Method for preventing the misuse of electronic access permissions, which can be managed in mobile electronic devices using a wallet application and which are transmitted to the mobile electronic devices by a server, in each case using a link for downloading the access permission

Abstract

A method for preventing misuse of electronic access permissions, managed in mobile electronic devices using a wallet application and transmitted by a server. A link is purchased from the server ( 2 ), during which a password or authentication data and a mobile electronic device, are specified via the link. When activating the link, a unique ID of the first mobile electronic device ( 3 ), which is associated with an ID of the purchased access permission, is transmitted to the server ( 2 ). The electronic access permission is only transferable from the first mobile electronic device ( 3 ) to another mobile electronic device ( 4 ) after the password is first entered with the server ( 2 ). Upon successful transfer, in the server ( 2 ) the access permission ID is now associated with the ID of the other mobile electronic device ( 4 ) and the access permission stored on the first mobile electronic device ( 3 ) is marked as invalid.

1 . A method for preventing misuse of electronic access permissions, which can be managed in mobile electronic devices using a wallet application and which are transmitted to the mobile electronic devices by a server, in each case using a link for downloading the access permission, the method comprising:
 purchasing an electronic access permission by an interaction with a server ( 2 ),   specifying, during the purchase of the electronic access permission by a purchaser ( 1 ), a password or authentication data and a mobile electronic device, to which the electronic access permission is transmitted by the server ( 1 ) via a link for downloading the access permission,   when activating the link for downloading the purchased access permission, transmitting a unique ID of the mobile electronic device ( 3 ) to the server ( 2 ), which is associated with an ID of the purchased access permission,   only transferring the electronic access permission from the mobile electronic device ( 3 ) to another mobile electronic device ( 4 ) after the password specified by the purchaser of the access permission or the authentication data specified by the purchaser of the access permission is first entered by means of an interaction with the server ( 2 ), and   upon successful transfer, associating the access permission ID with the ID of the other mobile electronic device ( 4 ) in the server ( 2 ) and marking the access permission, stored on the first mobile electronic device ( 3 ), via the server ( 2 ) as invalid.   
     
     
         2 . A method for preventing misuse of electronic access permissions, which can be managed in mobile electronic devices using a wallet application and which are transmitted to the mobile electronic devices by a server, in each case using a link for downloading the access permission, according to  claim 1 , further comprising, after transferring the link for downloading the access permission to the mobile electronic device ( 3 ), a wallet application which is installed on the mobile device ( 3 ) activates the link and in order to download the acquired access permission, transmits a unique ID of the mobile electronic device to the server ( 2 ),
 verifying in the server ( 2 ) whether an ID of the acquired access permission is associated with the transmitted unique ID of the mobile electronic device ( 3 ),   if this is not the case, associating the access permission ID and the unique ID of the mobile electronic device ( 3 ) with each other and the electronic access permission is then downloaded, and   if an electronic access is to be transmitted from one mobile electronic device ( 3 ) to another mobile electronic device ( 4 ), after initiation of the process by an owner of the mobile electronic device ( 3 ) with whose unique ID the access permission ID is associated, the wallet application of the mobile electronic device ( 3 ), with whose unique ID the access permission ID is associated, transmitting a link for downloading the access permission to the other mobile electronic device ( 4 ),   the wallet application of the other mobile electronic device ( 4 ) activating the link and transmitting a unique ID of the other mobile electronic device ( 4 ) to the server ( 2 ), whereupon a check is made in the server ( 2 ) as to whether an association exists between the ID of the access permission to be transferred with a unique ID of another mobile electronic device,   if this is the case, sending a link by the server ( 2 ) to the other mobile electronic device ( 4 ), the execution of which link by the wallet application leads to an input screen for either the password specified by the purchaser of the access permission or for the authentication data specified by the purchaser of the access permission,   if the password is valid or the authentication data are valid, associating the access permission ID with the ID of the other mobile electronic device ( 4 ) in the server ( 2 ) and downloading the electronic access permission to the other mobile electronic device ( 4 ).   
     
     
         3 . A method for preventing misuse of electronic access permissions, which can be managed in mobile electronic devices using a wallet application, and which are transmitted to the mobile electronic devices by a server, in each case using a link for downloading the access permission, according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 if an access permission is to be transferred from one mobile electronic device ( 3 ) to another mobile electronic device ( 4 ), so that the access permission ID has already been associated with a unique ID of a mobile electronic device ( 3 ), then on a basis of a number of a completed associations between the access permission ID and unique IDs of mobile electronic devices, verifying how often the access permission has already been transferred, and   if the number of completed transfers has reached a predefined threshold value, preventing further transfer.