Gesture-based device
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for authorizing a transaction, the method comprising:
- initiating, by a mobile user device of a user, a connection with a mobile hub device, a transaction initiated by the user with a third party system on the mobile hub device and the transaction awaiting authorization, the mobile user device in a form of a credit card;
tracking, by the mobile user device, movements of the mobile user device;
determining, by the mobile user device, whether the tracked movements include an authorization gesture; and
responsive to determining that the tracked movements include the authorization gesture, transmitting, by the mobile user device to the mobile hub device via the connection, information causing the transaction to be authorized.
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Abstract
The use of gestures on a user device to interact with and obtain functionality from remote communication hub devices is disclosed. A user device includes an accelerometer or other motion detection device and a wireless communications capability. The device is small enough to be placed conveniently about the person and communicates with a communication hub device to perform context-dependent actions. A user makes a gestural command to the device. The device interprets the gesture and undertakes activity. The gestural sensing device may be a motion switch, a multi-axis accelerometer, a video camera, a variable capacitance device, a magnetic field sensor, an electrical field sensor etc. When combined with business logic running on a remote computer system, the device can be used to implement a range of applications and services.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for authorizing a transaction, the method comprising:
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initiating, by a mobile user device of a user, a connection with a mobile hub device, a transaction initiated by the user with a third party system on the mobile hub device and the transaction awaiting authorization, the mobile user device in a form of a credit card; tracking, by the mobile user device, movements of the mobile user device; determining, by the mobile user device, whether the tracked movements include an authorization gesture; and responsive to determining that the tracked movements include the authorization gesture, transmitting, by the mobile user device to the mobile hub device via the connection, information causing the transaction to be authorized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for authorizing a transaction, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a mobile hub device, a transaction initiated by a user via the mobile hub device with a third party system, the transaction awaiting authorization; initiating, by the mobile hub device, a connection with a mobile user device personal to the user, the mobile user device in a form of a credit card; determining, by the mobile hub device based on information received from the mobile user device via the connection, that the user performed an authorization gesture with the mobile user device; responsive to determining that user performed the authorization gesture, authorizing, by the mobile hub device, the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by one or more processor cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:
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initiating, by a mobile user device of a user, a connection with a mobile hub device, a transaction initiated by the user with a third party system on the mobile hub device and the transaction awaiting authorization, the mobile user device in a form of a credit card; tracking, by the mobile user device, movements of the mobile user device; determining, by the mobile user device, whether the tracked movements include an authorization gesture; and responsive to determining that the tracked movements include the authorization gesture, transmitting, by the mobile user device to the mobile hub device via the connection, information causing the transaction to be authorized.
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