User terminals, programs, methods, and systems

Abstract

The objective is to provide a highly convenient ticket management server and program. [Solution] The ticket management server comprises a control unit, a database that stores ticket IDs and user telephone numbers associated with each other to identify tickets, and a communication unit that can communicate with the user's terminal via a network. The control unit determines whether or not there has been an incoming call from the user telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket to a predetermined ticketing telephone number that can receive calls via the communication unit. If the determination conditions, including the fact that there has been an incoming call from the user telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket to the ticketing telephone number, are met, the control unit causes the ticketing device to issue the ticket.

Claims

1. Control unit and A database that stores the ticket ID, which identifies the ticket, and the user's phone number in association, A communication unit that can communicate with the user's terminal via a network, A ticket management server equipped with, The control unit, The communication unit determines whether or not an incoming call has been received from the user telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket in question to a designated ticketing telephone number that can receive calls from the aforementioned communication unit. A ticket management server characterized in that it causes the ticketing device to issue the ticket when a determination condition is met, including that a call has been made to the ticketing telephone number from the user telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket.

2. The ticket management server according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit determines, in response to the communication unit receiving a notification that a ticket issuance start operation has been performed for a ticket at the user terminal, whether or not there has been an incoming call from the user telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket to a predetermined ticket issuance telephone number that can be received by the communication unit.

3. The aforementioned communications unit is A network communication unit capable of communicating with the user terminal and ticketing device of the user via the network, A telephone communication unit capable of communicating with the user terminal via a telephone line Equipped with, The control unit, Upon receiving notification from the network communication unit that a ticket issuance start operation has been performed on the user terminal, the telephone communication unit determines whether or not an incoming call was received from the user telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket to a predetermined ticket issuance telephone number that can receive calls within a predetermined valid operation time after the ticket issuance start operation was performed. The ticket management server according to claim 2, characterized in that it transmits a command to the ticket issuing device to issue the ticket when a determination condition is met, including that a call has been made to the ticketing telephone number within the valid operating time from the user telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket.

4. The aforementioned communications unit is A network communication unit capable of communicating with the user's terminal via the network, A telephone communication unit capable of communicating with the user terminal via a telephone line Equipped with, The control unit, Upon receiving notification from the network communication unit that a ticket issuance start operation has been performed on the user terminal, the telephone communication unit determines whether or not an incoming call was received from the user telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket to a predetermined ticket issuance telephone number that can receive calls within a predetermined valid operation time after the ticket issuance start operation was performed. The ticket management server according to claim 1, characterized in that, if a determination condition is met, including that a call is made to the ticketing telephone number within the valid operating time from the user telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket, the server outputs data-embedded audio containing ticketing information for issuing the ticket from the speaker of the user terminal, and causes the ticketing device to issue the ticket based on the data-embedded audio output from the user terminal.

5. The ticket management server according to claim 4, characterized in that the ticketing information embedded in the data-embedded audio includes the printed content of the ticket to be issued.

6. The ticket management server according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that it transmits the data-embedded voice to the user terminal via voice call over a telephone line.

7. The ticket management server according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that it transmits the data-embedded audio to the user terminal via live streaming over a network.

8. The ticket management server according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that it transmits the data-embedded audio as an audio data file containing the data-embedded audio to the user terminal via the network.

9. Upon the aforementioned ticket issuance start operation, the system receives identification information indicating which of the multiple ticketing devices the ticket will be issued from. A ticket management server according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that, when the determination conditions are met, it causes a ticket issuing device corresponding to the received identification information to print a ticket.

10. The ticket management server prompts the user's terminal to access the first site before the ticket issuance start operation. In response to the user terminal's access to the first site, the user terminal is made to record access history information to the first site. To perform the aforementioned ticket issuance initiation operation, the user terminal is instructed to access the second site, and in response to the user terminal accessing the second site, access history information to the first site is obtained from the user terminal. The ticket management server according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the determination condition in the determination performed by the control unit includes the condition that the access history recorded on the user terminal when accessing the first site matches the access history obtained from the user terminal when accessing the second site.

11. The ticket management server prompts the user's terminal to access the first site before the ticket issuance start operation. In response to the user terminal accessing the first site, the system obtains first user agent information indicating the user agent used to access the first site from the user terminal. To perform the aforementioned ticket issuance initiation operation, the user terminal is instructed to access the second site, and second user agent information indicating the user agent used by the user terminal to access the second site is obtained. The ticket management server according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the determination condition in the determination performed by the control unit includes the first user agent information and the second user agent information matching.

12. Control unit and A database that stores the ticket ID, which identifies the ticket, and the user's phone number in association, A network communication unit capable of communicating with the user's terminal via the network, A telephone communication unit capable of communicating with the user terminal via a telephone line A ticket management server equipped with, The control unit, Upon receiving notification from the network communication unit that the user terminal has initiated owner registration for the ticket, the telephone communication unit determines whether, within a predetermined valid operation time after the owner registration initiation operation, an incoming call was received from the user telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket to a predetermined registration telephone number that can receive calls. A ticket management server that makes the ticket available for use on the user's terminal when it meets the conditions including the fact that a call was made to the registered telephone number from the user's telephone number associated with the ticket ID of the ticket within the valid operating time.

13. The ticket management server according to claim 12, characterized in that it sends the registration telephone number to the user's contact information in response to the owner registration start operation.

14. The aforementioned registration telephone number includes multiple candidate telephone numbers, The ticket management server according to claim 13, characterized in that, upon the commencement of the owner registration operation, it notifies the user's contact person of one of several candidate telephone numbers as the registration telephone number.

15. The ticket management server prompts the user's terminal to access the first site before the owner registration start operation. In response to the user terminal's access to the first site, the user terminal is made to record access history information to the first site. To perform the owner registration initiation operation, the user terminal is instructed to access the second site, and access history information to the first site is obtained from the user terminal in response to the user terminal accessing the second site. The ticket management server according to any one of claims 12 to 14, characterized in that the determination condition in the determination performed by the control unit includes the condition that the access history recorded on the user terminal when accessing the first site matches the access history obtained from the user terminal when accessing the second site.

16. The ticket management server prompts the user's terminal to access the first site before the owner registration start operation. In response to the user terminal accessing the first site, the system obtains first user agent information indicating the user agent used to access the first site from the user terminal. To perform the aforementioned owner registration initiation operation, the user terminal is instructed to access the second site, and second user agent information indicating the user agent used by the user terminal to access the second site is obtained. The ticket management server according to any one of claims 12 to 15, characterized in that the determination condition in the determination performed by the control unit includes the first user agent information and the second user agent information matching.

17. A program that causes a computer to function as a ticket management server according to any one of claims 1 to 16.

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