WO2023053276A1 - Système de détermination, procédé de détermination et programme - Google Patents

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WO2023053276A1
WO2023053276A1 PCT/JP2021/035895 JP2021035895W WO2023053276A1 WO 2023053276 A1 WO2023053276 A1 WO 2023053276A1 JP 2021035895 W JP2021035895 W JP 2021035895W WO 2023053276 A1 WO2023053276 A1 WO 2023053276A1
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浩一 矢葺
直孝 吉田
隆 山崎
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  • This disclosure relates to technology for determining the validity of electronic tickets.
  • electronic tickets are used for authentication. For example, it is possible to confirm whether or not a person who wishes to enter is qualified to enter a place where entry is restricted, such as an event site, by verifying the electronic ticket presented by the person who wishes to enter.
  • Patent Document 1 describes an electronic ticket system that reads a two-dimensional barcode displayed on a mobile phone as an electronic ticket, compares it with information registered in a ticket issuing database, and performs authentication processing for the electronic ticket. ing.
  • Patent Document 2 describes an authentication terminal 30 that reads a digital ticket output to a mobile terminal 20 and executes authentication processing based on the read content.
  • a digital ticket contains time data indicating the time when it is output.
  • the authentication terminal 30 performs authentication by comparing the time indicated by the time data and the time at the time of authentication.
  • One aspect of the present disclosure has been made in view of the above problems, and one example of its purpose is to prevent fraud related to electronic tickets.
  • a determination system transmits an information code corresponding to the electronic ticket to the first user terminal in response to a request from the first user terminal of the user who purchased the electronic ticket.
  • generation means for generating; acquisition means for acquiring position information indicating the position of the first user terminal when the first user terminal displays the information code from the first user terminal; and the position information If the distance between the position of the first user terminal indicated by and the position of the reading device that read the information code from the second user terminal is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the electronic ticket is deemed invalid. and determination means for determining.
  • At least one processor transmits the electronic ticket to the first user terminal of the user who purchased the electronic ticket in response to a request from the first user terminal. and obtaining from the first user terminal position information indicating the position of the first user terminal when the first user terminal displays the information code. , when the distance between the position of the first user terminal indicated by the position information and the position of the reading device that reads the information code from the second user terminal is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the electronic ticket is and determining to be invalid.
  • a program is a program for causing one or more computers to function as a determination system, and in response to a request from a first user terminal of a user who has purchased an electronic ticket, the generating an information code corresponding to the electronic ticket to be transmitted to the first user terminal; and position information indicating the position of the first user terminal when the first user terminal displays the information code. from the first user terminal, and the distance between the position of the first user terminal indicated by the position information and the position of the reading device that read the information code from the second user terminal is the first and determining that the electronic ticket is invalid if the distance is greater than or equal to a threshold.
  • fraud related to electronic tickets can be prevented.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a determination system according to exemplary embodiment 1 of the present disclosure
  • FIG. FIG. 4 is a flow diagram showing the flow of a determination method according to exemplary embodiment 1 of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example when the determination system of the present disclosure is applied to a ticket management system
  • 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a ticket management system and a determination system applied to the ticket management system
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of main parts of a user terminal;
  • FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of ticket information and a ticket information database. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of a threshold value table.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of chord management information and a chord management information database; 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing by the ticket management system and the user terminal; 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of determination processing executed by a determination unit; 9 is a flowchart showing another example of determination processing executed by a determination unit; It is a figure which shows an example of a determination result display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a determination result display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a determination result display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a determination result display screen.
  • 1 is a block diagram showing an example hardware configuration of a determination system 100 in each exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;
  • FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displaying an e-mail containing link information;
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the determination system according to this exemplary embodiment.
  • the determination system 100 includes a generation unit 22 , an acquisition unit 23 and a determination unit 24 .
  • the generation unit 22 is a configuration that implements generation means in this exemplary embodiment.
  • the generation unit 22 generates an information code corresponding to the above-described electronic ticket, which is transmitted to the first user terminal of the user who purchased the electronic ticket in response to a request from the first user terminal.
  • the acquisition unit 23 is a configuration that implements acquisition means in this exemplary embodiment.
  • the acquisition unit 23 acquires position information indicating the position of the first user terminal when the first user terminal displays the information code from the first user terminal.
  • the determination unit 24 is a configuration that implements determination means in this exemplary embodiment. If the position of the first user terminal indicated by the position information and the position of the reading device that read the information code from the second user terminal are separated by a distance equal to or greater than a first threshold, the determination unit 24 determines that the second use is performed. It is determined that the electronic ticket corresponding to the information code displayed on the user terminal is invalid.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow diagram showing the flow of the determination method according to this exemplary embodiment.
  • the determination method shown in FIG. 2 includes generating, obtaining, and determining by at least one processor.
  • the above-mentioned generating means that at least one processor, in step S1, transmits the electronic It is to generate an information code corresponding to the ticket.
  • the above-mentioned acquisition means that at least one processor, in step S2, transmits the position information indicating the position of the first user terminal when the first user terminal displays the information code to the first user terminal. is to obtain from
  • the above determination means that at least one processor determines that the distance between the position of the first user terminal indicated by the position information and the position of the reader that read the information code from the second user terminal is the first threshold value.
  • the electronic ticket is determined to be invalid when the distance is longer than this.
  • step S3 if the distance is less than the first threshold, the determination system 100 may proceed from NO in step S3 to step S5.
  • Step S5 may be any determination process.
  • the determination system 100 may determine that the electronic ticket is valid, or may determine the validity of the electronic ticket based on further conditions.
  • an information code may be fraudulently presented by an unauthorized user who is different from the purchaser who purchased the electronic ticket.
  • the purchaser's first user terminal displays the above-mentioned information code to be read by the reader, and the unauthorized user's other second user terminal somehow A copy of the information code is obtained from the terminal of the user.
  • the second user terminal displays the acquired copy on its own terminal, and the reading device reads the copy. Therefore, the position A of the first user terminal when the purchaser's first user terminal displays the information code and the position A when the reading device reads the copy of the information code from the unauthorized user's second user terminal Position B may not match.
  • the determination system 100 can determine that the information code (electronic ticket) is invalid at least when the position A and the position B are separated by the first threshold or more.
  • the determination system 100 is based on the fact that the position A and the position B are separated by a first threshold value or more, the first user terminal displaying the information code, and the second user terminal causing the reading device to read the information code. It may be determined that the terminal is different from the user terminal.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example when the determination system 100 of the present disclosure is applied to a ticket management system 1000. As shown in FIG. 3
  • the ticket management system 1000 includes, as an example, a server 1, a reading device 2, and a storage unit 11.
  • the determination system 100 of the present disclosure will be described as being applied to the server 1 and storage unit 11 of the determination system 100 .
  • the determination system 100 is not limited to this, and the whole or part of the determination system 100 may be applied to the reading device 2 or distributed to the server 1 and the reading device 2 .
  • the storage unit 11 may be implemented by a storage device (such as a cloud server) external to the server 1, as shown.
  • the storage unit 11 is not limited to this, and may be realized by being distributed in the built-in memory of the server 1, the built-in memory of the reading device 2, or a plurality of these built-in memories.
  • Each device in the ticket management system 1000, the server 1, the reading device 2 and the storage unit 11 are connected to each other via a communication network such as the Internet so as to be able to communicate with each other.
  • the server 1 manages the sold tickets and determines their validity when the tickets are used.
  • the server 1 may further have the function of selling tickets to users.
  • the ticket is implemented as a display-type information code capable of holding various information, such as a one-dimensional code such as a bar code, and a two-dimensional code.
  • a QR code registered trademark
  • the server 1 provides an information code corresponding to the ticket to the user terminal 3 of the user who purchased the ticket.
  • the storage unit 11 is a storage device that stores data or databases necessary for the server 1 to execute various processes.
  • the reading device 2 is a device that reads information codes corresponding to tickets sold to users.
  • the reading device 2 may be a QR Code® reader for reading QR Codes®.
  • the reading device 2 may be a handheld device that can be held by a staff member who confirms the ticket, or a stationary device that a user uses by holding an information code over a readable position.
