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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2000
William Simpson-young, Eastwood, AU;
Cathryn Anne Chamley, Eastwood, AU;
Sue-ken Yap, Love Cove, AU;
Andrew Timothy Robert Newman, Surry Hills, AU;
Stephen Robert Bruce, Abbottsford, AU;
William Simpson-Young, Eastwood, AU;
Cathryn Anne Chamley, Eastwood, AU;
Sue-Ken Yap, Love Cove, AU;
Andrew Timothy Robert Newman, Surry Hills, AU;
Stephen Robert Bruce, Abbottsford, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an electronic ticketing system () and method () utilizing a smart card () The smart card can be loaded with pre-purchased tickets which are then booked at a subsequent date. Alternatively, the booking and payment for the ticket can be made at the one transaction. The smart card is customizable by a user () who would normally be a promoter or organizer of an event for which tickets are required. Also disclosed is a multiple purpose card () which is both a smart card having electronic data stored () therein and a conventional business card having information () printed thereon for use by a reader. The donee of the card is able to insert same into a card reader () to obtain detailed information from the computer () of the donor of the card. The multiple purpose smart card may also be used as a trading card () as part of a set () of similar cards each offering differing levels of user access to a database () related to the set.