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Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile Phone
quark007 writes "That's Cricket is reporting that the first match of the India-Australia cricket Test series in Bangalore next month will have hi-tech ticketing with the launch of 'Mobile-Ticketing,' a new service that enables cricket fans across the world to book the tickets online. But thats half the fun, since
the tickets would be delivered directly to their mobile phones. the service is managed by Spice . The service delives the ticket as a special barcode which can then be scanned by a barcode reader. Sounds simple. Wired reported a similar story a while back." A system like this would have been great in my unsuccessful hunt for LotR Marathon tickets.
Back in 2000, this was the original plan of a Washington, DC startup called ZebraPass. They failed spectacularly.
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when I get a mobile phone.
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go to NTT Docomo to see their phones and what they are capable of. Barcoding, ticket sales? Already in place for the past 2 years in jp.
The USA now has a cricket team! I found this out today as well, what gives! All those jokes you yanks cannot use anymore on us Brits, not when you field a team yourself! e-Tickets, yeah thats neat also.
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As an American I have no idea what they are talking about.
Also as an American I will act as if this is your fault.
This is pretty neat because it makes scalping (which is illegal in the US) almost impossible.
Unfortuneately, most people in the US don't have a phone that would be compatible with this system
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When I read the title the first thing that popped in my head is that while I'm driving at 70 mph in the school zone, reading the paper and yapping on my cell-phone, the copy will send my speeding/wreckless driving/careless driving ticket to my cell phone directly... no need to pull me over and disrupt traffic...
;)
Good to know I'm safe for another few years before someone implements this...
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Me: "Ok, I want a ticket for the Manchester United match..."dit-dit-diddit
Phone: "Congratulations! You have an advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
Me: "wtf.. Gimme a ticket for The Producers..."diddit-dit-dit-dit
Phone: "Congratulations! You have another advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
Me: "whaaaattt.. How about a ticket for standing in the road and being hit by a bus..." dit-diddit-dit
Phone: "Congratulations! You have yet another advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
Me: "Hm.. I think this thing's been 0wn3d, that could explain all the sold out performances of Barry Manilow."
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Wow, hope I don't have to hang up on my agent to talk to those icky ticket collectors...
Precognition and folding of space-time to follow.
I wonder how the "barcode" works, exactly. The story doesn't go to any details. Different cell phones display images in different ways, and older models might not be able to display them at all. Resolutions vary wildly. Of course I guess they could just go for the lowest common denominator of image-compatible cell phones, like a 40x40 black and white bitmap. But it's probably an MMS image which kind of limits the audience. Still, a neat idea, beats waiting in line if your phone is up to it.
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just call the ticket office ON your cell phone and order the tickets.
Hmmm..decisions decisions
I've been printing eTickets for a few years, all they do is scan the barcode at the door.
Nothing really new here, except for the mobile phone angle. Personally I wish people would leave their mobile phones at home just fucking once.
Everyone thinks their so fucking important that they need to take calls in the middle of the Phantom of the Opera.
If you're an emergency room doctor who's on call, by all means carry your cell phone around. But don't go out to 100 dollar a ticket broadway plays and ruin them you pretentious fucks.
Will we as a society ever get over the novelty of cell phones? You still see people talking in public with that stupid look of half-stupidity and half-conceit on their face and saying things like "GUESS WHERE I'M CALLING FROM!!!"
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Dude, tangible tickets are so 2003. :)
If you're an Orange customer then you can get a free cinema ticket every Wednesday (two for the price of one) just by sending a text (SMS) to or calling 241. The free ticket is sent to your phone by text (SMS) as a short (~10 digit) number, which is inputted by the cashier at the cinema when you get your tickets.
It's simple and it works. And if it works for cinema tickets then it will work for concerts, sports, the theatre, planes, trains, etc.
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If you've been to Tokyo Dome City (The amusement park next to the tokyo dome) recently you'd have seen people cutting in line by putting their cellphone screens on to little scanning beds. For the modest sum of 1000 yen you could reserve four spots in line at either the main rollercoaster or the ferris wheel. They would send your cell phone an e-mail with a funky barcode that was less bar code and more dot-matrix/bitmappy black and white image. I cut a four hour line into 15 minutes. I love japanese cellphone technology.
Not quite the same, but in a similar area with similar gains.. in the capital of Estonia, you can use your phone to buy/pay for parking. You park up, put your registration number in, and pay via SMS/text message. Sure beats dealing with a broken meter, and also means you can 'top up' your parking from afar if you need to park for longer than originally planned.
Anything that will put ticket master out of business is good news to me. I could see this system working well with how Prince sells tickets through his website. You get a membership for $24 a year. Then when he tours you get a chance to buy floor tickets for $75. When you get to the theater you pick them up at will call. only thing is the line at will call is a mile long. The tickets are worth it though concidering his LA show I sat two rows across from Halle Berry
An even more extravagant way for my wife to spend our money faster than I can make it. Please...don't tell my wife about this.
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The bar code reader uses a CCD camera to capture the image and a relatively powerful processor to decode the data from it.
