Patent ID: 7083081
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for issuing tickets, the method comprising: selecting an inactive ticket that includes an identifier, wherein the ticket is usable when activated to gain admittance into a venue for which payment is required for admittance; providing payment for the ticket at a site other than the venue; entering the identifier and a payment amount into a payment processing device; transmitting the identifier to a host computer system having a record of the identifier and a status of the ticket; changing the status of the ticket to an active status in the host computer system such that the ticket is usable to gain admittance into the venue when presented at the venue; wherein the host computer system includes activation criteria, and further comprising determining with the host computer system whether the ticket also meets the activation criteria, and wherein the activation criteria indicates a number of times that the ticket may be redeemed.