  • a user who wants to participate in a desired event operates his own user terminal 3 to communicate with the server 1 and execute a ticket purchase procedure for purchasing a ticket corresponding to the desired event.
  • the server 1 communicates with the user terminal 3, executes various processes for selling tickets in response to receiving a ticket purchase procedure from the user terminal 3, and trades with the user.
  • Information about the ticket that has been established is registered in the storage unit 11 .
  • Information related to a ticket that has been sold is hereinafter referred to as ticket information.
  • the user terminal 3 When the date and time of the event arrives, the user goes to the event venue and operates the user terminal 3 to cause the user terminal 3 to request the server 1 for the information code.
  • the user terminal 3 transmits to the server 1 an information code issue request, which is a message requesting the issue of an information code.
  • the information code issuance request contains various types of information for specifying a request regarding a ticket for which event of which user.
  • the user terminal 3 displays the information code received from the server 1 on the display section of the user terminal 3.
  • the user terminal 3 is configured to transmit the location information of the user terminal 3 at that time to the server 1 when the information code is displayed on the display unit. ing.
  • the user presents the information code displayed on the user terminal 3 to the reading device 2 and causes the reading device 2 to read the information code.
  • the reading device 2 requests the server 1 to determine whether the read information code is valid or invalid.
  • the reading device 2 transmits to the server 1 a validity determination request, which is a message requesting to determine whether the information code is valid or invalid.
  • the validity determination request contains various kinds of information for identifying the information code corresponding to which event ticket of which user the reading device 2 has read.
  • the server 1 compares the validity determination request with the ticket information and code management information registered in the storage unit 11 to determine the validity of the read information code. Details of the ticket validity determination process executed by the server 1 will be described later.
  • the server 1 returns the determination result to the reading device 2 .
  • a user who presents an information code that has been determined to be valid is confirmed to be the legitimate user who purchased the ticket, and is allowed to enter the event venue.
  • the user terminal 3 of the user who has executed the ticket purchase procedure with the server 1 will be referred to as a first user terminal 3A.
  • the server 1 requests the information code of the purchased ticket to the server 1, and the server 1 confirms the identity of the user terminal 3 receiving the information code with the first user terminal 3A that purchased the ticket. It is possible to confirm. Therefore, the user terminal 3 that receives and displays the information code and provides the position information at that time can also be called the first user terminal 3A.
  • the user terminal 3 that presents the information code to the reading device 2 and causes the information code to be read is not necessarily the same as the first user terminal 3A.
  • the authorized user who has purchased the ticket using the first user terminal 3A displays the information code on the first user terminal 3A, regardless of whether the authorized user intends or does not This is because there is a method of illegally displaying on another user terminal 3 of an unauthorized user.
  • the user terminal 3 presenting the information code is either the first user terminal 3A of the authorized user or another terminal of the non-authorized user. It is difficult to determine whether the terminal is the user's terminal 3 or not.
  • the user terminal 3 that presents the information code to the reading device 2 is hereinafter referred to as a second user terminal 3B.
  • the reader 2 reads the information code, it is certain that the second user terminal 3B is positioned beside the reader 2 so that the reader 2 can read it.
  • the second user terminal 3B is the first user terminal 3A of an authorized user or another user terminal 3 of an unauthorized user cannot be determined at the time the information code is read. 2 is unknown.
  • the user terminal 3 When there is no need to distinguish between the first user terminal 3A and the second user terminal 3B, they are simply referred to as the user terminal 3.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the essential configuration of the ticket management system 1000 and the determination system 100 applied to the ticket management system 1000. As shown in FIG. 4
  • the server 1 has, for example, a configuration including a control unit 10 and a communication unit 12 .
  • the storage unit 11 is connected to the server 1 so that the control unit 10 can access it.
  • the control unit 10 comprehensively controls the server 1.
  • the control unit 10 is configured by, for example, an arithmetic device such as a CPU (central processing unit) or a dedicated processor.
  • arithmetic device such as a CPU (central processing unit) or a dedicated processor.
  • Each part of the control unit 10, which will be described later, is realized by reading and executing a program stored in a storage device realized by the above-described arithmetic device, such as a ROM (read only memory), to a RAM (random access memory), etc. can.
  • control unit 10 further includes a sales processing unit 21, a notification unit 25, a change unit 26, and a count unit in addition to the generation unit 22, the acquisition unit 23, and the determination unit 24 described in the exemplary embodiment 1. 27 may be provided.
  • control unit 10 may further have a sales processing unit 21 and a notification unit 25 . Modification unit 26 and counting unit 27 are described in detail in other exemplary embodiments.
  • the storage unit 11 stores various data used by the control unit 10.
  • the storage unit 11 may be configured as an external storage device of the server 1 or may be configured as an internal memory included in the server 1 .
  • the storage unit 11 includes a ticket information database 31 (hereinafter referred to as ticket information DB 31), a threshold table 32 (hereinafter referred to as threshold TBL 32), and a code management information database 33 (hereinafter referred to as code management information DB 33). is stored.
  • the determination system 100 of the present disclosure includes a generation unit 22, an acquisition unit 23, a determination unit 24, a notification unit 25, a change unit 26, and a count unit 27 in the server 1, as shown in FIG. Further, the determination system 100 stores a ticket information DB 31 , a threshold value TBL 32 and a code management information DB 33 in the storage unit 11 .
  • the communication unit 12 is a communication device for the server 1 to communicate with other devices via a network.
  • the communication unit 12 can communicate with the user terminal 3 of the user or communicate with the reader 2 via the Internet.
  • the sales processing unit 21 of the control unit 10 communicates with the user terminal 3 and accepts the ticket purchase procedure executed by the user terminal 3, thereby performing processing for selling tickets to the user of the user terminal 3. to run.
  • the sales processing unit 21 registers ticket information about the purchased ticket in the ticket information DB 31 .
  • the ticket information and the data structure of the ticket information DB 31 will be described later in detail with reference to another drawing.
  • the generation unit 22 generates an information code corresponding to the designated ticket, such as a QR code (registered trademark), in response to an information code issue request from the first user terminal 3A.
  • the information code generated by the generation unit 22 is transmitted to the first user terminal 3A via the communication unit 12, and thus the information code is issued.
  • the generation unit 22 registers code management information of the generated information code in the code management information DB 33 .
  • the generation unit 22 may register part of the code management information regarding the generated information code in the code management information DB 33 .
  • the acquisition unit 23 acquires the position information of the first user terminal 3A when the first user terminal 3A displays the issued information code.
  • the first user terminal 3A may be configured to acquire the location information of its own terminal and transmit it to the server 1 when the above-mentioned information code is displayed on the display section of its own terminal.
  • the acquisition unit 23 acquires position information of the first user terminal 3A via the communication unit 12 .
  • the acquisition unit 23 registers the acquired position information in the code management information DB 33 as part of the code management information described above.
  • the judging unit 24 receives a validity judgment request from the reading device 2 and judges whether the requested information code is valid or invalid. In this exemplary embodiment, the determination unit 24 determines based on the positional relationship between the first user terminal 3A displaying the information code and the reading device 2 when the information code is read from the second user terminal 3B. , to determine the validity of the ticket.
  • the determination unit 24 compares the position information of the first user terminal 3A displaying the above information code with the position information of the reading device 2 when the information code was read.
  • the position information of the reading device 2 may be provided from the reading device 2 or registered in the storage unit 11 in advance.
  • the determination unit 24 then calculates the distance between the first user terminal 3A and the reading device 2 .
  • the determination unit 24 may determine that the ticket is invalid when the calculated distance is greater than or equal to the first threshold.
  • the determination unit 24 determines that the first user terminal 3A that displays the information code and the second user terminal 3B that presents the information code to the reading device 2 It may be determined that the terminal is different from the terminal.
  • the determination unit 24 determines the time difference between the generation time when the information code addressed to the first user terminal 3A is generated and the reading time when the reading device 2 reads the information code from the second user terminal 3B. Based on this, the validity of the ticket may be determined. Specifically, the determining unit 24 calculates the time difference between the generation time and the reading time, and determines that the ticket is invalid if the time difference is greater than or equal to the second threshold. good.
