Appeal No. 2003-2165 Page 2
Application No. 09/067,093
points. Biometric identification of a cardholder or cryptographic certification of data can
also be encoded into the card and verified at points-of-service. (Id., abs.)
The appellant asserts that less staff is needed for his automated admissions as
compared to controlling and following-up on paper-based documents or printed media.
He further asserts that substituting automation for time consuming, labor intensive, and
error-prone manual operation improves productivity and quality of service. (Id. at 2.)
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claims.
20. A portable card to be used in connection with a sporting event, the
card comprising:
a memory for stoning a card data template including an event ticket
valid for said sporting event in the card;
input/output means for entering into or retrieving from the card data
including said event ticket; and
decision means including a self-contained means for determining
by said portable card if said event ticket is valid, in response to inputting
into the card a set of appropriate information by a sporting event staff, and
with no need for online verification and authorization from a remote entity.
33. A method for automatically monitoring admission to a sporting event,
comprising the steps of:
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