A ticketing system and methods that encompass a plurality of entities, such as an event organizer, admission center, service providers and a visitor population, so as to automatically compile, issue, utilize and process ticketing cards for the admission to sporting events and other leisure & entertainment events. The portable, ticketing cards are realized by handheld devices, such as smart credit and/or debit card technology or pocket-size computers, and have the ability to store in the card a computerized ticket template. The cards can also store electronic credit points, or deduct from the card a monetary value or award points previously loaded into the card. Biometrics identification of cardholders, as well as cryptographic certification of card data and database information, can optionally be encoded into the cards, and can be verified and validated at various point-of-service locations upon presentation of the card for admission and for other services.

Electronic ticketing system and methods utilizing multi-service visitor cards

A system that realizes an electronic commerce with an excellent level of safety and convenience. An electronic wallet (100) receives, through radio communications, installing of electronic tickets, electronic prepaid cards and electronic phonecards from a service providing means (110) of electronic commerce. By using these cards and tickets, the user receives goods, services and necessary permissions therefor from a supplier of goods and services. At this time, the user settles accounts by communicating with the terminals of the suppliers (101, 102, 103, 104, 105). The data for the account settling is sent from a supplier to the service providing means, where it is managed. Individual cards have, in addition to the portion to be shown to the supplier, a program portion for supporting transactions specific to the type of the card and a certificate portion indicating that the card has been registered for use. This system facilitates the acquisition of cards regardless of their locations and assures quick and accurate account settling.

Mobile electronic commerce system

A standalone notification system, including a notification server which generates electronic messages for alerting customers of potentially fraudulent activity on one or more of their financial accounts. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, the notification system may be used to forward transaction code(s) to customers for verification of a request for high risk transaction(s) with respect to a customer's financial account. The transaction code is generated in response to a high risk transaction request and sent to through an identified customer notification means, e.g., e-mail, short message service (“SMS”), facsimile, mobile phone, telephone, etc. The customer must enter the transaction code within a predetermined amount of time in order to verify the high-risk transaction request.

Method and system for notifying customers of transaction opportunities

The present invention comprises a power transmission system, an IC card, and an information communication system using an IC card. In the power transmission system, power is transmitted by radio from the power transmission device to the IC card. In the IC card, the transmitted induced power is converted into a DC voltage, the transmitted induced power or a voltage corresponding to the induced power is detected, and a desired DC voltage to be suppled to the internal circuit is obtained in controlling resistance the detected induced power or the voltage corresponding to the induced power.

Power transmission system, IC card and information communication system using IC card

There are disposed two homogenizers for controlling an irradiation energy density in the longitudinal direction of a laser light transformed into a linear one which is inputtted into the surface to be irradiated. Also, there is disposed one homogenizer for controlling an irradiation energy density in a width direction of the linear laser light. According to this, the uniformity of laser annealing can be improved by the minimum number of homogenizers.

Laser irradiation apparatus

A system comprises an electronic ticket vending and refunding device (1) retained by a ticket publisher, a terminal device (3) having a data input device (19), a data display device (18), and a data transmission and reception device, etc. which are operated by a purchaser, and en electronic ticket storage device retained by the purchaser, and the vending and refunding device and the terminal device are connected by a communication line such as a telephone line, and the storage device and the terminal device can be connected in contact or non-contact, and transmission and reception of data between the vending and refunding device and the storage device are executed by electronic money and an electronic ticket which are electronically signed, and a trouble of sending and receiving of an electronic ticket and electronic money is prevented by recording the transaction history as required.

Electronic ticket vending system and method thereof

An electronic-money collecting system is capable of returning a lost IC card used as an ‘electronic purse’ to the owner of the lost IC card or an institution issuing the lost IC card with a high degree of efficiency without imposing a burden on the lost-IC-card finder or the institution issuing the IC card. When a lost IC card in which money data representing the amount of electronic money stored on the card is found, the found IC card is inserted into a terminal installed at places, such as a banking organization or a public institution. At that time, information read out from the IC card is transmitted to a center by way of a communication line. At the center, a storage unit is searched for information on the legitimate owner of the IC card. owner. The owner of the lost IC card is then notified.

Electronic-money rewarding system for lost and found IC card

Ion beams drawn out of a plurality of ion beam sources (1-4) or neutralized beams derived therefrom are projected to a plurality of targets (5-8), and sputtered particles discharged from the targets are directed to a substrate (10). The composition of sputtered particles is measured in the vicinity to the substrate. The measured composition is compared with the predetermined reference value and the composition of sputtered particles is controlled based on the result of measurement. Sputtered particles having a controlled composition distribution are deposited on the substrate thereby to form a multiple-element thin film.

Method and apparatus for forming a multiple-element thin film based on ion beam sputtering

A sample is located so as to be close to a prism and a light beam coming from a light source is projected to the prism while varying the incident angle to the prism as a parameter. The incident light beam to the prism is propagated therein and light emerging from the bottom surface of the prism, which is in contact with the sample, is projected to the sample. At the same time the intensity of light reflected by the bottom surface of the prism is measured. Optical constants such as the refractive index, the film thickness, the distribution of the refractive index, etc. are obtained by calculation, starting from measured values thus obtained.

Method and apparatus for measuring optical constants of a thin film as well as method and apparatus for fabricating a thin film utilizing same

A fluid pressure reducing device having a core provided with a peripheral spiral groove and a pipe receiving the core. The portion of the pipe receiving the core is radially contracted so that the ridges of the spiral groove of the core intrude into the inner peripheral surface of the pipe, thereby to form a spiral passage between the pipe and the core. The pressure of a fluid is reduced as the latter flows through the spiral passage. This fluid pressure reducing device is easy to produce and permits an easy fine adjustment of the flow resistance.

Asao Hiroshi

Papers

Electronic ticket vending system and method thereof

Electronic-money rewarding system for lost and found IC card

Method and apparatus for forming a multiple-element thin film based on ion beam sputtering

Method and apparatus for measuring optical constants of a thin film as well as method and apparatus for fabricating a thin film utilizing same

Method of producing a fluid pressure reducing device