  • the determination unit 24 may determine that the ticket is valid when the calculated distance is less than the first threshold and the calculated time difference is less than the second threshold.
  • the notification unit 25 notifies the reading device 2 via the communication unit 12 of the result of the determination process executed by the determination unit 24 (hereinafter referred to as "determination result").
  • the reading device 2 has, for example, a configuration including a control unit 40 , a storage unit 41 , a communication unit 42 and a reading unit 43 .
  • Reader 2 may further include one or more of GPS 44 , display 45 and short-range wireless communication 46 .
  • the control unit 40 comprehensively controls the reading device 2 .
  • the control unit 40 is configured by, for example, an arithmetic device such as a CPU or a dedicated processor.
  • Each unit of the control unit 40 which will be described later, can be realized by the arithmetic unit described above reading a program stored in a storage device (storage unit 41) implemented by a ROM or the like into a RAM or the like and executing the program.
  • the control unit 40 may include a request unit 51 as an example.
  • the storage unit 41 stores various data used by the control unit 40 .
  • the storage unit 41 may be configured as a built-in memory included in the reading device 2, for example.
  • the communication unit 42 is a communication device for the reading device 2 to communicate with other devices via a network.
  • the communication unit 42 can communicate with the user terminal 3 of the user or communicate with the server 1 via the Internet.
  • the reading unit 43 is a mechanism for reading the information code, and is composed of a light source for irradiating the information code with light, an imaging device for receiving the reflected light and obtaining an image of the information code, and the like.
  • the GPS (Global Positioning System) 44 is composed of modules that receive signals from GPS satellites in order to position the reader 2 .
  • the signal received by the GPS 44 is processed by the control unit 40 as information including the position information of the reader 2, such as latitude, longitude and altitude.
  • the position information of the reading device 2 can be registered in the storage unit 11 or the storage unit 41 in advance, so the GPS 44 is omitted.
  • the display unit 45 displays information processed by the control unit 40, and is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display. If there is no information to be displayed on the reading device 2, the display unit 45 may be omitted. Alternatively, the display unit 45 may be implemented as an external display device communicably connected to the reading device 2 .
  • LCD liquid crystal display
  • organic EL Electro-Luminescence
  • the short-range wireless communication unit 46 realizes wireless communication with an external device with a relatively short reach.
  • Bluetooth registered trademark
  • RFID Radio Frequency Identification
  • infrared communication or the like can be adopted as a short-range wireless communication method or standard implemented by the short-range wireless communication unit 46 . If there is no information to be directly obtained from the second user terminal 3B in the ticket management system 1000, the short-range wireless communication unit 46 may be omitted.
  • the short-range wireless communication unit 46 may, for example, acquire identification information unique to the second user terminal 3B from the second user terminal 3B.
  • the requesting section 51 of the control section 40 requests the server 1 to determine the validity of the information code read by the reading section 43 .
  • the request unit 51 generates a validity determination request, which is a message requesting determination of whether the information code is valid or invalid, and transmits the request to the server 1 .
  • the requesting unit 51 includes various information extracted from the information code read by the reading unit 43, the reading time when the information code is read, and the information for uniquely identifying the reading device 2.
  • a validation request may be generated that includes the reader ID.
  • the requesting unit 51 may include the location information of the reading device 2 obtained by the GPS 44 at the reading time described above in the validity determination request.
  • the request unit 51 may include identification information directly acquired from the second user terminal 3B via the short-range wireless communication unit 46 in the validity determination request.
  • control unit 40 may include a display control unit 52.
  • the display control unit 52 may display the determination result notified from the notification unit 25 of the server 1 on the display unit 45 .
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the user terminal 3.
  • the user terminal 3 is, for example, a smartphone, and includes a control unit 60 , a storage unit 61 , a communication unit 62 , an operation unit 63 , a GPS 64 and a display unit 65 .
  • the user terminal 3 may further include a short-range wireless communication unit 66 .
  • the user terminal 3 may include various members (not shown) included in a general smart phone.
  • the control unit 60 includes, for example, a purchase processing unit 71, a code processing unit 72, and a position information processing unit 73.
  • the control unit 60 may further include an identification information processing unit 74 as necessary.
  • the control unit 60 may include various members (not shown) included in a control unit of a general smart phone.
  • the storage unit 61 stores various data used by the control unit 60.
  • the storage unit 61 may be configured as a built-in memory included in the user terminal 3, for example.
  • the communication unit 62 is a communication device for the user terminal 3 to communicate with other devices via a network.
  • the communication unit 62 can communicate with the server 1 or the reader 2 via a mobile phone network, the Internet, or the like.
  • the operation unit 63 is an input device for the user to input instructions to the user terminal 3 .
  • the operation unit 63 may be a touch panel integrally formed with the display unit 65 .
  • the GPS 64 is composed of modules that receive signals from GPS satellites in order to perform positioning of the user terminal 3.
  • the signal received by the GPS 64 is processed by the control unit 60 as information including position information of the user terminal 3, such as latitude, longitude and altitude.
  • the display unit 65 displays information processed by the control unit 60, and is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL display.
  • the display unit 65 may be a touch panel integrally formed with the operation unit 63 .
  • the display unit 65 can display the information code issued by the server 1 so that the reading device 2 can read it, according to an instruction from the code processing unit 72 which will be described later.
  • the short-range wireless communication unit 66 realizes wireless communication with an external device with a relatively short reach.
  • Bluetooth registered trademark
  • RFID infrared communication
  • the short-range wireless communication unit 66 can transmit identification information unique to the user terminal 3 to the reading device 2, for example, according to an instruction from an identification information processing unit 74, which will be described later.
  • the purchase processing unit 71, the code processing unit 72, and the position information processing unit 73 among the above-described units included in the control unit 60 may be implemented as a "ticket purchase application.”
  • a “ticket purchase application” may be provided by a service provider that operates the ticket management system 1000 .
  • the method by which the service provider provides the "ticket purchase application” to the user terminal 3 of the user is not particularly limited.
  • the “ticket purchase application” may be provided as an application that operates in cooperation with a messaging application that operates on the user terminal 3 .
  • the service provider's server 1 and the user's user terminal 3 each acquire the account information issued in the messaging application when installing the above-described messaging application.
  • the server 1 and the user terminal 3 may be able to communicate with each other via a messaging application when the user permits the account information of the service provider as a communication partner (so-called friend registration).
  • the service provider server 1 may then provide a "ticket purchase application" to the user terminal 3 of the user via the messaging application.
  • a "ticket purchase application” may be provided as a browser application available in the messaging application's browser.
  • the purchase processing unit 71 of the control unit 60 communicates with the server 1 to execute the ticket purchase procedure.
  • the ticket purchase procedure is a procedure for purchasing a ticket for participating in an event desired by the user from the event organizer via the service provider.
  • the ticket purchase procedure includes, for example, a process of specifying an event desired by the user, a process of confirming that the user will purchase the ticket at the selling price presented by the service provider, and a process of specifying the payment method by the user. It may also include a process for
  • the purchase processing unit 71 may cause the storage unit 61 to store information for identifying the purchased ticket.
  • the code processing unit 72 requests the information code corresponding to the purchased ticket from the server 1 and causes the display unit 65 to display the information code received from the server 1 .
  • the code processing unit 72 generates an information code issuance request in response to the user's input of an operation instructing issuance of a ticket.
  • the code processing unit 72 generates an information code issuance request including information for specifying the user or the user terminal 3 and information for specifying the purchased ticket specified by the user, and the server 1 Send to
  • the code processing section 72 Upon receiving the requested information code from the server 1, the code processing section 72 causes the display section 65 to display the information code.
  • the position information processing unit 73 transmits to the server 1 position information indicating the position of the user terminal 3 when the code processing unit 72 causes the display unit 65 to display the information code.
  • the position information processing unit 73 transmits the latitude and longitude information obtained by the GPS 64 when the information code is displayed on the display unit 65 to the server 1 as the position information of the user terminal 3. good too.
  • the identification information processing unit 74 processes identification information unique to the user terminal 3.
