A central information processing system and method that issues receipts or
tickets that can be securely validated at points of redemption. The
method and system couple a client system with a server system and also
couple at least one Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) reader to the
client system. The method and system read at least one identifier from a
sheet with a RFID tag embedded therein with the RFID reader. The method
and system also send the at least one identifier from the client system
to the server system and receive from the server system at least one
receipt image for printing on the paper with the RFID tag embedded
therein. The method and system also print, at the client system, a
receipt containing ticket information received from the server system.
The server system further accepts at least one identifier that was read
from a Radio Frequency Identification tag that was read from a sheet at
the client system, records the at least one identifier, sends to the
client system, in response to the accepting, at least one receipt image.
Validation of the receipt or ticket includes reading, at a point of
delivery, the at least one identifier from the Radio Frequency
Identification tag and providing, in response to reading the at least one
identifier, at least one of a good and a service.