JP4580707B2 - Invalidity confirmation system for confirming ticket and invalidity of ticket, computer program and method for realizing the same - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an entrance ticket for a singer concert or a sporting event, or a ticket used in various other fields.

Currently, paper tickets (tickets 41) as shown in FIG. 11 are often used as tickets for entering event venues and the like. Hereinafter, the configuration of the paper ticket and the current state of the sales method will be described.
(1) The configuration of the ticket 41 is as follows. The ticket 41 includes a main body portion 42 and a separation portion 43, and a perforation 44 is provided at the boundary between the main body portion 42 and the separation portion 43 so that the separation portion 43 can be easily separated from the main body portion 42. Is provided. The attendant presents this ticket 41 to the attendant at the entrance of the event venue, and the attendant separates the separation part 43 from the main body part 42, collects the separation part 43, and makes the main body part 42 available to the attendant. After returning, the visitors enter the venue with the main body 42.
(2) There are various ticket sales methods. Among them, a method called “ticket sale by advance reservation” is often used. This is a sales method in which a ticket purchaser applies for purchase of a ticket using the telephone or the Internet, and the ticket is mailed to the purchaser's home or the like at a later date.

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The current state of the paper ticket (ticket 41) is as described above. However, there is a problem that this cannot cope with the following situation.
For example, when a person who wants to purchase a ticket makes a telephone reservation, he / she desires a ticket for the B seat at the event venue, but the ticket salesperson mistakenly assigns a ticket for the A seat (for example, a ticket with seat number “A-50”). Suppose that it has been issued and mailed. In this case, the ticket seller asks the customer to send back the A seat ticket, and after confirming the ticket return, issues and mails the B seat ticket again. Then, the returned “seat number: A-50” ticket may be sold to another customer. However, this takes the extra time of returning to the customer. Also, mailing after confirming the return of the ticket slows the arrival of the B seat ticket to the customer's hand, increasing customer dissatisfaction.

To solve this problem, the ticket seller asks the customer to discard the sent A seat ticket and immediately mails the B seat ticket without returning the ticket. The ticket seller may reissue the ticket for seat A (seat number: A-50) and sell it to another customer.
However, it is not easy to confirm whether or not the customer has really destroyed the ticket for seat A (whether or not the ticket has been invalidated). If the customer neglects to discard it and cannot confirm it, There arises a problem that two tickets for the A seat “A-50” are sold. This is a mistake that should not be made in the ticket sales business, and greatly damages the trust of the ticket seller.
Therefore, there is a need for a ticket that can easily confirm whether a wrongly sent ticket is discarded or invalid, a system for confirming the ticket, and the like.

The present invention is, for example, a ticket having the following configuration. Further, the present invention is a system including the following means, a method for performing the following processing, and a computer program for causing a computer to function as follows.
(1) A ticket consisting of a main body part and a separation part,
The main body has first element information that is a first element of invalidity confirmation information for confirming invalidity of the ticket, and the separation part is a second element that is a second element of the invalidity confirmation information. Information, and the first element information and the second element information become the invalidity confirmation information by combining the separation part separated from the main body part, and the first element information and the second element information The second element information is represented at a position where the ticket cannot be combined even when the ticket is folded or curved without separating the main body portion and the separation portion. ticket.
(2) A ticket in which copy prevention means is applied to the first element information and the second element information.
(3) An apparatus comprising an input means for inputting information and a processing means for processing information,
The processing means is used for inputting invalidity confirmation information, which is a combination of the first element information represented in the main part of the ticket and the second element information represented in the separation part of the ticket, from the input means. Means for performing processing, and means for performing correctness determination processing for determining whether the invalidity confirmation information is valid information for confirming invalidity, wherein the first element information and the second element The information is expressed at a position where the ticket cannot be combined even when the ticket is bent or curved without separating the main body and the separation part.
(4) When the processing means determines that the invalidity confirmation information is valid in the correctness determination process, the reissuance notification indicates that the ticket is a reissued ticket when the ticket is reissued A means for adding information is provided.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a ticket 1 for entering an event venue or the like. The ticket 1 is composed of a main body 2 and a separation part 3, and the perforation is provided at the boundary between the main body 2 and the separation part 3 so that the separation part 3 can be easily separated from the main body 2. 4 is provided.
On the surface of the main body 2, the content of the event (○ month ○ day ○ ○ dome...) Is printed, and further, information 5 (first element information) using a barcode is printed. The information 5 is printed at a position where the final portion of the information 5 (a bar representing the last information) is substantially in contact with the upper surface edge of the main body 2.
Also, information 6 (second element information) by barcode is printed on the surface of the separation portion 3. This information 6 is printed at a position where the start portion of the information 6 (a bar representing the first information) is substantially in contact with the upper surface edge of the separation portion 3.