  • the identification information unique to the user terminal 3 is information for uniquely identifying the user terminal 3 corresponding to the user on a one-to-one basis in the ticket management system 1000 and the determination system 100 . Therefore, according to the identification information unique to the user terminal 3, the user can be uniquely identified in the ticket management system 1000 and the determination system 100.
  • FIG. 1 A block diagram illustrating an exemplary computing system.
  • the identification information unique to the user terminal 3 may be information individually assigned to the user terminal 3. More specifically, the identification information specific to the user terminal 3 may be a telephone number, an e-mail address, and the like. Alternatively, the identification information unique to the user terminal 3 may be account information assigned to the user terminal 3 through an application installed on the user terminal 3 . For example, the account information may be the account information assigned in the messaging application described above.
  • the identification information processing unit 74 transmits the identification information unique to the user terminal 3 stored in the storage unit 61 to the short-range wireless communication unit when the connection of the short-range wireless communication is established with the reading device 2 . 66 to the reader 2 .
  • a ticket ID is identification information for uniquely identifying a purchased ticket.
  • the sales processing unit 21 assigns a ticket ID to each purchased ticket so as not to overlap with other tickets.
  • the purchaser ID is identification information for uniquely identifying the purchaser who purchased the ticket or the user terminal 3 of the purchaser. That is, the purchaser ID is identification information unique to the user terminal 3 . As in the illustrated example, the purchaser ID may be the telephone number of the user terminal 3 .
  • the sales processing unit 21 associates the telephone number of the user terminal 3 for which the ticket purchase procedure has been completed with the purchased ticket.
  • the purchaser ID may function as information indicating the destination for the server 1 to provide the user terminal 3 with information.
  • the organizer ID is information for uniquely identifying the tenant that hosts the event that can be attended with the purchased ticket.
  • the event ID is information for uniquely identifying the event that can be attended with the purchased ticket.
  • the event name is information indicating the name of the event that can be attended with the purchased ticket.
  • the event name may be generated including a character string that allows the user or a venue attendant to identify the content of the event.
  • the date and time indicates the date and time when the event will be held.
  • the date and time of the event is not the so-called opening time when the event starts, but the first time when the ticket that allows admission to the place where the event starts is checked ( opening time).
  • the venue indicates the location where the event will be held.
  • the venue is described as information indicated by the name of the venue, but the venue may be identification information that uniquely identifies the venue.
  • the seat assignment information is information that indicates the range, position, etc. of the venue that can be used by the purchaser of the relevant ticket. This item may be omitted if there is no limit to the range that the ticket purchaser can use within the venue.
  • the status is information indicating whether or not the ticket has been used.
  • the illustrated "used" status indicates that the ticket has been used.
  • "Ticket has been used” means that the ticket has been determined to be valid and the user has been admitted to the venue of the event.
  • Unused status indicates that the ticket has not been used.
  • Ticket not used means that the ticket has not yet been determined to be valid and the patron has not achieved admission to the venue.
  • the sales processing unit 21 associates the ticket ID with the event ID, event name, date and time, venue, and seat designation information of the event that can be attended with the purchased ticket, and stores the ticket information composed of these items as the ticket. Register in the information DB 31.
  • the generation unit 22 When the generation unit 22 receives an information code issue request from the user terminal 3, it checks whether the ticket information of the ticket specified in the information code issue request is registered in the ticket information DB 31. Furthermore, when the user terminal 3 that has transmitted the information code issue request matches the user terminal 3 indicated by the purchaser ID included in the ticket information, the generation unit 22 determines that the request is valid. to generate an information code corresponding to the requested ticket. For the requested ticket, the generation unit 22 may generate an information code in which all or part of the above-mentioned items included in the ticket information are embedded.
  • the sales processing unit 21 may set the status item to "unused” as an initial value when the ticket information is registered.
  • the determination unit 24 may update the status from "unused” to "used” when determining that the ticket is valid. Then, when the determination unit 24 receives a validity determination request again for a "used" ticket, the determination unit 24 may determine that the information code is invalid. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent fraudulent attempts by a plurality of people to enter with one ticket.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the threshold value TBL32 stored in the storage unit 11. As shown in FIG.
  • the threshold TBL 32 is a table for defining thresholds of conditions checked by the determination system 100 in order to determine the validity of the information code (ticket).
  • a threshold may be defined for each event. Therefore, the threshold TBL 32 is configured to store the threshold in association with the event ID. If there are multiple conditions to be checked by the determination system 100, multiple thresholds may be defined for each upper limit per event.
  • the determination unit 24 of the determination system 100 determines the validity of a ticket based on two conditions, a location condition and a time condition. Therefore, in the threshold value TBL32, for each event, a "positional deviation tolerance distance (first threshold)" that is a threshold for the position condition and a “refresh time (second threshold)” that is a threshold for the time condition are defined. be.
  • each threshold can be set in advance to an appropriate value determined according to hardware or software resources and performance at the ticket confirmation location at the entrance of the venue.
  • each threshold may be set according to the scale of the event, the expected number of visitors, the expected degree of congestion, the number of reading devices 2 to be installed, the number of staff members to be deployed, and the like.
  • the determination unit 24 Upon receiving a validity determination request from the reading device 2, the determination unit 24 reads an appropriate threshold from the threshold TBL 32 based on the event of the requested ticket, and determines the validity of the ticket according to the event. can be done.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the code management information and the code management information DB 33 stored in the storage unit 11.
  • the code management information DB 33 is a database for managing information regarding information codes issued by the generator 22 .
  • One piece of code management information is generated for one information code issued by the generator 22 and registered in the code management information DB 33 .
  • the generation unit 22 may generate and issue an information code multiple times for one ticket. For example, a legitimate user who has failed in ticket authentication for some reason may request reissuance of the information code for the ticket. Therefore, a plurality of pieces of code management information can be registered for one ticket.
  • the code management information may include items such as code ID, ticket ID, purchaser ID, display position, reading position, generation time, reading time, and determination result.
  • the generation unit 22 When the generation unit 22 issues one information code, it registers one piece of code management information related to the information code in the code management information DB 33 .
  • a code ID is identification information for uniquely identifying an issued information code. Judgment system 100 can identify each issued information code by this code ID when multiple information codes are issued for one ticket.
  • the ticket ID is identification information for uniquely identifying the ticket to which the issued information code corresponds.
  • the purchaser ID is identification information for uniquely identifying the user terminal 3 of the user who purchased the ticket. As described above, the purchaser ID is unique to the user terminal 3 and may be information indicating the contact information of the user terminal 3 .
  • the purchaser ID is, for example, the telephone number of the user terminal 3 .
  • the generation time is information indicating the date and time when the generation unit 22 generated the information code in response to the information code issuance request.
  • the display position is information indicating the position of the first user terminal 3A when the information code issued by the first user terminal 3A is displayed.
  • the display position may be the latitude and longitude information of the first user terminal 3A.
  • the reading time is information indicating the date and time when the reading device 2 read the information code.
  • the reading position is information indicating the position of the reading device 2 when the reading device 2 reads the information code presented from the second user terminal 3B.
  • the reading position may be the latitude and longitude information of the reading device 2 .
  • the determination result is information indicating the result of determination by the determination unit 24 as to whether the information code is valid or invalid. "Valid” in the figure indicates that the determination unit 24 has determined that the information code is valid, and "Invalid” indicates that the determination unit 24 has determined that the information code is invalid.
  • the generation unit 22 registers the code ID, ticket ID, purchaser ID and generation time of the information code in the code management information DB 33 as part of the code management information.
  • the items after the generation time may be null values, and each part of the server 1 complements them in a timely manner.
  • the determination unit 24 may specify the information code whose validity is to be determined based on the code ID included in the validity determination request. Then, the determination unit 24 may register the read time and the read position included in the validity determination request in the code management information DB 33 in association with the code ID of the identified information code. When the reading device 2 is of the stationary type and the reading position is fixed, the determining unit 24 identifies the reading device 2 that has transmitted the validity determination request, and determines the latitude registered in advance for the identified reading device 2. Longitude information may be registered in the code management information DB 33 as the reading position.
