ALTERNATIVE TICKET ISSUING DEVICE, SERVER, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• Main Author: YAMAZAKI MEGUMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 07.04.2022
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS

To provide a mechanism that can simply prove being a legitimate owner of a season ticket and issue an alternative ticket that replaces the season ticket.SOLUTION: A ticket issuing device that issues an alternative ticket that is used in place of a season ticket of a facility which a user regularly uses includes: means for inquiring a server of a card company used when a user purchased a season ticket with a credit card or another payment card; means for acquiring purchase information including the day of purchase of the season ticket and usage conditions of the season ticket from the card company; means for determining validity of the season ticket based on the purchase information; and means for issuing an alternative ticket within the scope of the usage conditions of the season ticket when the season ticket is valid.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】定期利用券の正当な所有者であることを、簡単に証明することができ、定期利用券を代替する代替利用券を発行する仕組みを提供する。【解決手段】利用者が定期的に利用する施設の定期利用券を代替する代替利用券を発行する発券装置であって、利用者がクレジットカード又はその他の決済カードで定期利用券を購入した際のカード会社のサーバへの照会手段と、当該定期利用券を購入した日、当該定期利用券の利用条件を含む購入情報をカード会社から取得する手段と、当該購入情報に基づいて、定期利用券の有効性を判定する手段と、定期利用券が有効である場合に、定期利用券の利用条件の範囲内の代替利用券を発行する手段と、を備える。【選択図】図２