Patent ID: 8056803

Claim:
A ticket processing system for a parking lot where a readable and writable RFID chip is installed in each parking ticket of said parking lot, comprising: a ticket reading having a ticket entry opening, a ticket retrieval opening; and a passage channel connecting said ticket entry and retrieval openings; a first antenna and a first electromagnetic valve positioned within substantial proximity to said passage channel and said ticket entry opening; a second antenna and a second electromagnetic valve, both positioned within substantial proximity to said passage channel and said ticket retrieval opening; wherein, initially, said first electromagnetic valve has a door closed to block a ticket from falling through said passage channel; data is written into said ticket via said first antenna; said door of said first electromagnetic valve is opened; said ticket drops through said passage channel onto a closed door of said second electromagnetic valve and is exposed out of said ticket retrieval opening; and, if said ticket is not picked up after a period of time or after an external signal is received confirming that said ticket is not picked up, data in said ticked is erased by said second antenna and said second electromagnetic valve opens its door to recover said ticket.