Patent ID: 7207060

Claim:
A system for secure ticketing in a communications device, comprising: a mobile equipment that includes a first storage device; a security element that includes a second storage device; at least one third-party device; and a processor in communication with said first storage device, said second storage device and said third-party device configured to: authenticate said security element; create and initiate at least one counter stored in said second storage device in said secure element by sending a request from said mobile equipment to create a counter in the security element and creating said counter in said security element by giving a unique counter ID and initializing a value in the counter; receive at least one electronic ticket from said third-party device and storing said at least one electronic ticket in said first storage device; redeem said at least one electronic ticket stored in said first storage device with said at least one third-party device; and update a counter value for the counter in said second storage device to correspond to the redemption of said electronic ticket with said third-party device.