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MBO TICKET M-BOOKING SYSTEM

RIDZWAN BIN ABDOL RAHMAN

UNNERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

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MBO TICKET M-BOOKING SYSTEM

RIDZWAN BIN ABDOL RAHMAN

This report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Computer Science (Software Development)

FACULTY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA 2009

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this project report entitled
MBO TICKETS M-BOOKING SYSTEM

is written by me and is my own effort and that no part has been plagiarized without citations.

STUDENT SUPERVISOR :

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Date: f 3 / 0 7 / 0 ~

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RAHMAN)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank to all that involve until this project have been completed. I appreciate with their advices, comments, suggestions and time that help me to finish my research. Special thanks to my supervisor Cik Siti Mastura binti Baharudin for her guidance and ideas until this project have been completed. For those individuals or persons that help me during the development for this project especially, assistant manager of MBO Cineplex Malacca, En. Jamalulail bin Jalaludin for giving assistant to complete this project successfhlly.

I would also like to thank my beloved parents and my friends who have been giving me support and motivation throughout my project.

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ABSTRACT

The domain of this project is about cinema tickets booking system. There are many problems exist during people to get the cinema tickets. So, the booking or reservation system can help people to get the cinema tickets easily. Nowadays, MBO Cineplex cannot provide the online booking system. Therefore, the others technique is propose for more helpful membership card of MBO Cinemas to book the tickets by using the mobile phone. So, with MBO Tickets mBooking System, users can book the cinema tickets at MBO Cinemas with more quick and easy at anytime and everywhere. After the research, it shows that mobile phone that is support WAP is very suitable for the creation of mobile booking cinema tickets because the mobile phone is used widely.

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ABSTRAK

Bidang kajian projek ini adalah berkenaan dengan sistem tempahan tiket wayang. Terdapat banyak masalah wujud semasa pengguna untuk mendapatkan tiket wayang. Jadi, sistem tempahan atau simpanan boleh membantu pengguna untuk mendapatkan tiket wayang dengan mudah. Pada masa sekarang, MBO Cineplex tidak menyediakan sistem tempahan dalam talian. Oleh yang demikian, suatu teknik lain dicadangkan bagi lebih membantu ahli kad pawagam MBO untuk menempah tiket dengan hanya mengunakan telefon bimbit. Jadi, dengan MBO Tickets mBooking System ini, pengguna boleh menempah tiket wayang di MBO dengan lebih cepat dan mudah pada bila-bila masa.dan dimana sahaja. Setelah kajian dibuat, ia menunjukkan bahawa telefon bimbit yang befungsi WAP adalah sangat sesuai untuk dijadikan sebagai tempahan tiket wayang kerana telefon bimbit digunakan meluas.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER

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DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT ABSTRAK TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF ABBREVIATONS LIST OF ATTACHMENTS vi X

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Project Background Problem Statements Objective Scope Project Significance Expected Output Conclusion

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CHAPTER I1

LITEMTURE REVIEW AND PROJECT METHODOLOGY 2.1 2.2 Introduction Facts and Findings (based on topic) 2.2.1 Domain 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.3 2.4 Existing System Technique

Project Methodology Project Requirements 2.4.1 2.4.3 Software Requirements Other Requirements 2.4.2 Hardware Requirements

2.5 2.6 CHAPTER I11

Project Schedule and Milestones Conclusion

ANALYSIS 3.1 3.2 3.3 Introduction Problem Analysis Requirement Analysis 3-3.1 Data Requirements 3.3.2 Functional Requirements 3.3.3 Non-functional Requirements 3.3.4 3.4 Others Requirements Conclusion

CHAPTER IV

DESIGN 4.1 4.2 Introduction High-Level Design 4.2.1 System Architecture 4.2.2 User Interface Design 4.2.3 Database Design

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Database Design

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4.3 4.4

Detailed Design

4.3.1 Software Design
Conclusion

CHAPTER V

IMPLEMENTATION
5.1 5.2 5.3
Introduction Software Development Environment Setup Software Configuration Management

