Patent ID: 6260027
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
An electronic ticket system comprising:at least one user terminal which stores an electronic ticket;at least one service providing terminal for performing a deal with said at least one user terminal; anda financial agency in which the electronic money after used for the deal is deposited;wherein said at least one service providing terminal includes sending means for sending challenge information which differ depending on deals to said at least one user terminal in response to a dealing request therefrom, andsaid at least one user terminal includes acquiring means for acquiring, before the deal, account information identifying an account which said at least one service providing terminal has opened with said financial agency and in which the electronic ticket is deposited, generating means for generating an assignment which specifies an electronic ticket's monetary amount, an electronic ticket's destination which is the account identified by the acquired account information, and a dealing ID code including the challenge information sent to said at least one user terminal, and ticket sending means for affixing the generated assignment to the electronic ticket to be used for the deal and sending the electronic ticket with the assignment to said at least one service providing terminal.