USER INTERFACE FOR ADJUSTING A PROPERTY BASED ON A CHANGE IN ORIENTATION

• US 20170330169A1
• Filed: 11/24/2015
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Eronen, Antti, Leppnen, Jussi, Lehtiniemi, Arto, Vilermo, Miikka
• Application Number:
  US15/527,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20170330169A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3226 Use of secure elements separate from M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications

Abstract

A method, computer program and apparatus are provided. The method comprises: determining a transaction to be performed, at least in part, by an apparatus; detecting a change in orientation of the apparatus; and adjusting a property of the transaction based on the detected change in orientation of the apparatus.

Claims

1-29. -29. (canceled)

30. A method comprising:

determining a transaction to be performed, at least in part, by an apparatus;

detecting a change in orientation of the apparatus; and

adjusting a property of the transaction based on the detected change in orientation of the apparatus.

31. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the property is adjusted after detecting that the detected change in orientation exceeds a threshold value.

32. The method as claimed in claim 31, further comprising:

ceasing to adjust the property of the transaction in response to detecting that the change in orientation no longer exceeds the threshold value.

33. The method as claimed in claim 32, wherein the property is adjusted gradually, over a period of time, while the detected change in orientation continues to exceed a threshold value.

34. The method as claimed in claim 33, wherein an amount by which the property is adjusted depends, at least in part, upon a length of a time period over which the detected change in orientation exceeds the threshold value.

35. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein an amount by which the property is adjusted depends upon a magnitude of the detected change in orientation of the apparatus.

36. The method as claimed in claim 35, wherein the transaction is gradually adjusted synchronously with a gradual change in orientation of the apparatus.

37. The method as claimed in claim 30 further comprising:

preventing the property of the transaction from being adjusted by more than a maximum value.

38. The method as claimed in claim 37, wherein the maximum value is determined based upon the value of the property before the property is adjusted.

39. The method as claimed in claim 30 further comprising:

authorizing the transaction, at least in part, when the apparatus is in a first orientation prior to detecting the change in orientation of the apparatus, wherein the detected change in orientation is measured from the first orientation.

40. The method as claimed in claim 30 further comprising:

authorizing the transaction, at least in part, after the property of the transaction has been adjusted.

41. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein the property of the transaction is a monetary value of the transaction.

42. The method as claimed in claim 41, wherein the transaction is varied to add a tip.

43. The method as claimed in claim 30 further comprising:

determining a transaction to be performed jointly by a first apparatus and a second apparatus, at least in part, by the first apparatus;

detecting a change in orientation of the first apparatus; and

adjusting a property of the transaction in the first apparatus and the second apparatus based on the detected change in orientation of the first apparatus.

44. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine a transaction to be performed, at least in part, by the apparatus;

detect a change in orientation of the apparatus; and

adjust a property of the transaction based on the detected change in orientation of the apparatus.

45. The apparatus as claimed in claim 44, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to adjust the property after detecting that the detected change in orientation exceeds a threshold value.

46. The apparatus as claimed in claim 45, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to cease to adjust the property of the transaction in response to detecting that the change in orientation no longer exceeds the threshold value.

47. The apparatus as claimed in claim 46, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to adjust the property gradually, over a period of time, while the detected change in orientation continues to exceed a threshold value.

48. The apparatus as claimed in claim 47, wherein the memory and computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to adjust the property by an amount, wherein the amount depends, at least in part, upon a length of a time period over which the detected change in orientation exceeds the threshold value.

49. The apparatus as claimed in claim 44, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to adjust the property by an amount, the amount depends upon a magnitude of the detected change in orientation of the apparatus.

50. The apparatus as claimed in claim 49, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to adjust the transaction gradually synchronous with a gradual change in orientation of the apparatus.

51. The apparatus as claimed in claim 44, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to further prevent the property of the transaction from being adjusted by more than a maximum value.

52. The apparatus as claimed in claim 51, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to prevent the property of the transaction from being adjusted by more than the maximum value, wherein the maximum value is determined based upon the value of the property before the property is adjusted.

53. The apparatus as claimed in claim 44, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to further authorize the transaction, at least in part, when the apparatus is in a first orientation prior to detecting the change in orientation of the apparatus, wherein the detected change in orientation is measured from the first orientation.

54. The apparatus as claimed in claim 44, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to further authorize the transaction, at least in part, after the property of the transaction has been adjusted.

55. The apparatus as claimed in claim 44, wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to further:

determine a transaction to be performed jointly by a first apparatus and a second apparatus, at least in part, by the first apparatus;

detect a change in orientation of the first apparatus; and

adjust a property of the transaction in the first apparatus and the second apparatus based on the detected change in orientation of the first apparatus.

56. Computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having program code portions stored thereon, the program code portions being a computer readable medium and configured when said program product is run on a computer or network device, to:

determine a transaction to be performed, at least in part, by an apparatus;

detect a change in orientation of the apparatus; and

adjust a property of the transaction based on the detected change in orientation of the apparatus.