  This ticket 1 was made by a ticket purchaser, Taro Yamada, who made a reservation over the phone and was mailed by a ticket seller. Mr. Yamada wanted “B seat” when making a reservation over the phone, but ticket 1 has “seat number: A-50” (A seat). This was issued and mailed by the ticket seller by mistake, and when Mr. Yamada complained to the ticket seller, the ticket seller said, “The ticket for seat B will be mailed immediately. : I want you to confirm that A-50) is invalid. To confirm the invalidity, please read the invalidity confirmation information with a mobile phone and send it to me here. "

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 11 of Mr. Yamada has a processing device 12 for processing information, a bar code reader 13 for reading information (barcode), a display monitor for displaying information, It is assumed that an information transmitting / receiving device (not shown) for transmitting / receiving information and a storage device (not shown) for storing information are provided. A computer program is stored in the storage device of the mobile phone 11, and the processing device 12 of the mobile phone 11 performs various processes in accordance with instructions of the computer program.
The mobile phone 11 is connected to the Internet 15 (or other communication means) by wireless means or the like, and can transmit / receive information to / from other devices via the Internet 15.
A server 16 is connected to the Internet 15. The server 16 (computer) includes a processing device 17 for processing information, a storage device for storing information (not shown), a display monitor 18 for displaying information, and an information transmitting / receiving device (not shown) for transmitting and receiving information. Is provided. A computer program is stored in the storage device of the server 16, and the processing device 17 performs various processes in accordance with instructions of the computer program. The server 16 is installed in the ticket seller's office, and the ticket seller can check the display contents of the display monitor 18 at any time.

Mr. Yamada uses the mobile phone 11 to read the invalidity confirmation information. Specifically, the following work is performed.
(1) First, Mr. Yamada separates the separation part 3 from the main body part 2 of the ticket 1 of FIG. Thereby, the ticket 1 of FIG. 1 becomes as shown in FIG. At this point, ticket 1 is invalid and cannot be used to enter the event venue.
(2) Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper surface edge of the main body 2 and the upper surface edge of the separation part 3 are aligned (aligned so that the positions of the information 5 and the information 6 match). As a result, invalidity confirmation information 7 based on a combination of information 5 and information 6 is completed. That is, even if each of the information 5 and the information 6 is read separately, the number of digits as a bar code is insufficient so that it cannot be recognized and does not function as useful information at all. However, the information 5 and the information 6 are combined (combined). This becomes information recognizable as a barcode, and this becomes one useful information (invalidity confirmation information 7) for confirming the invalidity of the ticket 1.