5.3.1 Configuration Environment
Setup

5.3.2 Version Control Procedure 5.4 5.5
Implementation Status Conclusion

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TESTING
6.1 6.2
Introduction Test Plan

6.2.1 Test Organization 6.2.2 Test Environment 6.2.3 Test Schedule 6.3 6.4
Test Strategy

6.3.1 Classes of test
Test Design

6.4.1 Test Description 6.4.2 Test Data 6.5
Test Results and Analysis

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Conclusion

PROJECT CONCLUSION 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Observation on Weaknesses and Strengths

Propositions for Improvement Contribution Conclusion

REFERENCES APPENDICES

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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE

TITLE

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Data Dictionary Implementation Status

Specification of the Tested Devices
Result of Performance Testing

Unit Testing for Defines Types of Authentication Unit Testing for Defines Login Unit Testing for Defines Register Unit Testing for Defines Types of the Theater Unit Testing for Defines Seat, Value of Card and Cost of Tickets (Calculate of Ticket and Value of Card) Unit Testing 1- Authentication Unit Testing 2 - Login Unit Testing 3 - Register Unit Testing 4 - Selected Theater Unit Testing 5 - Display Seats, Calculate Cost of Ticket and Value of Card

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LIST OF FIGURES

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Movie Tickets - Cathay Cineplexes

Cathay Cineplexes Singapore Online Ticketing TGV Cinemas E-Ticketing
M-Cinema Gantt Chart

Context Diagram Manual Methods MBO Cinemas DFD Manual Methods MBO Cinemas

ERD Of MBO Tickets mBooking (shows)
ERD Of MBO Tickets mBooking (booking list) Context Diagram MBO Tickets mBooking DFD Level 0 MBO Tickets mBooking DFD Level 1- Authentication DFD Level 1- Search MBO Tickets mBooking Process Flow Chart Components View Of The Architecture MBO Tickets mBooking Context Diagram MBO Tickets mBooking DFD Level 0 MBO Tickets mBooking DFD Level 1- Authentication DFD Level 1- Search DFD Level 2 - Login DFD Level 2 - Register DFD Level 2 - Theater DFD Level 2 - Date

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DFD Level 2 - Movie DFD Level 2 - Showtime DFD Level 2 - No. Seats(a) DFD Level 2 - No. Seats(b) Login Page Register Page - Agreements Register Page - Registering Information Registration Success Page Login Successful Page Login Fail Page Main Menu Page - Select Theater Select Date Page Select Movie Page Select Showtime Page Set Number of Seats Page Confirmation Page Booking ID Page ER Model Of MBO Tickets mBooking System ER Model Of MBO Tickets mBooking System (Theater-showMelaka) ER Model Of MBO Tickets mBooking System (Theater-showAmpang) ER Model Of MBO Tickets mBooking System (Theater-showBPahat) ER Model Of MBO Tickets mBooking System (Theater-showKluang) ER Model Of MBO Tickets mBooking System (Theater-showseremban) Sample Screen - Authentication Sample Screen - Login Sample Screen - Login Successful

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Sample Screen - Login Fail Sample Screen - Register Sample Screen - Registering Information Sample Screen - Warning Form Not Complete Sample Screen - Warning Password and Confirm Password Not Same Sample Screen - Warning Username Exist Sample Screen - Registration Success Sample Screen - Theater Sample Screen - Date Sample Screen - Movie Sample Screen - Showtime Sample Screen - No. Seats Sample Screen - Confirmation Sample Screen - Generate Booking ID WAP Programming Model Example WAP Network WAP Architecture Unit Testing 1- Path Covering Technique for Define Types of Authentication Unit Testing 2 - Path Covering Technique for Define Login Unit Testing 3 - Path Covering Technique for Define Register Unit Testing 4 - Path Covering Technique for Defme Types of the Theater Unit Testing 5 - Path Covering Technique for Define Seat, Value of Card and Cost of Tickets (Calculate of Ticket and Value of Card)

