Mobile device display content based on shaking the device

• US 9,639,174 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2013
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Schulz, Egan, Chu, Peter, Metral, Max Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Justin
• Application Number:
  US13/791,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20130187850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,516 Days
• Field of Search: 455410, 455411, 715863
• 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: G06F 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form

Abstract

When a user shakes a mobile device, such as a smart phone, new content is shown on the display of the mobile device. In one embodiment, the content depends on the page or location the user is currently on within the mobile app or mobile browser page and can depend also on the history or experience level of the user.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

detecting a shake event at a mobile device corresponding to the mobile device being shaken by a user without the user of the mobile device being requested to shake the mobile device;

identifying the shake event as an intentional shake event based on a detection of an amount of movements of the mobile device;

responsive to identifying the shake event as an intentional shake event, determining help content to display for an application being utilized when the intentional shake event is identified, based on comparing a location associated with an account corresponding to the user with a geographic location of the mobile device when the intentional shake event is identified; and

displaying the help content.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the help content comprises an option to send feedback.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the help content is further determined based on an experience level of the user with regard to the application being utilized when the intentional shake event is identified.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the help content is further determined based on an element selected from a group consisting of:

an amount of time a first content has been displayed on the mobile device when the intentional shake event is identified, a physical environment of the mobile device at the time the intentional shake event is identified, and a time and/or day when the intentional shake event is identified.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the help content is further determined based on merchant information associated with a first content displayed on the mobile device at the time the intentional shake event is identified.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the help content is further determined based on a state of another application running on the mobile device.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifying the shake event as an intentional shake event is further based on prompting the user to input whether the shake event was intentional.

7. A method, comprising:

detecting a shake event corresponding to a mobile device being shaken without the user of the mobile device being requested to shake the mobile device;

identifying the shake event as an intentional shake event based on a detection of an amount of movements of the mobile device;

responsive to identifying the shake event as an intentional shake event, determining help content to display based on comparing a location associated with an account corresponding to the user with a geographic location of the mobile device when the intentional shake event is identified; and

displaying the help content.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the help content comprises an option to send feedback.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the help content is further determined based on an experience level of the user with regard to an application being utilized when the intentional shake event is identified.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the help content is further determined based on an element selected from a group consisting of:

an amount of time a first content has been displayed on the mobile device when the intentional shake event is identified, a physical environment of the mobile device at the time the intentional shake event is identified, and a time and/or day when the intentional shake event is identified.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the help content is further determined based on merchant information associated with a first content displayed on the mobile device when the intentional shake event is identified.

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

receiving information from a mobile device in response to the mobile device being shaken by a user without the user being requested to shake the mobile device, wherein the information from the mobile device includes a geographic location of the mobile device when the intentional shake event is identified;

determining that the information was intended to be received;

in response to determining that the information was intended to be received, determining help content, wherein the help content is determined based on comparing a location associated with an account corresponding to the user with the geographic location of the mobile device when the intentional shake event is identified; and

providing the help content, in response to the mobile device being shaken, to display on the mobile device without any intervening action by the user.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the help content comprises an option to send feedback.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the help content is further determined based on an experience level of the user with regard to an application being utilized when the intentional shake event is identified.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the help content is further determined based on an element selected from a group of elements consisting of:

an amount of time a first content has been displayed on the mobile device when the intentional shake event is identified, a physical environment of the mobile device at the time the intentional shake event is identified, and a time and/or day when the intentional shake event is identified.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the help content is further determined based on merchant information associated with a first content displayed on the mobile device when the intentional shake event is identified.