(3) Next, the invalidity confirmation information 7 is read by the barcode reader 13 (information is input). That is, the processing device 12 of the mobile phone 11 performs processing for reading information. Accordingly, for example, it is assumed that the confirmation data “4901750417017” is read.
(4) Next, the processing device 12 of the mobile phone 11 sends confirmation data “seat number: A-50, invalid confirmation information: 490075050417017, return destination: OO @@ XXX via the Internet 15 from the information transmitting / receiving device. .Com ”is transmitted, and the processing device 17 of the server 16 that has received the information stores the confirmation data in the storage device. It is assumed that the seat number and the return destination are input by Mr. Yamada using the input button (tenkey) of the mobile phone 11.
(5) Next, the processing device 17 of the server 16 determines whether or not the confirmation data is valid as invalidity confirmation information (performs correctness determination processing). A plurality of invalid data are stored in the storage device of the server 16 (FIG. 5). The processing device 17 of the server 16 determines whether or not the invalidity confirmation information “4901750417017” exists in the plurality of invalid data. If there is, the display monitor 18 confirms “seat number A-50, invalidity”. Message is displayed. Upon seeing this, the ticket seller recognizes that the invalidity confirmation has been taken, and immediately sends out the ticket (B seat ticket). In addition, the processing device 17 will confirm that “seat number: A-50, invalidity has been confirmed.” We will mail a new ticket as soon as possible to the return address (XXXXX.com) included in the confirmation data. Is transmitted to the mobile phone 11 through the Internet 15. Then, the processing device 12 of the mobile phone 11 that has received this information stores it in the storage device and displays “Invalidity has been confirmed. A new ticket will be mailed immediately” on the display monitor 14.
As a result, Mr. Yamada is relieved to know that an official ticket will be sent soon. In this embodiment, the ticket seller mails the ticket to Mr. Yamada. However, the electronic ticket may be transmitted from the server used by the ticket seller to Mr. Yamada's mobile phone 11 via the Internet or the like. . In this way, Mr. Yamada can get a regular ticket immediately.
In this manner, the invalidity confirmation information 7 is information that is not completed unless the separation portion 3 is separated from the main body portion 2, and therefore the ticket 1 can be invalidated reliably. Further, it is possible to easily and surely confirm whether or not the ticket 1 has become invalid immediately from a remote location. Furthermore, it is possible to save the trouble of Mr. Yamada (ticket purchaser) returning the ticket 1 to the ticket seller.
In this embodiment, the barcode reader 13 serves as an input unit, and the processing device 12 and the processing device 17 of the mobile phone 11 serve as a processing unit.

(6) Next, since it is determined that the invalidity confirmation information is valid, the processing device 17 of the server 16 performs reissuing processing of the ticket (invalidated A-50 ticket). The processing device 17 creates the reissue data “XX month XX day XX dome XX concert, seat number: A-50” and additional information “Reissue”, which are connected to the server 16 (see FIG. Print from (not shown). As a result, a ticket as shown in FIG. 10 (a ticket printed with the characters “reissue” in addition to the normal information) is created and sold to another person at a later date. In this way, even if Mr. Yamada brought a ticket for “A-50” that Mr. Yamada would have invalidated to the concert venue and claimed the right to sit on “A-50”, then it would be officially “A-” The ticket of the person who purchased the ticket “50” is printed as “Reissue”, so the staff in the venue can recognize that the ticket printed as “Reissue” is a legitimate ticket, Requests can be rejected. In this embodiment, the additional information is “reissue”, but other information may be used. For example, it may be made in some form so that the customer does not know that it is reissued. In this embodiment, this additional information serves as reissue notification information.

  Next, the printing positions of information 5 and information 6 will be described. The information 5 and the information 6 may be printed (represented) at a position where the ticket 1 cannot be combined when the ticket 1 is folded or curved without separating the main body 2 and the separation portion 3. preferable. For example, if information 5 is printed slightly below the left side edge of the main body 2 as shown in FIG. 6 and information 6 is printed slightly below the right side edge of the separation part 3, the ticket 1 is displayed as shown in FIG. It is possible to complete the invalidity confirmation information 7 by bending (or bending) the left side edge of the main body 2 and the right side edge of the separating part 3. That is, the invalidity confirmation information 7 can be completed without separating the separation unit 3 from the main body unit 2 (without invalidating the ticket 1). If this is allowed, there will be a problem that there are two tickets of “seat number: A-50”. Therefore, the information 5 and the information 6 are preferably printed at a position where the ticket 1 cannot be combined when the ticket 1 is bent or bent.

