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Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile Phone

Posted by timothy on from the who-needs-a-boarding-pass dept.

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.

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  1. ZebraPass by powdered+toast+dude · · Score: 5, Informative

    Back in 2000, this was the original plan of a Washington, DC startup called ZebraPass. They failed spectacularly.

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  2. this is old stuff by theskeptic · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

  3. They ticket you for watching cricket? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  4. Yay for progress by Dynedain · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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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    1. Re:Yay for progress by jdray · · Score: 4, Interesting

      One question: If a concert disallows cameras, but your phone has one on it, and you use the phone to redeem your ticket, isn't the venue in a sort of no-win situation when they actually observe that you are carrying a camera and are forced to let you in because that's your ticket, too?

      I understand that venues have started looking the other way when it comes to checking for cameras and other recording devices since they're so prevalent and easily hidden. But some promoters or artists get kind of up tight about this sort of thing, and will refuse to hold a show if recording devices are let in at all.

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  5. Sounds great by Tyndmyr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now to get there before the battery dies...

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  6. Holy crap! by Quasar1999 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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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  7. That's the Ticket... Yeah... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    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."

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  8. You can order the ticket online via cellphone OR.. by Jakhel · · Score: 3, Funny

    just call the ticket office ON your cell phone and order the tickets.

    Hmmm..decisions decisions

  9. Yawn by stratjakt · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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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  10. Re:Hoping by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny
    Wow, hope I don't have to hang up on my agent to talk to those icky ticket collectors...

    The worst part is when the guy at the turnstile tears your phone in half.

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  11. Way behind the japanese by KanSer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.

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  12. Estonian Parking by Peter+Cooper · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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.

  13. How this works... by Serious+Simon · · Score: 3, Informative
    The service sends you an image containing a 2-dimensional bar code such as Data Matrix. This bar code contains data that identifies your ticket.

    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.

  14. Keygen? by Mr+Guy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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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