US 7,555,284 B2
Method and a device for providing digital tickets in a mobile communications environment
Zheng Yan, Espoo (Finland); Mia Lähteenmäki, Helsinki (Finland); and Piotr Cofta, Dublin (Ireland)
Assigned to Nokia Corporation, Espoo (Finland)
Appl. No. 10/514,003
PCT Filed May 20, 2003, PCT No. PCT/IB03/01941
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 26, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/098503, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 27, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 0211734.9 (GB), filed on May 21, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0240484 A1, Oct. 27, 2005
Int. Cl. H04M 1/66 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—411  [455/550.01; 455/566] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of enabling an apparatus in a mobile communication environment to receive a digital ticket for obtaining rights to a service, the method comprising:
transmitting a request for the digital ticket to a ticket issuer;
receiving a template for the said digital ticket from the ticket issuer;
filling the said template;
transmitting the filled template to the ticket issuer;
selecting a digital image from a first storage in the said apparatus;
transmitting the selected digital image to the ticket issuer with a reference to the filled template; and
receiving the digital ticket from the ticket issuer,
wherein the digital ticket comprises the digital image, data from the filled template, ticket validity data, and ticket verification data.