PAYER DEVICE THAT CHANGES PHYSICAL STATE BASED ON PAYER INFORMATION

• US 20140304150A1
• Filed: 06/18/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nuzzi, Frank Anthony, Sowder, James Brett
• Application Number:
  US14/308,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20140304150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

A method for providing payer information on a payer device includes providing a payer device that includes at least one physical state change component moveably coupled to the payer device. Payer information is received over a network. The payer information is then determined to be associated with a physical state change instruction in a non-transitory, machine-readable medium of the payer device. The at least one physical state change component is then actuated according to the physical state change instruction to provide the payer information to a payer by changing the physical state of the payer device.

Claims

1. A user device information provisioning system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing at least one access credential;

one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory and operable to read instructions from the memory to perform the steps of;

detecting the movement of a plurality of physical state change components that are moveably coupled to a user device, wherein at least one of the plurality of physical state change components is coupled to a different surface of the user device than at least one other of the plurality of physical state change components;

determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to the at least one access credential that is stored in the non-transitory memory; and

providing access to at least one subsystem through the user device in response to determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components corresponds to the access credential.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to the at least one access credential includes determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to a predefined sequence of movements that correspond to the at least one access credential.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to the at least one access credential includes determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to a predefined configuration of the user device that corresponds to the at least one access credential.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the movement of the plurality of physical state change components is detected in response to respective forces being applied to each of the plurality of physical state change components.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the providing access to the at least one subsystem through the user device includes at least one of providing access to the user device and providing access to an account through the user device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the detecting the movement of the plurality of physical state change components includes at least one of detecting the rotation of a physical state change component and detecting the removal of a physical state change component from the user device.

7. A method for providing information to a user device, comprising:

detecting, by a user device, the movement of a plurality of physical state change components that are moveably coupled to the user device, wherein at least one of the plurality of physical state change components is coupled to a different surface of the user device than at least one other of the plurality of physical state change components;

determining, by the user device, that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to an access credential that is stored in a non-transitory memory in the user device; and

providing, by the user device, access to at least one subsystem through the user device in response to determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components corresponds to the access credential.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to the access credential includes determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to a predefined sequence of movements that correspond to the access credential.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to the access credential includes determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to a predefined configuration of the user device that corresponds to the access credential.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to the access credential includes determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to a plurality of different predefined configurations of the user device that corresponds to the access credential.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the movement of the plurality of physical state change components is detected in response to at least one first force being applied to a first physical state change component, and at least one second force being applied to a second physical state change component.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the providing access to the at least one subsystem through the user device includes providing access to the user device.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the providing access to the at least one subsystem through the user device includes providing access to a payment account through the user device, and the method further comprises:

authorizing a payment using the payment account.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, in response to execution by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:

detecting the movement of a plurality of physical state change components that are moveably coupled to a user device, wherein at least one of the plurality of physical state change components is coupled to a different surface of the user device than at least one other of the plurality of physical state change components;

determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to an access credential that is stored in a non-transitory memory in the user device; and

providing access to at least one subsystem through the user device in response to determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components corresponds to the access credential.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to the access credential includes determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to a predefined sequence of movements that correspond to the access credential.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components correspond to the access credential includes determining that the movement of the plurality of physical state change components has resulted in a predefined shape of the user device that corresponds to the access credential.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the movement of the plurality of physical state change components is detected in response to respective forces being applied to each of the plurality of physical state change components.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the providing access to the at least one subsystem through the user device includes at least one of providing access to the user device and providing access to an account through the user device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the detecting the movement of the plurality of physical state change components includes detecting the rotation of a physical state change component.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the detecting the movement of the plurality of physical state change components includes detecting the removal of a physical state change component from the user device.