It is actually not that easy to construct a reader that is able to read these bar codes, from a variety of mobile telephone displays. Especially when the backlight of the telephone is off, it is difficult to get an image with good contrast while avoiding reflections from the reader's light source.
wait a minute, we can't ensure that a computerized voting device works, but we're going to start selling tickets on it? "Hmmm...I think I'm sitting here, see on my phone here, I've got my ticket right here on the little screen..."
"Usher, usher, this guys phone says he's sitting here, but I was promised this seat by the ticket seller!"
Let's see how long it takes to hack this system...
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A system like this would have been great in my unsuccessful hunt for LotR Marathon tickets.
That wouldn't have done you a damn bit of good. I was on-line when they went on sale and I immediately tried to purchase. And so did everybody else on earth and their system crashed.
Rule of thumb is that computers make things easier when they work and MUCH MUCH harder when they don't.
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...until the orbital mind control satellites will be able to tell what movie or concert or event that I want to go to, and then will automatically bill me for it.
Then they will instruct me to attend, and I wil simply pass my Mark of the Beast (tm) over a scanner for admission.
That's gonna *rock*.
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I wasn't able to use it myself, but I did see another passenger show his cell phone to the ticket checker - she typed in the code, and moved on. Alright, so it's not a barcode, but still incredibly cool.
Found this online
"Ulteriore chicca del servizio è la possibilità di trasmettere i codici via SMS al cellulare, per essere sicuri di non smarrirli e di averli con sé nel momento del controllo."
(Another "chicca ?" of the service is the possibility to SMS the code to a cell phone, to make sure you have it with you when they check tickets)
source: http://www.i-use.it/analisi/commerciali/5/
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When someone figures out the algorithm for generating the barcodes, I'd imagine this company will be on that list too.
I sure hope there's more "proof" of ticket than just a CRC check.
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For a brief moment I had the wonderful vision of people who talk loud enough on their phone in a train for everyone to hear the conversation getting a Mobile Ticket for being stupid in public...
What's this about cricket?
Do they have to own a cricket phone? Cricket communications
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A barcode can be sent as an operator logog - see Mobiqa for more.
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Once in a great while there comes along an idea of enduring worth - something that really makes life easier by providing a simple solution to small everyday problems. The concept of the mWallet, being pushed by the MeT Forum is one such - simply stated - it is a framework designed to allow you to make small payments (aka micropayments) using your phone - the debit going to your cellphone bill or a pre-paid electronic wad. You could do this using sms, or mms or even by dialling DTMF tones in a call! the idea is that you could use your cellphone as an alternative to your debit card or credit card within certain limits.
Of course, this has one significant drawback (what? only one? surely we are missing some...but...on with the post). Traditional credit channels underwritten by the likes of Visa and Mastercard protect the seller and purchaser in numerous ways - many of them directly translating as potential fiscal liability for the underwriter. Who will play that role in the mobile transaction framework? It seems at this point that insurance companies will need to fill that need - but only time will tell.
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Oh yeah. Sounds like the e-tickets for just about everything that have been around for years.
3D instant messaging. A mouse for the disabled. News about FF7. Office apps delivered through the Magic of the Web Browser(tm). It looks like Slashdot really has slipped into a timewarp to the 90s.
They won't even have to bother with tickets once the government issues a national id card. Just swipe your card to get into the stadium, pay for beer, and lap dances after the game.
Here in NZ, we've been using it for a little while. i'm quite sure how successful it is but i use it a lot.
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check out this site
http://www.mticket.net/
There's only once gripe with it. You have a cut off point thats about a day or so before the event in which they send the event owners a sheet that is used as a sort of 'guest list'. You can't stand outside a dance party and txt in your ticket and expect to be on the door
Trust me, I've been there
Manufacrurers that support operator logos:
1. Nokia
2. Motorola
3. Sony-Ericsson
4. Samsung
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"Manufacrurers that support operator logos:"
Or something similar.
Furthermore, a UPC code or the like can be sent to older, non-compatible phones.
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.. that misinterpreted the headline and thought I'd be getting speeding tickets on my cell phone as I drove past a trooper?
Ummm... no wait... I don't speed... I was thinking about that *neighbor* kid getting a speeding ticket....
Something similiar has already been done in Finland, as in here we can buy buss and metro tickets using a cellphone and sms messages, each ticket gets a verification number for ticket inspection in a sms message.
I'd like them to text the barcode to me as a series of X/O's. They could scan my phone, or I could forward the text (or Bluetooth) as I entered the venue. Only the first instance of my unique barcode would gain entry. Who needs tickets? The barcode could link to the website for the event, from which I could order merchandise, drinks, recordings - all from my seat, or on the ride home.
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The public transportation of the capital of Finland has had similar system for years. You can buy your ticket for the bus/tram/metro/etc by sending a simple text message (sms) or calling a special number. You pay the prize with your next phone bill. Simple, easy and efficent :)
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This is very cool!
Pretty soon we will have tickets to other sporting events, music concerts, musicals, and more on our cell phones.
Only... if the ticket does not show up on your cell phone... do you have any other proof?
Plus... if venues continue to not allow camera phone... what then???
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