Objective: This project is aimed at developing an online ticket reservation syst

em for a Cinema Hall. The Ticket Reservation System is an Internet based applica
ti on that can be accessed throughout the Net and can be accessed by anyone who
has a net connection. This application will automate the reservation of tickets.
This online ticket reservation system provides a website for a cinema hal l whe
re any user of internet can access it. This Existing system: The existing system
has two ways of booking tickets for a movie : One is to book tickets at the tic
ket counter of respective cinema hall and the o ther one is through phone called
as Tele booking . Former is one of the hectic proc esses where one should stand
in long queues for hours. Tele booking was introdu ced keeping in view the user
s comfort while booking tickets. Proposed system: The proposed system is a web
based application where one can buy tickets with ju st one click go. An internet
user can buy tickets at any time of day or night. H e will be guided with all t
he necessary steps to book tickets and collect ticket s at the ticket counter in
the website. Also in the proposed system, customers can cancel seats at a suita
ble time (2 days before the show to 1hour before the show). If the customer wish
es t o cancel his tickets he will be given a confirmation details regarding his
cance llations. As the customer buys tickets online through his credit card, on
cancel lation of tickets the refunded amount (30% of the amount will be charged
for ser vice charges) will be added back to his credit card account. To enhance
the ref und function, all the customers have to register and become a member bef
ore buyi ng tickets so that he faces no problem while accessing the website. Mod
ules: The system is proposed to have the following modules: 1. (a) Authenticatio
n (b) Staff Administrator 2. Member and Visitor 3. Staff 1 (a) AUTHENTICATION: A
uthentication is provided to three types of users that approaches the system. Th
ey are the visitor, member and then the staff. The visi tor is one who visits th
e website for general awareness of the site or to look i nto the details of the
movie that are currently running with the theatre. If at all he is interested to
reserve tickets for any of the movies currently running in the theatre then he
has to be a registered member to that website. Required A uthentication is provi
ded to him to get successfully registered with the system. An unique Id is provi
ded to each of the customers to get registered into the sy stem. The member is o
ne who is a valid user of the system. The authentication is provided to him whil
e he logging into the system, i.e. he is

checked for entering the valid UserId and Password. The third phase of authentic
ation provided is to staff w hile they login into the system. The authentication
provided to staff is require d, in order that only a valid staff with unique Id
and Password logs into the sy stem. 1. (b) STAFF ADMINISTRATOR: Staff administr
ator is one who has the whole control on the staff. He is the sole responsible o
f the system that accesses the system. S taff is required in order to make neces
sary updates with the movie database. Sta ff administrator is responsible for ad
ding and deleting the staff that access th e system. He provides each of the sta
ff a unique id and password with which the staff logs into the system. Also he k
eep the stuff of personal details of each o f the staff members into the databas
e which he can retrieve then and there requi red. 2. MEMBER: Any user who has re
gistered with the system and has a va lid user Id and password is said to be a m
ember. The member can avail all the fa cilities provided by the system through t
he credit card at their comfort. The fa cilities that can be availed by the user
include booking and cancellation of mov ie tickets. With the User Id the member
can login into the system. With the GUI used in the system the member can easil
y access any kind of information related to the currently running movies and the
upcoming movies in the theatre. The module is developed in such a way that the
member ha s a home page where he can see all the movie related advertisements an
d clicking on them the movie description will be provided. This also gives the i
nformation regarding the currently running movies and the upcoming movies in all
the scree ns 2 days in prior. The member is also given with options like View p
rofile-Gives details with which he has registered into the system Update profile
-Helps in changing the personal details if required Change Password- Member can
have the opportunity to change his password.
Transaction details-Gives information regarding the previously booked ti ckets i
n the theatre for all the movies viewed with that user Id Booking-Which gives an
opportunity to book movie tickets 2 days before t he show time and the tickets
can be booked for any current movie showing in any of the available screens (The
booking process is exclusively done using credit c ard only), where after booki
ng the tickets a booking Id and the confirmation mes sage are given to the membe
r. This he has to produce at the ticket counter in or der to collect tickets whi
ch he has booked online. Cancellation-The booked ticket(s) can be cancelled 2 ho
urs prior to the show timings only on producing the correct booking Id. 70% of t
he total amount w ill be credited back into the account provided by the member w
here as 30% will b e deducted on behalf of service charges.. FAQ s-This section
helps in guiding the member all through his way right f rom viewing the movie de
tails, registration process, theatre details including t he rules and regulation
s, booking and cancellation processes. 3. STAFF:

The details about the presently running movies & the upcoming movies are provide
d by the staff .The staff has a provision to view the present details & has eve
r y right of making changes as and when required. The home page of this web base
d system has two buttons: Member Staff
After the staff logs in with his/her valid ID & password, the following faciliti
es are provided: Settings View Movie Details Update Movie Details View Movie De
scription Update Movie Description Logout
If the staff wishes to view his profile, update his profile or change his passwo
rd, then he can perform these actions by clicking on the Settings button. The d
escription of the movie like the screen number in which it is running , act ors
,music director & the director can be viewed by just clicking on View Movie Desc
ription. The Movie Description can be changed in Update Movie Descrip tion .The
updates must be very fast as it facilitates both the customer & the st aff. Afte
r performing the required activities, the staff can logout. Software: Operating
System Technology Web Technologies Web Server Database Hardware: Processor RAM :
minimum Pentium IV : minimum 256 MB : Windows : Java and J2EE : Html, JavaScrip
t, CSS : Tomcat 5.5 : Oracle 9i