Patent ID: 9317818
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G06K,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A system for generating a hybrid single-pass electronic ticket comprising: a physical ticket having at least one Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Radio Frequency (RF) tag; at least one validator comprising a processor for performing computing operations and an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver, wherein the validator receives ticket information related to the purchase of the electronic ticket, the EAS RF transceiver reads the EAS RF tag embedded within the electronic ticket and associates the EAS RF tag with the received ticket purchase information, and wherein the validator encrypts the ticket purchase information received and information related to the EAS RF tag within a two dimensional code; and a printer which receives a signal transmitted from the validator to print the two dimensional code generated by the validator directly on the electronic ticket; wherein the system further comprises a main server for processing a list of valid and/or invalid electronic tickets and wherein the validator further comprises software and controllers for entering and processing data; at least one communication port for communicating with the main server and the printer; memory for storing ticket purchase information within a database; and a validator control board for housing and connecting the processor, memory and controllers to a bus; wherein the two-dimensional code is a QR code wherein the validator transmits a signal through the communication port to the main server, wherein the signal includes ticket purchase information related to at least one purchased ticket's serial number and wherein the main server receives ticket purchase information related a plurality of purchased ticket's serial numbers from multiple validators, wherein the main server processes the ticket purchase information to generate a list of valid ticket serial numbers and wherein the main server transmits the list of valid ticket serial numbers through a signal which is sent to multiple validators within the system at pre-defined time intervals allowing all validators within the system to be synchronized with respect to the list of electronic tickets which have been issued and are valid.