Free-form entries during payment processes

• US 9,448,698 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2013
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Patel, Amol B., Menon, Suraj S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shedrick, Charles
• Application Number:
  US14/047,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20140040801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,079 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/440, 345/173, 345/179, 345/467
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3221 Access to banking information through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/381 Currency conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

Various methods and systems are provided that allow a user to perform a free-form action, such as making a mark on a device, speaking into a device, and/or moving the device, to cause a step to be performed that conventionally was performed by the user having to locate and select a button or link on the device.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing a free-form action from a user corresponding to a unique action associated with a button or link, wherein the free-form action is a specific physical movement to a device or a mark detected by the device made by the user; and

one or more hardware processors configured to execute instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receiving a first free-form action corresponding to an action of a button or link from the user through the device; and

determining the first free-form action matches the free-form action stored in the non-transitory memory based at least in part on a type of the device.

2. The computer system of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

receiving a second free-form action from the user; and

determining the first free-form action and the second free-form action match based at least in part on the type of the device.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the device is a smart phone.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the device is a tablet.

5. The computer system of claim 2, the operations further comprising:

requesting the user to perform the second free-form action to repeat the first free-form action.

6. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the second free-form action and the first free-form action comprise marks made by the user on a display of the device.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the determination is based, in part, on whether the user device is a mobile device or a laptop.

8. The computer system of claim 2, wherein when the second free-form action does not match the free-form action, the operations further comprise:

requesting the user to perform a third free-form action to repeat the first free-form action.

9. The computer system of claim 2, wherein when the second free-form action does not match the first free-form action, the operations further comprise:

requesting the user to perform and repeat a free-form action.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a first free-form action corresponding to a unique action associated with a button or link from a user through a device, wherein the free-form action is a specific physical movement to the device or a mark detected by the device made by the user; and

determining the first free-form action matches a free-form action stored in an account of the user with a service provider based at least in part on a type of the device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a second free-form action from the user through the device; and

determining the first free-form action and the second free-form action match based at least in part on the type of the device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

requesting the user to perform the second free-form action to repeat the first free-form action.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the second free-form action and the first free-form action comprise marks made by the user on a display of the device.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the determining is based, in part, on whether the user device is a mobile device or a laptop.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein when the second free-form action does not match the free-form action, further requesting the user to perform a third free-form action to repeat the first free-form action.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein when the second free-form action does not match the first free-form action, further requesting the user to perform and repeat a free-form action.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

requesting a user to perform a first free-form action through a device corresponding to an action associated with a button or link;

receiving the first free-form action, wherein the first free-form action is a specific physical movement to the device or a mark detected by the device made by the user;

receiving a second free-form action through the device;

determining the first free-form action and the second free-form action match based at least in part on a type of the device; and

processing the action associated with the button or link, wherein the action associated with the button or link uniquely depends and is based on the specific physical movement of the device or a mark detected by the device by the user.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

receiving a second free-form action from the user through the device; and

determining the first free-form action and the second free-form action match based at least in part on the type of the device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, the operations further comprise:

requesting the user to perform the second free-form action to repeat the first free-form action.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the second free-form action and the first free-form action comprise marks made by the user on a display of the device.

21. The non-transitory machine-readable of claim 17, wherein the determining is based, in part, on whether the user device is a mobile device or a laptop.

22. The non-transitory machine-readable of claim 18, wherein when the second free-form action does not match the free-form action, the operations further comprise:

requesting the user to perform a third free-form action to repeat the first free-form action.

23. The non-transitory machine-readable of claim 18, wherein when the second free-form action does not match the free-form action, the operations further comprise:

requesting the user to perform and repeat a free-form action.