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LIST OF ABBREVIATONS

2G 3G ASPX CDMA DFD DSDM EDGE ERD GPRS GSM HSDPA HTML ITU PDA PHP QVGA SSADM TDMA UMTS WAP WEB

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Second Generation Wireless Third Generation Wireless ASP.NET Code division multiple access Data Flow Diagram Dynamic Systems Development Method Enhanced Data GSM Environment Entity-Relationship Diagrams General packet radio service Global System for Mobile communications High-Speed Downlink Packet Access Hypertext Mark-up Language International Telecommunications Union Personal Digital Assistant Entity-Relationship Diagrams Quarter Video Graphics Array Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method Time division multiple access Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service Wireless Application Protocol World Wide Web Wireless Markup Language Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 Extensible HyperText Markup Language Extensible Markup Language

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LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

ATTACHMENT
User Manual

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INTRODUCTION

1.1 Project Background

Nowadays, there are more than 50 million mobile handsets that are WAP enabled. All mobile handsets start have been WAP enabled since of 2001. It is also that there are be 1 billion handsets in the world by 2003 and 2004. Key players in Mobile Internet market support WAP. These include the Network Operators, Hardware Manufacturers, and Software Application Developers. All the major handset manufacturers are committed to WAP and will support multiple technologies including WAP, GPRS and Bluetooth. Network operators are behind WAP and their support is clearly demonstrated by the deployment of WAP world-wide. There are more than 200 Operators that have WAP applications and services available to their customers. This is a huge investment in infrastructure, equipment and software applications and services. Thousands of software application developers have been behind WAP and have created the applications and services for WAP. This commitment to WAP is clearly shown by the many thousands of WAP sites available in the world today. Therefore, this project are using WAP in the development of mobile Booking (mBooking) cinema tickets. For this project, the system is developing for cinemas. Its mean, this system is for facilitate the related works about booking the movie tickets. In this context, this system is for MBO Cinemas. Now, this online tickets booking system using mobile phone never

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exists for MBO Cinemas. So, with this system, public users can book the cinema tickets at MBO Cinemas with more quick and easy at anytime and everywhere.

1.2 Problem Statements

Nowadays, many people go to the cinema to watching movies. Sometime there were some problems to get the tickets film. Long time queue when buy the tickets People are always be face with long time queue when buy the tickets. So with this system, users ease for booking the cinema tickets with more quick and easy without long time queue in counter. Movies ticket sold out Sometimes the movies tickets sold out and people cannot to watch their favorite movies on time. With this system, users can ease for booking or reserved the cinema tickets. Waste time to get the tickets People sometimes waste their time because they must go to the cinemas early to get the tickets. With this system, users ease for booking the cinema tickets at anytime and everywhere using their WAP mobile phone. Online tickets booking system never exists for MBO Cinemas. Nowadays, MBO Cinemas not provide the online tickets booking system and people need to go to the cinema for buy the tickets before the shows start.

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1.3 Objective The are several objective of this project. To propose online ticket booking system for MBO Cinemas. This system will be develop because of online tickets booking system never exists for MBO Cinemas. So, if this system exist, it can help to make user ease when to reserve and booking the tickets. To enhance online ticket booking system using mobile phone and WAP technology. Nowadays, are also many people use mobile handsets and there are more than

50 million mobile handsets that are WAP enabled. Therefore, this project are using WAP in the development of mobile Booking (mBooking) cinema tickets. Beside that, the usage of mobile phones is widespread and more extensive than personal computers or laptops. So, people can access the mBooking cinema tickets at anytime and everywhere using their WAP mobile handsets. So, the ease of use, mobility and personalization aspects of mobile devices makes it an ideal medium for this next step in booking cinema tickets.