  Next, a description will be given of applying copy prevention means (copy prevention means) to information 5 and information 6. The present invention separates the separation part 3 from the main body part 2 and completes the invalidity confirmation information 7 by combining the information 5 and the information 6. However, as shown in FIG. 8, the ticket 1 is copied (copied) onto the copy paper 31 by using a copying machine, and the information 33 (the copied information 6) represented on the copy paper 31 (copy material) and the ticket 1 are copied. When combined with the information 5, the invalidity confirmation information 7 can be completed. If this is allowed, there will be a problem that there are two tickets of “seat number: A-50”. Therefore, it is necessary to apply copy prevention means to the information 5 and information 6 of the ticket 1. That is, even when the information 5 and the information 6 are copied to the copy paper 31, the copied information 5 and the information 6 must be information that does not function as information for confirming invalidity.

For example, when copying, information 35 and information 36 shown on the copy paper 31 are blacked out, and it is necessary to take a copy prevention means that makes it unreadable or unrecognizable (reference numeral 35 in FIG. 9). 36). In this way, it is possible to avoid the problem of illegally completing the invalidity confirmation information 7 by copying. The details of the copy prevention means are disclosed in many documents such as JP-A-62-2199899.
Further, here, a case has been described in which the information 33 (the copied information 6) of the ticket 32 (the copied ticket 1) shown on the copy paper 31 (the copied material) and the information 5 of the ticket 1 are combined. The same applies to the case where the information 34 (the copied information 5) shown on the paper 31 (the copy) is combined with the information 6 of the ticket 1.

Although specific cases have been described in the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these specific cases. For example, the following cases may be used.
(1) In the above embodiment, the invalidity confirmation information is printed with a barcode, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be a two-dimensional bar code that has begun to spread recently, and can be used in any other information display means.
(2) In the above embodiment, the information 5 is substantially in contact with the upper surface edge of the main body, but the information 5 may be substantially in contact with the perforation. In addition, the information 6 is almost in contact with the upper surface edge of the separation portion, but the information 6 may be substantially in contact with the perforation.
(3) In the above embodiment, the case where the ticket seller mails the paper ticket to the ticket purchaser is described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the following case may be used.
In recent years, electronic tickets, not paper tickets, have begun to spread widely. The electronic ticket may be sent directly from the ticket seller to the mobile phone of the ticket purchaser, or may be once sent to a storage location on the web server as disclosed in JP-A-2002-245379. The reason why it is once stored in the storage location on the web server is that it is easy to transfer the electronic ticket (this point is described in detail in JP-A-2002-245379). In this case, the ticket purchaser downloads the electronic ticket on the web server, prints it, and turns it into a paper ticket. Paper tickets may be transferred, but it may be more convenient to transfer them to a remote person after returning them to the storage location on the web server.
The present invention can also be used in such a case. That is, the ticket seller who has confirmed that the paper ticket has been invalidated according to the present invention is reissued and transmitted again to the storage location on the web server, thereby returning to the storage location on the web server; It will be the same and can be easily transferred to a distant person.
In addition, when a paper ticket is printed, even if the paper ticket cannot be printed successfully due to a trouble with the printing press, it is possible to check the invalidity of the ticket using the present invention and reissue the ticket. .
The present invention can be used in various cases where ticket reissuance is required.

(4) The content of the data is not limited to the data described in the embodiment. That is, any other data may be used as long as it can play the same role.
(5) The hardware is not limited to that described in the embodiment. That is, any other hardware may be used as long as it can play the same role. For example, the invalidity confirmation information may not be read by a mobile phone, and may be a computer (PC) owned by a ticket purchaser or an information terminal installed in a convenience store or the like. Further, the invalidation confirmation information reading process and the invalidity confirmation information validity confirmation process may be performed by one apparatus (computer). In particular, if it is an information terminal such as a convenience store, it can be performed by one apparatus.
(6) The processing contents and procedures are not limited to those described in the embodiment. That is, any other processing content / procedure may be used as long as it can play the same role.
(7) Data (data items) of data (data records, files) appearing in the above-described embodiment are stored in the storage device in association (corresponding) in principle. The same applies to what is shown in the drawings.

