Patent ID: 7333946
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a ticket service provider server providing a selection of tickets for purchase by a user of a mobile personal trusted device through a wireless communication network, wherein the mobile personal trusted device is configured to provide a digitally signed contract to purchase a selected ticket and an identification of a purchased ticket to the communication network for transmission to the ticket service provider; wherein the ticket service provider server authenticates the user of the mobile personal trusted device to purchase the purchased ticket and verifies the digitally signed contract by verifying a digital signature of the contract, and further comprises a computer-readable medium that records the verified digitally signed contract and an identification of the ticket; and an authorized output device in communication with both the mobile personal trusted device and the ticket service provider server, that is selected by the mobile personal trusted device through a digitally signed request from the mobile personal trusted device to the ticket service provider server to output the purchased ticket, wherein the authorization is provided by the ticket service provider.