User:HugoBeunder/sandbox

There seems not be a general accepted clear definiton of the word mobile-ticketing. The word Ticket is used widely but in mobile ticketing it normally refers to tickets for entrance as used by a.o. transport like airlines, trains and busses and for cinema's, theaters, musea, stadiums and all kinds of events. In theory however the technique can be used for all kind of purchases. One could buy e.g. a gift-ticket for a specific book online and send it to a friend who can then go the bookshop and get the book showing the ticket at the scanning device in the bookshop. Language is fluid so the meaning can become broader but as for now mobile ticketing seems restricted almost completely for ticketing as mentioned above.

A tentative definition for mobile ticket then could be: A mobile ticket is a ticket that is received by a mobile phone through the SIM card or UICC and stored in the phone and is encrypted or otherwise has some digital signature such that tickets can not be counterfeited and such that only the legitimate access system can verify the ticket.