The present invention has the following effects.
(1) By using the present invention, it is possible to reliably and easily confirm that a ticket is invalid.
(2) If the present invention is used, it can be confirmed that the ticket is invalid even from a distant place. That is, the ticket purchaser can save the trouble of returning the ticket. This also allows ticket sellers to send out formal tickets quickly.
(3) The first element information and the second element information cannot be combined when the ticket 1 is bent or curved without disconnecting the main body 2 and the separation part 3. If printing is performed, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the invalidity confirmation information is completed without invalidating the ticket, thereby preventing a situation where two or more identical tickets are sold.
(4) If copy prevention means is applied to the first element information and the second element information, illegal acts due to copying can be prevented. That is, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the invalidity confirmation information is completed without invalidating the ticket, thereby preventing a situation where two or more identical tickets are sold.

It is a figure showing the ticket utilized by this invention. It is a figure showing the apparatus utilized by this invention, and those connection. It is a figure showing the state which separated the ticket. It is a figure showing the state which combined 1st element information and 2nd element information. It is a figure showing invalid data. It is a figure showing a ticket. It is a figure showing the state which curved the ticket. It is a figure showing the state which combined the barcode and the barcode of a ticket which were copied. It is a figure showing the state which copied the ticket. It is a figure showing the ticket reissued. It is a figure showing the conventional ticket.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ticket 2 Ticket main part 3 Ticket separation part 4 Perforation 5 1st element information 6 2nd element information

Claims (8)

A ticket consisting of a main body and a separation part,
The main body has first element information that is a first element of invalidity confirmation information for confirming invalidity of the ticket, and the separation part is a second element that is a second element of the invalidity confirmation information. Information, and the first element information and the second element information become the invalidity confirmation information by combining the separation part separated from the main body part, and the first element information and the second element information The second element information is represented at a position where the ticket cannot be combined even when the ticket is folded or curved without separating the main body portion and the separation portion. ticket. 2. The ticket according to claim 1, wherein the first element information and the second element information are provided with copy preventing means. An apparatus comprising an input means for inputting information and a processing means for processing information;
The processing means is used for inputting invalidity confirmation information, which is a combination of the first element information represented in the main part of the ticket and the second element information represented in the separation part of the ticket, from the input means. Means for performing processing, and means for performing correctness determination processing for determining whether the invalidity confirmation information is valid information for confirming invalidity, wherein the first element information and the second element The invalidity confirmation device characterized in that the information is represented at a position where the ticket cannot be combined even when the ticket is bent or curved without separating the main body and the separation part. . The processing means adds reissue notification information indicating that the ticket has been reissued when the ticket is reissued when the invalidity confirmation information is determined to be valid in the correctness determination processing. The invalidity confirmation apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: Instructing the processing means in an apparatus comprising an input means for inputting information and a processing means for processing information;
For inputting, from the input means, invalidity confirmation information obtained by combining the processing means with the first element information represented in the main part of the ticket and the second element information represented in the separation part of the ticket. Means for performing processing, functioning as means for performing correct / incorrect determination processing for determining whether or not the invalidity confirmation information is valid information for confirming invalidity, the first element information and the The second element information is represented at a position where the ticket cannot be combined even when the ticket is folded or curved without separating the main body portion and the separation portion. Computer program for checking invalidity. If the processing means determines that the invalidity confirmation information is valid in the correctness determination process, reissue notification information indicating that the ticket is a reissued ticket is added when the ticket is reissued 6. The computer program for invalidation confirmation according to claim 5, wherein the computer program is made to function as a means for performing invalidation. A method executed by an apparatus comprising an input means for inputting information and a processing means for processing information,
The processing means is used for inputting invalidity confirmation information, which is a combination of the first element information represented in the main part of the ticket and the second element information represented in the separation part of the ticket, from the input means. Processing is performed to determine whether or not the invalidity confirmation information is valid information for confirming invalidity, and the first element information and the second element information are The invalidity confirmation method, wherein the ticket is displayed at a position where it cannot be combined even when the ticket is bent or curved in a state where the main body portion and the separation portion are not separated. The processing means adds reissue notification information indicating that the ticket has been reissued when the ticket is reissued when the invalidity confirmation information is determined to be valid in the correctness determination processing. The invalidity checking method according to claim 7, wherein:

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