Patent ID: 8892453
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. An electronic ticket management method comprising: (a) providing: (b) causing the event organizer apparatus to form event information unique to an event; (c) causing the event organizer apparatus to form seller information authorizing the electronic ticket distribution authentication apparatus to sell electronic tickets to the event; (d) causing the event organizer apparatus to register the event information and the seller information in the electronic ticket platform center; (e) causing the electronic ticket distribution authentication apparatus to receive a request to distribute electronic ticket information concerning a plurality of electronic tickets for the event from a first user of a first information storage chip, which is mounted on a first portable device; (f) causing the electronic ticket distribution authentication apparatus to determine whether the electronic ticket information is to be distributed to the first user by performing distribution authentication processing; (g) causing the electronic ticket distribution authentication apparatus to register an authentication result in the electronic ticket platform center as ticket issuing information; (h) causing the electronic ticket platform center to form an electronic ticket information master based on the event information registered by the event organizer apparatus; (i) causing the electronic ticket platform center to relate the ticket issuing information registered by the electronic ticket distribution authentication apparatus to the electronic ticket information master; and (j) causing the electronic ticket platform center to write the electronic ticket information concerning a plurality of electronic tickets for attending the event into the first information storage chip based on the ticket issuing information by performing ticket issuing processing; and (k) causing the electronic ticket platform center to: wherein the first information storage chip is mounted on the first portable device that performs non-contact communication, and the second information storage chip is mounted on the second portable device that performs non-contact communication.