System and method for personalized commands

• US 8,732,075 B1
• Filed: 06/15/2012
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gupta, Diwakar, Huang, Chih-Jen, Yuen, Philip, Yuen, Gerald
• Primary Examiner(s): Poinvil, Frantzy
• Application Number:
  US13/525,007
• Time in Patent Office: 704 Days
• Field of Search: 705 10- 44
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

Various embodiments of a system and method for personalized commands are described. The system and method for personalized commands may include a payment service including a command management component. Such payment service may be responsive to one or more base commands. The command management component may be configured to generate a user interface for specifying personalized commands that correspond to the base commands. The command management component may be configured to generate mapping information from the information received via the user interface. The command management component may be configured to receive one or more messages that may include commands for the payment service, including personalized commands. From the personalized commands, the command management component may be configured to determine a corresponding base commands (e.g., based on the mapping information). Once the base command is determined, the payment service may perform the base command.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory configured to store program instructions; and

one or more processors coupled to said memory, wherein said program instructions are executable by at least one of said one or more processors to implement a payment service responsive to one or more base commands, wherein the payment service is configured to;

provide a user interface for specifying one or more personalized commands for the payment service;

generate mapping information indicating at least one personalized command received via said user interface, wherein for each of said at least one personalized command the mapping information indicates a corresponding action of the payment service; and

receive, via said user interface, an indication that a specific base command of said one or more base commands is to be disabled, wherein the payment service is configured to disable the specific base command in response to said indication.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one personalized command is a text string that is one character in length.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the payment service is further configured to:

receive a message including a personalized command;

determine a particular action from said personalized command, wherein to determine a particular action from said personalized command the payment service is configured to determine the particular action based on said mapping information; and

perform the particular action.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the payment service is configured to serve a plurality of users, wherein the payment service is configured to store respective mapping information for each of said plurality of users.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the message includes information identifying a particular user that sent said message;

wherein to determine a particular action from said personalized command the payment service is configured to determine said particular action from the particular user'"'"'s respective mapping information.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein the received message is a text message.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the text message adheres to the Short Message Service (SMS) protocol.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising,

performing, by one or more computers:

providing a payment service responsive to one or more base commands;

providing a user interface for specifying one or more personalized commands for the payment service;

generating mapping information indicating at least one personalized command received via said user interface, wherein for each of said at least one personalized command the mapping information indicates a corresponding action of the payment service; and

receiving, via said user interface, an indication that a specific base command of said one or more base commands is to be disabled,

wherein the method comprises disabling the specific base command in response to said indication.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said at least one personalized command is a text string that is one character in length.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a message including a personalized command;

determining a particular action from said personalized command, wherein said determining is based on said mapping information; and

performing the particular action.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the payment service is configured to serve a plurality of users, wherein the method comprises storing respective mapping information for each of said plurality of users.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the message includes information identifying a particular user that sent said message;

wherein the method comprises determining said particular action from the particular user'"'"'s respective mapping information.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein said received message is a text message.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the text message adheres to the Short Message Service (SMS) protocol.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions computer-executable to implement a payment service responsive to one or more base commands, wherein the payment service is configured to:

provide a user interface for specifying one or more personalized commands for the payment service;

generate mapping information indicating at least one personalized command received via said user interface, wherein for each of said at least one personalized command the mapping information indicates a corresponding action of the payment service; and

receive, via said user interface, an indication that a specific base command of said one or more base commands is to be disabled, wherein the payment service is configured to disable the specific base command in response to said indication.

16. The non-transitory medium of claim 15, wherein the payment service is configured to:

receive a message including a personalized command;

determine a particular action from said personalized command, wherein to determine a particular action the payment service is configured to determine the particular action based on said mapping information; and

perform the particular action.

17. The non-transitory medium of claim 16, wherein the payment service is configured to serve a plurality of users, wherein the payment service is configured to store respective mapping information for each of said plurality of users.

18. The non-transitory medium of claim 17, wherein the message includes information identifying a particular user that sent said message;

wherein to determine a particular action from said personalized command the payment service is configured to determine said particular action from the particular user'"'"'s respective mapping information.

19. The non-transitory medium of claim 16, wherein the received message is a text message.

20. The non-transitory medium of claim 19, wherein the text message adheres to the Short Message Service (SMS) protocol.