key sequence and the ticket information via a specific operation. The method for authenticating an electronic ticket according to claim 6 , wherein the ticket checking end determines whether the ticket information is true according to the new ticket information and the ticket information, and the ticket inspection end is generated by the user terminal The new ticket information, the inspection ticket image provided by the ticket inspection end, and the ticket inspection information.