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Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic ticket system in which right information on a ticket is purchased via communication means, and a writable storage medium of the right information is used, thereby granting admittance into an event facility. The electronic ticket system employs: a data communication terminal (10) which includes a storage medium (28) capable of writing the ticket right information therein; a ticket sales center (12) which is connected to the data communication terminal (10) via communication means (16) and which writes the ticket right information in the storage medium (28); and an admittance management terminal (14) which authenticates the ticket right information when a visitor bringing the storage medium with the ticket right information stored therein passes over a gate, and which determines whether the visitor should be allowed to enter or not. Booking of a ticket is applied to the ticket sales center (12) through the data communication terminal (10), and then the ticket sales center (12) receiving the application issues a ticket right information (35), which is written in the storage medium (28), thereby enabling the purchase of the ticket. Further, when the visitor passes over the admittance management terminal (14), while carrying the storage medium (28), the system authenticates the ticket right information (35) written in the storage medium (28) by means of the admittance management terminal (14), to determine whether or not the visitor's admittance into the event facility should be granted.

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First Claim