  • the determination unit 24 determines the display position, which is the position information of the first user terminal 3A displaying the information code, and the position information of the reading device 2 when the reading device 2 reads the information code from the second user terminal 3B. Then, the distance from the reading position is calculated. The determination unit 24 compares the calculated distance with the allowable positional deviation distance set for the event in the threshold value TBL32. The event can be identified from the ticket ID associated with the information code whose validity is to be determined. If the calculated distance is equal to or greater than the positional deviation allowable distance, the determination unit 24 determines that the second user terminal 3B is not the first user terminal 3A, and determines that the information presented by the second user terminal 3B Determine that the code is invalid.
  • the determining unit 24 further determines the generation time when the information code addressed to the first user terminal 3A is generated and the time when the reading device 2 reads the information code from the second user terminal 3B. Calculate the time difference from the reading time of The determination unit 24 compares the calculated time difference with the refresh time set for the event in the threshold value TBL32. If the calculated time difference is equal to or greater than the refresh time, the determining unit 24 determines that the information code is invalid because the expiration date of the information code has expired.
  • the determination unit 24 registers the determination result ("valid" or "invalid") derived for the information code in the code management information DB 33 in association with the code ID of the information code.
  • step S101 first, the purchase processing unit 71 of the first user terminal 3A executes a ticket purchase procedure with the server 1.
  • the code processing unit 72 When the date and time of the event for which the ticket was purchased comes, the authorized user goes to the venue of the event holding the first user terminal 3A and performs an operation for displaying the information code in front of the reading device 2. It is assumed that the input is implemented.
  • the code processing unit 72 generates the above-described information code issue request in response to the operation input, and transmits this to the server 1, thereby requesting the server 1 for the information code.
  • step S104 the generation unit 22 may transmit an error message to the effect that the information code cannot be issued to the first user terminal 3A, and stop subsequent processing.
  • the generation unit 22 advances the process from YES in step S104 to step S105.
  • the generation unit 22 generates an information code in which at least part of the ticket information related to the requested ticket is embedded, and issues it to the first user terminal 3A.
  • the generation unit 22 may register code management information regarding the issued information code in the code management information DB 33 .
  • the generation unit 22 registers the code ID, ticket ID, purchaser ID, generation time, etc. in the code management information DB 33 as part of the code management information.
  • step S106 the code processing unit 72 of the first user terminal 3A receives the issued information code from the server 1 and causes the display unit 65 to display the information code.
  • step S107 the position information processing section 73 acquires from the GPS 64 the latitude and longitude information of the first user terminal 3A at the time when the information code is displayed on the display section 65, and transmits it to the server 1.
  • the position information processing unit 73 may transmit the latitude/longitude information associated with the code ID to the server 1 so that the information code associated with the latitude/longitude information can be identified.
  • step S108 the acquisition unit 23 of the server 1 acquires latitude and longitude information from the first user terminal 3A.
  • step S109 the acquisition unit 23 registers the acquired latitude/longitude information in the code management information DB 33 as the display position. Since the code ID is associated with the latitude/longitude information, the obtaining unit 23 can determine with which information code the latitude/longitude information should be associated.
  • the user (here, it is not yet known whether the user is an authorized user or not) presents the second user terminal 3B owned by himself/herself to the reading device 2 while displaying the information code. ing.
  • the reading device 2 starts processing to read the information code.
  • the authorized user operates the first user terminal 3A in front of the reading device 2 to display the information code, and The information code is presented to the reading device 2 immediately.
  • step S110 the requesting unit 51 of the reading device 2 waits until the reading of the information code by the reading unit 43 is completed.
  • the request unit 51 advances the process from YES in step S110 to step S111.
  • step S112 the determination unit 24 of the server 1 executes determination processing for determining the validity of the information code in response to the validity determination request.
  • the determination unit 24 determines ticket validity based on two conditions: a location condition and a time condition. A detailed processing flow will be described later with reference to another drawing.
  • step S ⁇ b>113 the notification unit 25 returns the determination result output by the determination unit 24 to the reading device 2 .
  • the notification unit 25 may notify the first user terminal 3A of the determination result.
  • the code processing unit 72 of the first user terminal 3A may cause the display unit 65 to display the determination result regarding the displayed information code.
  • the determination result is presented to the user on the spot.
  • the notification has the following merits. Specifically, since the authorized user receives the judgment result regarding the presentation action that he/she does not remember, he/she can quickly notice that his/her ticket is being used illegally and take countermeasures. .
  • a user whose ticket (information code) is determined to be invalid is either a legitimate user who was unable to present a ticket to meet the above two conditions, or presents an unauthorized ticket. is a fraudulent act.
  • the former can try to enter again by reissuing the information code after consulting with the staff.
  • the latter will be banned from entering if fraud is discovered. In this way, it is possible to prevent fraud related to tickets.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of determination processing executed by the determination unit 24. As shown in FIG.
  • step S201 the determination unit 24 identifies from the code management information DB 33 the information code read by the reading device 2, which is the target of determination processing. Specifically, based on the code ID included in the validity determination request transmitted from the reading device 2, the determination unit 24 identifies the information code to be subjected to determination processing from the code management information DB 33. be able to.
  • step S202 the determination unit 24 reads the permissible positional deviation distance of the event corresponding to the specified information code from the threshold value TBL32.
  • the determination unit 24 may identify the event to which the information code corresponds based on the event ID included in the validity determination request, or the event ID associated with the code ID described above in the code management information DB 33 . You may specify based on event ID.
  • step S ⁇ b>203 the determination unit 24 selects the first user terminal 3 ⁇ /b>A and the reading device 2 based on the display position registered in the code management information DB 33 and the reading position of the reading device 2 for the target information code. Calculate the distance from
  • step S204 the determination unit 24 compares the calculated distance with the allowable positional deviation distance read out in step S202. If the calculated distance is equal to or greater than the allowable positional deviation distance, the determination unit 24 advances the process from YES in step S204 to step S205. On the other hand, if the calculated distance is less than the allowable positional deviation distance, the determination unit 24 advances the process from NO in step S204 to step S207.
  • step S205 the determination unit 24 determines that the second user terminal 3B, which has presented the information code to the reading device 2, is the first user who is the authorized user based on the fact that the position condition is not satisfied as described above. It may be determined that the terminal is different from the terminal 3A. This process may be omitted.
  • step S206 the determination unit 24 determines that the information code read by the reading device 2 is invalid and that the ticket based on such an information code is invalid.
  • the determination unit 24 outputs a determination result indicating "invalid".
  • the determination unit 24 may store the value of “invalid” as the determination result of the information code in the code management information DB 33 .
  • the determination unit 24 may output a determination result indicating “invalid” to the notification unit 25 .
  • step S207 the determination unit 24 reads the refresh time of the event corresponding to the specified information code from the threshold value TBL32.
  • the determination unit 24 may read out the refresh time together with the permissible positional deviation distance in step S202.
  • step S208 the determining unit 24 calculates the time difference between the generation time registered in the code management information DB 33 and the reading time when the reading device 2 reads the information code for the target information code.
  • step S209 the determination unit 24 compares the calculated time difference with the refresh time read out in step S207. If the calculated time difference is equal to or greater than the refresh time, the determination unit 24 advances the process from YES in step S209 to step S206. On the other hand, if the calculated time difference is less than the refresh time, the determination unit 24 advances the process from NO in step S209 to step S210.
  • step S210 the determination unit 24 determines that the information code read by the reading device 2 is valid and that the ticket based on such information code is valid.
  • the determination unit 24 outputs a determination result indicating "effective".
  • the determination unit 24 may store the value of “valid” as the determination result of the information code in the code management information DB 33 .
  • the determination unit 24 may output a determination result indicating “effective” to the notification unit 25 .
  • the determination unit 24 further determines that the time difference between the generation time, which is the time when the generation unit 22 generated the information code, and the reading time, which is the time when the reading device 2 reads the information code, is equal to or greater than the second threshold. If vacant, the ticket can be determined to be invalid.
  • the second threshold is, for example, the refresh time mentioned above.
  • the determination unit 24 determines that the ticket is valid when the distance between the first user terminal 3A and the reading device 2 is less than the first threshold and the time difference is less than the second threshold. can do.
  • the first threshold is, for example, the displacement tolerance distance described above.
