Granted Patent B2

US 12,231,569 · App. 18/178,749 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Inventor: Michael J. Rojas (North Canton, OH)

Assignee: AXS Group LLC

H04L9/3228H03M13/152H04L9/3213H04L9/3236

Abstract

Claims (76)

1. A computer-implemented method of electronically generating a time-limited one-use access token comprising encrypted and/or hashed identifiers, the method comprising:

receiving, at a computer system from a user at a first venue of a first event, a request, for a one-use optical token;

receiving at the computer system an electronic address from the user at the first venue of the first event, the electronic address purported to be associated with an access right acquired remote from the first venue for the first event at the first venue;

performing a search of a database for a record associated with the electronic address;

at least partly in response to identifying a first record associated with the electronic address, determining if the first record is associated with the access right for the first event;

at least partly in response to determining the first record is associated with the access right for the first event, generating a token comprising a computer readable optical code comprising a device identifier, a user identifier, and a timestamp wherein the device identifier and the user identifier are encrypted using a first key;

determining an expiration time associated with the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier, the user identifier, and the timestamp, wherein the device identifier and the user identifier are encrypted using the first key, and wherein the readable optical code does not include a ticket, a venue identifier, or an event identifier;

determining a seat associated with the first record;

while the first user is at the venue, transmitting, using a messaging service to the electronic address, the expiration time, a seat identifier corresponding to the seat associated with the first record, the token, the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier, the user identifier, and the timestamp wherein the device identifier and the user identifier are encrypted using the first key, wherein the electronic address is accessible by a first device of the first user;

reading using an optical reader, from a display of the first device, the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier and the user identifier, wherein the device identifier and the user identifier are encrypted using the first key;

decrypting, using a second key, the encrypted device identifier and the user identifier; and

determining whether the decrypted device identifier and the user identifier correspond to that in the first record;

at least partly in response to determining that the decrypted device identifier and the user identifier correspond to that in the first record, transmitting a command causing an access granted indicator to be presented by a venue device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the decrypted device identifier and the user identifier correspond to that in the first record further comprises comparing a hash of the decrypted device identifier and the user identifier with a hash of a device identifier and a user identifier accessed from the first record.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier, the user identifier, and the timestamp further comprises error correction implemented using a Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem code.

4. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising determining, from the timestamp, whether the token has expired after the token has been read by the optical reader.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device comprises a mobile phone.

6. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

providing a credentials application for download to a second user device associated with a second user, the credentials application configured to generate a second token comprising a second computer readable optical code comprising a device identifier associated with the second device, a user identifier associated with the second user, and a timestamp;

reading using the optical reader, from a display of the second device, the second token comprising the second computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier associated with the second device, a user identifier associated with the second user, and the timestamp;

decrypting the encrypted device identifier associated with the second device and the user identifier associated with the second user;

determining whether the device identifier associated with the second device and the user identifier associated with the second user correspond to that in a second record;

at least partly in response to determining that the decrypted device identifier associated with the second device and the user identifier associated with the second user correspond to that in the first record, transmitting a command causing a second access granted indicator to be presented by the venue device.

7. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

determining an estimated traversal time from a first location at the venue to a second location at the venue;

wherein the timestamp is determined at least partly based on a current time and the estimated traversal time from the first location at the venue to the second location at the venue.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer system comprises a kiosk having a display and user input device configured to receive the electronic device directly from the user.

9. A system, the system comprising:

a computing device; and

non-transitory computer readable memory that stores instructions that when executed by the computing device cause the system to perform operations comprising:

receive from a user at a first venue of a first event, a request, for a one-use optical token;

receive an electronic address from the user at the first venue of the first event, the electronic address purported to be associated with an access right acquired remote from the first venue for the first event at the first venue;

perform a search of a data store for a record associated with the electronic address;

at least partly in response to identifying a first record associated with the electronic address, determine if the first record is associated with the access right for the first event;

at least partly in response to determining the first record is associated with the access right for the first event, generate a token comprising a computer readable optical code comprising a device identifier, a user identifier, and a timestamp;

determine an expiration time associated with the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier, the user identifier, and the timestamp, wherein the readable optical code does not include a ticket, a venue identifier, or an event identifier;

while the first user is at the venue, transmit, using a messaging service to the electronic address, the expiration time, a seat identifier corresponding to the seat associated with the first record, the token, the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier, the user identifier, and the timestamp;

read using an optical reader, from a display of the first device, the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier, the user identifier, and the timestamp;

determine whether the device identifier and the user identifier correspond to that in the first record;

at least partly in response to determining that the device identifier and the user identifier correspond to that in the first record, transmit a command causing an access granted indicator to be presented by a venue device.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein determining whether the device identifier and the user identifier correspond to that in the first record further comprises comparing a hash of the device identifier and the user identifier with a hash of a device identifier and a user identifier accessed from the first record.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier and the user identifier, further comprises error correction implemented using a Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem code.

