A METHOD OF PURCHASING A TICKET FOR A JOURNEY ON TRANSPORTATION MEANS.

摘要

A method of purchasing, paying for and validating a journey on a transportation means, wherein the traveler books the journey or journeys via a mobile telephone, on the Internet or at a booking terminal or the like belonging to a travel agency. The method is characterized by a first step in which an account K that can be billed and a number, such as a mobile telephone number A or a telephone number of a land based telephone network, or an IP address or the like, are stored in a superordinate data system (1) that includes a database (2). The parameters K and A are stored in said database (2). An identification unit (3; 4) that includes an identification number R is transferred to the traveler and is caused to to be stored in the said data base (2) coupled to the parameters K and A. In a second step the traveller purchases a journey L by connecting his phone to the data system (1), in which L is stored in said database (2) coupled to the stored identification number R. In a third step a validation unit (5) is caused to read the identification number R of the identification unit (3; 4). In a fourth step there is carried out in a database (8) a check to ascertain that a journey L tied to the identification number R has been purchased. In a fifth step a signalling device (12) is caused to indicate whether or not a journey L has been bought; wherein the second, third, fourth a fifth steps are repeated in respect of additional journeys.