  • Ticket validity is determined based on not only location information but also time information, so ticket validity can be confirmed more accurately than when determining based on location information only or time information only. can. In other words, it is possible to confirm that a person present at the site such as an entrance place where the reading device 2 is located and the second user terminal 3B possessed by the person are the ticket purchaser and the first user terminal 3A of the purchaser. Verification is more accurate. Therefore, it is possible to increase the reliability of determination and further improve security.
  • FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing another example of determination processing executed by the determination unit 24 .
  • the determination unit 24 in this modification may execute steps S301 and S302 in addition to the steps of the determination process shown in FIG. That is, the determination unit 24 compares the identification information unique to the second user terminal 3B with the identification information unique to the first user terminal 3A, thereby more reliably confirming the identity of the two. good.
  • steps S303 and S304 which will be described later, may or may not be omitted.
  • the reading device 2 is sent from the second user terminal 3B to the second user terminal 3B.
  • Unique identification information is acquired via the short-range wireless communication unit 46 .
  • the identification information specific to the second user terminal 3B may be, for example, messaging application account information, more specifically a telephone number.
  • the short-range wireless communication unit 46 of the second user terminal 3B transmits identification information unique to the second user terminal 3B to the reading device 2 via short-range wireless communication means such as Bluetooth (registered trademark). can be done.
  • the request unit 51 of the reading device 2 includes the identification information of the second user terminal 3B acquired during the above-described period in the validity determination request and transmits it to the server 1 in step S111 shown in FIG. do.
  • the determining unit 24 may execute steps S301 and S302 after confirming that the position condition is satisfied (NO in step S204).
  • step S301 the determination unit 24 reads identification information specific to the first user terminal 3A from the code management information DB 33.
  • the determination unit 24 reads, from the code management information DB 33, the purchaser ID indicating the purchaser of the ticket to which the specified information code corresponds.
  • the purchaser ID is, for example, a telephone number.
  • Whether or not to incorporate the above-described process of verifying the identification information unique to the user terminal 3 into the determination of ticket validity may be determined as appropriate.
  • the generation unit 22 may generate an information code embedded with information capable of specifying the identification information (telephone number as the purchaser ID) unique to the first user terminal 3A. good.
  • the above-mentioned information code generated here is configured so that identification information (telephone number) unique to the second user terminal 3B can be added when the information code is displayed on the second user terminal 3B. It is
  • step S111 the requesting unit 51 of the reading device 2 generates an information code containing information that can identify the purchaser ID (telephone number) of the first user terminal 3A and the telephone number of the second user terminal 3B. is sent to the server 1 to request validity determination.
  • step S301 the determination unit 24 of the server 1 extracts the purchaser ID (telephone number) of the first user terminal 3A previously embedded in the information code read by the reader 2. do. Alternatively, if the purchaser ID is not embedded in the information code, the determination unit 24 identifies the purchaser ID from the code management information DB 33 based on the code ID and ticket ID embedded in the information code. can be done.
  • step S302 the determination unit 24 determines the purchaser ID (identification information of the first user terminal 3A) of the purchaser of the electronic ticket identified based on the identifiable information such as the purchaser ID, the code ID, and the ticket ID. , and the telephone number (identification information) of the second user terminal 3B added to the information code read by the reading device 2.
  • the determination unit 24 determines that the electronic ticket is invalid (step S206).
  • the determination unit 24 may determine in step S205 that the first user terminal 3A and the second user terminal 3B are different terminals as necessary.
  • the determination unit 24 advances the process from YES in step S302 to step S207, and executes the processes after step S207. That is, the judging unit 24 proceeds to the process of judging the validity of the ticket based on the time condition.
  • the reading device 2 can acquire the identification information of the second user terminal 3B to which the information code is presented, simply by reading the information code. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to execute short-range wireless communication between the second user terminal 3B and the reading device 2 in order to transfer the identification information of the second user terminal 3B, and the electronic ticket can be sent to the reading device 2 normally. can be simplified. As a result, it is possible to achieve both an improvement in user convenience and an improvement in security reliability.
  • the method of illegally transferring the image obtained by photographing the information code displayed on the first user terminal 3A is successful in illegal entry. do not. Therefore, the unauthorized users send the mail containing the link information for calling the information code requesting process, which the first user terminal 3A received from the server 1, from the first user terminal 3A to the second use. There is a possibility of illegal transfer to the user terminal 3B.
  • FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of an email containing link information.
  • the illustrated mail shows an example of the mail displayed on the second user terminal 3B of the transfer partner of the electronic ticket planned for unauthorized use.
  • the illustrated mail is sent once from the server 1 to the purchaser's first user terminal 3A, and the first user terminal 3A forwards the mail to the second user terminal 3B.
  • the second user terminal 3B selects the link information 161 for requesting the information code, which is included in the forwarded mail, and requests the server 1 for the information code corresponding to the electronic ticket purchased by the purchaser. It is assumed that
  • the determination unit 24 in this modification may perform steps S303 and S304 in addition to the steps of the determination process shown in FIG. That is, the determination unit 24 can prevent a case where the user is a legitimate user who has a valid ticket and attempts to enter at least one of the venue and the date and time of the event by mistake. .
  • ⁇ a legitimate user who has a valid ticket incorrectly enters at least one of the venues and dates that can be entered with that ticket, and enters at a different venue or at a different date and time'' is defined as an incorrect entry. called.
  • the determination unit 24 and notification unit 25 may be configured to prevent this erroneous entry.
  • the determination unit 24 and the notification unit 25 for preventing erroneous entries may be provided not only in the server 1 but also in the reading device 2 .
  • steps S301 and S302 described above may or may not be omitted.
  • the generating unit 22 of the server 1, in step S105 shown in FIG. Generates an information code in which is embedded.
  • the generation unit 22 When a user purchases a ticket for an event, in this modified example, as an example, the generation unit 22 generates the event ID, venue, date and time of the event in addition to the code ID, reading position, and reading time. You may generate an information code containing and. Furthermore, the generation unit 22 may include seat designation information in the information code as necessary.
  • the reading unit 43 of the reading device 2 reads the information code in which the various types of information described above are embedded.
  • the request unit 51 of the reading device 2 includes the code ID, the event ID, the venue, and the date and time of the event extracted from the read information code in the validity determination request, and sends the request to the server 1. Send to The request unit 51 also includes the reading position and reading time when the reading device 2 reads the information code in the validity determination request.
  • the determination unit 24 may execute steps S303 and S304 after confirming that the position condition and the time condition are satisfied (NO in step S209). .
  • step S303 the determination unit 24 compares the reading position and reading time of the information code to be determined with the venue and date and time extracted from the information code. If at least one of the reading position and the reading time at which the reading device 2 reads the information code contradicts the information read from the information code (for example, the venue and the date and time of the event), the determination unit 24 determines YES from step S303. The process proceeds to step S304.
  • step S304 that is, the determination unit 24 determines that an erroneous entry has occurred (although the ticket is valid and not illegal).
  • the determination unit 24 advances the process from NO in step S303 to step S210. In other words, the determination unit 24 determines that no erroneous entry has occurred and that the ticket is valid.
  • the determination unit 24 does not have to immediately determine "inconsistent” based on the fact that the reading position and the venue do not completely match. For example, if the point indicated by the reading position (latitude and longitude information) corresponds to the site of the venue and within a predetermined distance from the site, the determination unit 24 determines that the reading position and the venue are It can be determined that there is no contradiction. The determination unit 24 may determine that the read position and the venue are "inconsistent" when the spot indicated by the read position is away from the site of the venue by a predetermined distance or more.
  • the read time is also not immediately judged to be "inconsistent” based on the fact that it does not exactly match the date and time of the event. For example, if the read time is included in the time period from the opening time at which entrance to the event venue is possible to the end time at which the event itself ends, the determination unit 24 determines that the read time and the date and time of the event are "inconsistent.” It can be determined that it has not The determination unit 24 determines whether (1) the date included in the read time does not match the date indicated by the date and time of the event, or (2) the dates match but the time indicated by the read time is in the above-mentioned time period. It may be determined that the read time and the date and time of the event are "inconsistent” based on the fact that the date and time are outside the range of .
