Appeal Number: 2007-0126
Application Number: 09/970,910
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to public-facility electronic ticket control
systems and, more specifically, to a system and method for permitting the
exchange of electronic tickets between patrons of the facility using virtual ticket
devices. (Spec. 3). An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A method of exchanging tickets electronically, comprising:
providing an electronic ticket control system for issuing virtual tickets
to public-facility patrons through virtual ticket devices;
receiving virtual ticket exchange requests from a plurality of virtual
ticket devices;
storing the exchange requests in an exchange request database;
analyzing the exchange requests to determine if any are eligible for
exchange;
sending an exchange notification message to the virtual ticket devices
associated with at least one eligible exchange;
receiving an exchange confirmation message from the eligible virtual
ticket devices associated with the at least one exchange; and
updating the virtual tickets when all virtual ticket devices associated
with the at least one exchange respond affirmatively.
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