12. The system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising determining, from the timestamp, whether the token has expired after the token has been read by the optical reader.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the first device comprises a mobile phone.

14. The system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

provide a credentials application for download to a second user device associated with a second user, the credentials application configured to generate a second token comprising a second computer readable optical code comprising a device identifier associated with the second device, a user identifier associated with the second user, and a timestamp;

read using the optical reader, from a display of the second device, the second token comprising the second computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier associated with the second device, a user identifier associated with the second user, and the timestamp;

determine whether the device identifier associated with the second device and the user identifier associated with the second user correspond to that in a second record;

at least partly in response to determining that the device identifier associated with the second device and the user identifier associated with the second user correspond to that in the first record, transmit a command causing a second access granted indicator to be presented by the venue device.

15. The system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

determine an estimated traversal time from a first location at the venue to a second location at the venue,

wherein the timestamp is determined at least partly based on a current time and the estimated traversal time from the first location at the venue to the second location at the venue.

16. Non-transitory computer readable memory that stores instructions that when executed by a computing system cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

receive from a user at a first venue of a first event, a request, for a one-use optical token;

receive an electronic address from the user at the first venue of the first event, the electronic address purported to be associated with an access right acquired remote from the first venue for the first event at the first venue;

perform a search of a data store for a record associated with the electronic address;

at least partly in response to identifying a first record associated with the electronic address, determine if the first record is associated with the access right for the first event;

at least partly in response to determining the first record is associated with the access right for the first event, generate a token comprising a computer readable optical code comprising a device identifier, a user identifier, and a timestamp;

while the first user is at the venue, transmit, using a messaging service to the electronic address, a seat identifier corresponding to the seat associated with the first record, the token, the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier, the user identifier, and the timestamp;

read using an optical reader, from a display of the first device, the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier, the user identifier, and the timestamp;

determine whether the device identifier and the user identifier correspond to that in the first record;

at least partly in response to determining that the device identifier and the user identifier correspond to that in the first record, transmit a command causing an access granted indicator to be presented by a venue device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable memory of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:

determine an expiration time associated with the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier, the user identifier, and the timestamp; and

transmit the expiration time to the electronic address.

18. The non-transitory computer readable memory of claim 16 , wherein determining whether the device identifier and the user identifier correspond to that in the first record further comprises comparing a hash of the device identifier and the user identifier with a hash of a device identifier and a user identifier accessed from the first record.

19. The non-transitory computer readable memory of claim 16 , wherein the token comprising the computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier and the user identifier, further comprises error correction implemented using a Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem code.

20. The non-transitory computer readable memory of claim 16 , the operations further comprising determining, from the timestamp, whether the token has expired after the token has been read by the optical reader.

21. The non-transitory computer readable memory of claim 16 , wherein the first device comprises a mobile phone.

22. The non-transitory computer readable memory of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:

provide a credentials application for download to a second user device associated with a second user, the credentials application configured to generate a second token comprising a second computer readable optical code comprising a device identifier associated with the second device, a user identifier associated with the second user, and a timestamp;

read using the optical reader, from a display of the second device, the second token comprising the second computer readable optical code comprising the device identifier associated with the second device, a user identifier associated with the second user, and the timestamp;

determine whether the device identifier associated with the second device and the user identifier associated with the second user correspond to that in a second record;

at least partly in response to determining that the device identifier associated with the second device and the user identifier associated with the second user correspond to that in the first record, transmit a command causing a second access granted indicator to be presented by the venue device.

23. The non-transitory computer readable memory of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:

determine an estimated traversal time from a first location at the venue to a second location at the venue, wherein the timestamp is determined at least partly based on a current time and the estimated traversal time from the first location at the venue to the second location at the venue.

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