  • the determination unit 24 determines that an erroneous entry has occurred based on the fact that at least one of the reading position and reading time is inconsistent with the venue or the date and time of the event.
  • the error is notified to the user via the reading device or the user terminal. can do. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from mistakenly entering a place or time when he or she is not qualified to enter.
  • the determination unit 24 may output a reason for invalidation, which indicates under which conditions the ticket was determined to be invalid, together with the determination result. For example, the determining unit 24 may determine that the ticket is invalid because the location condition is not satisfied (via YES in step S204). In this case, the notification unit 25 may transmit the determination result “invalid” and the reason for invalidation “inconsistency in display position” to the reading device 2 .
  • the determination unit 24 may determine that the ticket is invalid because the time condition is not satisfied (via YES in step S209).
  • the notification unit 25 may transmit the determination result “invalid” and the reason for invalidation “expired” to the reading device 2 .
  • the determination unit 24 may determine that the ticket is invalid because the identification information condition is not satisfied (via NO in step S302).
  • the notification unit 25 may transmit the determination result “invalid” and the reason for invalidation “ID mismatch” to the reading device 2 .
  • the reason for invalidation does not have to be a language, and may be supplied to the reading device 2 as an error code.
  • ⁇ Display of judgment result> 12 to 14 are diagrams showing examples of determination result display screens displayed on the display unit of the reading device 2.
  • FIG. 12 to 14 are diagrams showing examples of determination result display screens displayed on the display unit of the reading device 2.
  • the display control unit 52 of the reading device 2 causes the display unit 45 to display, as an example, a determination result display screen 500 shown in FIG. may
  • the display control unit 52 may generate the determination result display screen 500 so that the first area 501 for indicating that the ticket is determined to be valid is included.
  • the display control unit 52 may further generate the determination result display screen 500 so as to include a second area 502 for displaying various types of information about events that can be attended by tickets determined to be valid.
  • the various types of information about the event are, for example, the event name, date and time of the event, place of the event, seat designation information, and the like.
  • the display control unit 52 may display the seat designation information as a seat guide map such as a map in the second area 502. In this case, the user's designated seat is displayed in a manner different from other seats. May be highlighted.
  • the display control unit 52 may display the seats other than the user's reserved seat in white and the user's reserved seat in red.
  • the display control unit 52 may cause the display unit 45 to display, as an example, a determination result display screen 510 shown in FIG.
  • the display control unit 52 may generate the determination result display screen 510 so that the third area 511 for indicating that the ticket has been determined to be invalid is included.
  • the display control unit 52 may further generate the determination result display screen 510 so as to include a fourth area 512 for indicating the reason for invalidation of the ticket.
  • the message prompting reissuance of the information code displayed in the third area 511 may be changed according to the reason for invalidation. For example, if the reason for invalidation is "inconsistency in display position", the user may have caused the information code to be displayed early before arriving at the event venue. Therefore, the display control unit 52 may cause the third area 511 to display the message "Please issue the information code again near the reading device 2.”
  • the display control unit 52 may cause the third area 511 to display the message "Issue the information code again just before the reading device 2 reads it.”
  • the display control unit 52 may cause the display unit 45 to display, for example, a determination result display screen 520 shown in FIG. .
  • the display control unit 52 may generate the determination result display screen 520 so as to include a fifth area 521 for indicating that an incorrect entry has occurred.
  • the display control unit 52 further includes a sixth area 522 for displaying the correct information of the event held at the venue and the information of the event that the user can participate in with the ticket owned by the user so that they can be compared.
  • the determination result display screen 520 may be generated so as to be displayed.
  • the display control unit 52 displays on the determination result display screen 520, "There is a possibility that the information code was displayed before the opening time. Please issue the information code again immediately before the reading device 2 reads it. ” message may be displayed.
  • FIG. 4 shows the main configuration of the determination system 100 according to this exemplary embodiment.
  • the control unit 10 of the server 1 comprises a modification unit 26 as part of the determination system 100 .
  • the changing unit 26 changes the event threshold defined in the threshold TBL 32 according to the input information about the event.
  • Input information related to an event refers to various information that correlates with ticket confirmation work for the event.
  • hardware or software resources for performing the ticket confirmation operation and information regarding the target population of the ticket confirmation operation may be employed as input information.
  • the input information has a value that can fluctuate during the period in which the ticket confirmation work is being performed.
  • the number of tickets read by the reading device 2 per unit time (2) The number of users waiting to use the reading device 2 (3) The length of the queue of users waiting to use the reading device 2 and, (4) At least one of the number of tickets sold and the number of unread tickets calculated from the number of tickets read by the reading device 2 may be employed.
  • the changing unit 26 determines the optimum threshold for the event and updates the threshold TBL32.
  • the changing unit 26 changes the input information ( It may be analyzed that the number of tickets in 1) has not changed since the off-peak hours. In this case, the changing unit 26 determines that it takes time to determine the validity of the ticket and that the flow of people is stagnant. Then, the changing unit 26 may decide to relax the conditions in order to increase the speed of the ticket confirmation work. For example, the changing unit 26 may relax the condition of the event by lengthening the permissible positional deviation distance or lengthening the refresh time.
  • the changing unit 26 may change the permissible positional deviation distance according to the length of the matrix of the input information (3).
  • the change unit 26 determines whether the start time It may be expected that it will be crowded at the last minute. Then, the changing unit 26 may relax the condition of the event by lengthening the permissible positional deviation distance or lengthening the refresh time.
  • the user can complete the operation of displaying the information code on the user terminal 3 early in advance, and when it is the turn to use the reading device 2, the information can be displayed quickly. I can provide the code.
  • it is possible to reduce the chances of a legitimate user failing to present the information code and having to try again. As a whole, the ticket confirmation work can proceed more smoothly.
  • the processing executed by the changing unit 26 may be executed by AI (Artificial Intelligence).
  • AI Artificial Intelligence
  • the AI may operate on the control device (control unit 10) of the server 1, or may operate on another device (for example, an edge computer or a cloud server).
  • the determination system 100 can always perform optimal determination processing that takes into consideration the balance between reliability and service quality during the period in which ticket confirmation work is being performed.
  • FIG. 4 shows the main configuration of the determination system 100 according to this exemplary embodiment.
  • the control unit 10 of the server 1 includes a changing unit 26 and a counting unit 27 as part of the determination system 100 .
  • the counting unit 27 counts the number of erroneous determinations.
  • An erroneous determination means that a valid ticket of a legitimate user is determined to be invalid due to a failure in the method of presenting the user's information code.
  • the counting unit 27 determines that one or more information code issuance requests are invalid from the same user terminal 3, and the determining unit 24 determines that the information code is invalid one or more times. , the number of erroneous determinations is counted as an error in invalid determination.
  • the counting unit 27 counts the number of invalid determinations (that is, the number of times the user fails to present the information code) as the number of misjudgments until the last valid determination is made for each user. You can count. Then, the counting unit 27 may count the cumulative number of misjudgments made by each user as the number of misjudgments that occurred in the event.
  • the determining unit 24 determines that the ticket is valid, and stores the determination result of "valid" in the blank of the illustrated determination result column.
  • the counting unit 27 counts the number of erroneous determinations as three.
  • the counting unit 27 counts the number of erroneous determinations as one.
  • the changing unit 26 changes the threshold of the event according to the number of erroneous determinations in one event counted by the counting unit 27 .
  • the changing unit 26 may change the threshold so that the condition is relaxed as the number of erroneous determinations increases.
  • the changing unit 26 may change the threshold value so as to relax the conditions when the ratio of users who are erroneously determined among all the users whose tickets are determined to be valid exceeds an assumption.
  • the determination system 100 can always perform optimal determination processing that considers the balance between reliability and service quality during the period in which ticket confirmation work is being performed.
  • the determination processing performed by the determination unit 24 of the server 1 may be performed by the determination unit 24 provided in the control unit 40 of the reading device 2 .
  • the position information processing unit 73 of the first user terminal 3A transmits the latitude and longitude information of the first user terminal 3A when the information code is displayed to the reading device 2 via the communication unit 62.
  • Send to The server 1 may notify the first user terminal 3A in advance of the address information of the reading device 2 to which the latitude and longitude information is to be sent.