1.4 Scope This system is being developed to help the target users (people and public users) to booking the movie tickets using the mobile phone with more quick and easy before they go to the MBO Cinema. For this project, the target users is specific for member of MBO Cinemas Membership Card. It is because, a card's holder will have a card. The card is based on a prepaid concept. An amount of money is stored in the card and it can be reloaded. So, every members can booking the movie tickets by WAP mobile phone and use the card values as a payment. Others, this system is specific for users that have mobile phone that support WAP technologies. There are many type and brand of mobile phone that support WAP technologies. An example of mobile phone brand is Nokia,

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Sony Ericsson and Motorola. For Nokia mobile phone that support WAP technologies such as 3100, 2600 Classic, 3110 Classic, 3500 Classic, 5000, 7110, 7610 and many more. For Sony Ericsson mobile phone that support WAP technologies such as J220i, K320i, K550i, K750i, K660i and many more. Then for Motorola mobile phone that support WAP technologies such as Moto-RAZR, Moto-KRZR, Moto C261, E398 and many more.

1.5 Project Significance

The significance of this project are to the people that frequently watch movies in cinemas. They will get the tickets before to allow watching the movies. So, with this project, it will give benefits to users with make the users booking the movie tickets with more quick and easy without long time queue in counter. So, with this project, it will ease the users for booking the cinema tickets at anytime and everywhere using their WAP mobile phone before the movies showing.

1.6 Expected Output
The expected output from this project are be able to enhance the method for online movies tickets to WAP mobile phone. Then, it make sure users ease for booking the cinema tickets at anytime and everywhere using their WAP mobile phone. Besides, this system will help facilitate users to get cinema tickets with quick and easy without long time queue in counter.

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1.7 Conclusion In conclusion, mobile handsets that are support WAP is suitable for the creation of mobile booking cinema tickets. It is because, nowadays, many people use mobile handsets and there are more than 50 million mobile handsets that are WAP enabled. The next chapter will be continuing with literature review and project methodology.

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LITERATURE REVIEW AND PROJECT METHODOLOGY

2.1 Introduction
This chapter is discussing about literature review and project methodology that related with online tickets booking systems on WEB and mobile WAP. The online booking is not online used in education field but also used in corporate, tourism, cinemas, airline, hotel and others. Online tickets booking system is an online system that manages booking or reserve the tickets for the some company. For example online movie tickets system is provide by the cinemas company to public user for booking and reserve the movie tickets. Then, online movie tickets system on mobile is system that running with use mobile WAP.

2.2 Facts and Findings (based on topic)

2.2.1 Domain
Referred to Oxford Dictionary (1997), the definition of booking is (an instances of) reserving seats, rooms, places (in a theater, restaurant, train, hotel). Besides, the

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definition of booking is referred to employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time or the act of reserving such as a place or passage or engaging the services of a person or group. This means that online booking is to make an arrangement for a reservation through online. Online booking system can also be known as online reservation system. Then, online tickets booking system be related to booking and reservation the tickets. Referred to NetMedia Business Solutions (2003), online booking system is making online, real time, internet bookings for such things as flights, hotel rooms or even theater tickets is not new. Indeed it is now very much expected of any airline, hotel or theater. Organizations in these markets, such as golf clubs and hotels, have benefited hugely from allowing their customers to book online, not just in terms of increased sales opportunities but also in terms of radically improved.

2.2.2

Existing System
There are currently a number of different websites offering online movie tickets

sales. Some of the most well known are: Movie Tickets Cathay Cineplexes ( www.cathavcineplexes.com.my ), Figure 1.[1] Cathay Cineplexes Singapore Online Ticketing

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(tickets.cathay.com.sg//index.aspx Figure 2.[2] ),
TGV Cinemas E-Ticketing(www.tav.com.m~),Figure 3.[3] Each of the site offers a very similar service to their customers. The sites each have a different way of navigating and searching the site. The Cathay Cineplexes Web site home page requires the user to select cinema, movie, times, seats selection, confirmation and make payment. Each of the website are used HTML and ASPX language. In developing an interface of the web site, Adobe Drearnweaver has been used. Adobe Dreamweaver is software that has been used to create interface data. Adobe Dreamweaver provides the productivity of a visual web page layout tool, the control of an HTML text editor, and support for Dynamic HTML in one professional, easy-to-use package. Drearnweaver

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