  • the requesting unit 51 of the reading device 2 reads the information code from the second user terminal 3B, it sends the address information of the first user terminal 3A, which is the legitimate owner of the information code, to the server 1. may be requested.
  • the reading device 2 communicates with the first user terminal 3A using the address information of the first user terminal 3A obtained from the server 1, and transmits the latitude and longitude information when the above information code is displayed to the first user terminal. May be obtained from 3A.
  • the request unit 51 may obtain the latitude and longitude information of the first user terminal 3A from the server 1 .
  • the determination unit 24 of the reading device 2 determines that the ticket is invalid when the distance between the latitude/longitude information of the first user terminal 3A and the position information of the reading device 2 itself is greater than or equal to the first threshold. .
  • Some or all of the functions of the determination system 100 may be implemented by hardware such as an integrated circuit (IC chip), or may be implemented by software.
  • the determination system 100 is implemented, for example, by one or more computers that execute program instructions that are software that implements each function.
  • An example of such a computer (hereinafter referred to as computer C) is shown in FIG.
  • Computer C comprises at least one processor C1 and at least one memory C2.
  • a program P for operating the computer C as the determination system 100 is recorded in the memory C2.
  • the processor C1 reads the program P from the memory C2 and executes it, thereby implementing each function of the determination system 100 .
  • processor C1 for example, CPU (Central Processing Unit), GPU (Graphic Processing Unit), DSP (Digital Signal Processor), MPU (Micro Processing Unit), FPU (Floating point number Processing Unit), PPU (Physics Processing Unit) , a microcontroller, or a combination thereof.
  • memory C2 for example, a flash memory, HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (Solid State Drive), or a combination thereof can be used.
  • the computer C may further include a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program P during execution and temporarily storing various data.
  • Computer C may further include a communication interface for sending and receiving data to and from other devices.
  • Computer C may further include an input/output interface for connecting input/output devices such as a keyboard, mouse, display, and printer.
  • the program P can be recorded on a non-temporary tangible recording medium M that is readable by the computer C.
  • a recording medium M for example, a tape, disk, card, semiconductor memory, programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used.
  • the computer C can acquire the program P via such a recording medium M.
  • the program P can be transmitted via a transmission medium.
  • a transmission medium for example, a communication network or broadcast waves can be used.
  • Computer C can also obtain program P via such a transmission medium.
  • (Appendix 1) generating means for generating an information code corresponding to the electronic ticket to be transmitted to the first user terminal of the user who purchased the electronic ticket in response to a request from the first user terminal; an acquisition means for acquiring position information indicating the position of the first user terminal when the first user terminal displays the information code from the first user terminal; The electronic ticket is invalid when the distance between the position of the first user terminal indicated by the position information and the position of the reading device that reads the information code from the second user terminal is greater than or equal to a first threshold. and determining means for determining that
  • the above-described configuration by adopting both the position information and the time information as conditions for determination, even if the effective period set in the information code is not extremely shortened, the person who happened to be at the scene can be recognized as the legitimate user. It is possible to accurately confirm that In this way, since reliability can be improved without impairing convenience, the above-described configuration that employs position information in combination with time information as a condition for determination has a great advantage.
  • the determination means is The determination system according to appendix 2, wherein the electronic ticket is determined to be valid when the distance is less than the first threshold and the time difference is less than the second threshold.
  • the above-described configuration by adopting both the position information and the time information as conditions for determination, even if the effective period set in the information code is not extremely shortened, the person who happened to be at the scene can be recognized as the legitimate user. It is possible to accurately confirm that In this way, since reliability can be improved without impairing convenience, the above-described configuration that employs position information in combination with time information as a condition for determination has a great advantage.
  • the determination means includes identification information unique to the first user terminal displaying the information code, and the identification information acquired from the second user terminal by short-range wireless communication when the reading device reads the information code. 4. The determination system according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the electronic ticket is determined to be invalid when the identification information unique to the second user terminal does not match.
  • the reliability of the determination system is further improved.
  • the generating means generates the information code in which information capable of specifying identification information unique to the first user terminal is embedded, and when the information code is displayed on the second user terminal, the generating the information code to which identification information unique to the second user terminal can be added;
  • the determining means determines that identification information unique to the second user terminal added to the information code read by the reading device is unique to the first user terminal specified based on the identifiable information. 4.
  • the determination system according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the determination system determines that the electronic ticket is invalid if the identification information does not match the identification information of the electronic ticket.
  • the reading device can acquire the identification information of the second user terminal that presented the information code from the read information code. Therefore, it is not necessary to execute short-range wireless communication between the second user terminal and the reading device in order to exchange the identification information of the second user terminal. In this way, it is possible to simplify the operation for allowing the reading device to read the electronic ticket normally. As a result, it is possible to achieve both improvement in user convenience and improvement in security reliability.
  • the determination system can always perform optimal determination processing that takes into consideration the balance between reliability and service quality during the period in which ticket confirmation work is being performed.
  • Appendix 7 Triggered by the multiple requests from the same user terminal, the determining means determines that the request is invalid one or more times, and if the last one determines that the request is valid, it is assumed that the invalid determination is erroneous.
  • the determination system can always perform optimal determination processing that takes into consideration the balance between reliability and service quality during the period in which ticket confirmation work is being performed.
  • the generating means generates the information code embedded with information including at least one of an entry place and an entry date and time permitted for the user who purchased the electronic ticket, If at least one of the position and time at which the information code is read by the reading device is inconsistent with the information read from the information code, the user terminal presenting the information code and the reading device are notified to that effect.
  • the determination system according to any one of appendices 1 to 7, comprising notification means for notifying at least one of them.
  • the error is notified to the user via the reading device or the user terminal. can be notified. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from mistakenly entering a place or time when he or she is not qualified to enter.
  • (Appendix 9) at least one processor generating an information code corresponding to the electronic ticket to be transmitted to the first user terminal of the user who purchased the electronic ticket in response to a request from the first user terminal; Acquiring from the first user terminal position information indicating the position of the first user terminal when the first user terminal displays the information code; The electronic ticket is invalid when the distance between the position of the first user terminal indicated by the position information and the position of the reading device that reads the information code from the second user terminal is greater than or equal to a first threshold.
  • a method of determining comprising:
  • a program for causing a computer to function as a determination system comprising: generating means for generating an information code corresponding to the electronic ticket, which is transmitted to the first user terminal of the user who purchased the electronic ticket in response to a request from the first user terminal; an acquisition means for acquiring from the first user terminal position information indicating the position of the first user terminal when the first user terminal displays the information code; The electronic ticket is invalid when the distance between the position of the first user terminal indicated by the position information and the position of the reading device that reads the information code from the second user terminal is greater than or equal to a first threshold.
  • At least one processor said processor comprising: A generation process for generating an information code corresponding to the electronic ticket, which is transmitted to the first user terminal of the user who purchased the electronic ticket in response to a request from the first user terminal; an acquisition process of acquiring from the first user terminal position information indicating the position of the first user terminal when the first user terminal displays the information code; The electronic ticket is invalid when the distance between the position of the first user terminal indicated by the position information and the position of the reading device that reads the information code from the second user terminal is greater than or equal to a first threshold.
  • a determination system that executes a determination process for determining that the

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Afin d'empêcher la fraude se rapportant à un ticket électronique, un système de détermination (100) comprend : un moyen de génération (22) qui génère, en réponse à une demande provenant d'un premier terminal utilisateur (3A) d'un utilisateur qui a acheté un ticket électronique, un code d'information qui doit être transmis au premier terminal utilisateur et qui correspond au ticket électronique ; un moyen d'acquisition (23) qui acquiert, à partir du premier terminal utilisateur, des informations de position qui indiquent la position du premier terminal utilisateur au moment où le premier terminal utilisateur affiche le code d'informations ; et un moyen de détermination (24) qui détermine que le ticket électronique est invalide lorsque la distance entre la position du premier terminal utilisateur indiquée par les informations de position et la position d'un dispositif de lecture (2) qui lit le code d'informations à partir d'un second terminal utilisateur (3B) n'est pas inférieure à un premier seuil.
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