Systems and methods for gesture-based interaction with computer systems

• US 8,172,135 B1
• Filed: 06/24/2011
• Issued: 05/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Liberty Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Inventors: Rolison, Stuart, Knight, Lisa M., King, Kate T., Alderfer, Kimberly, Aidasani, Dilip
• Primary Examiner(s): ST CYR, DANIEL
• Application Number:
  US13/168,072
• Time in Patent Office: 319 Days
• Field of Search: 235/379, 235/380, 235/382, 235/487, 235/492
• US Class Current: 235/379
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4012 Verifying personal identification numbers [PIN]

Abstract

The present disclosure facilitates gesture-based interaction with a computer-system. The method may comprise pairing a transaction account with a likeness, receiving the likeness and a transaction request based upon the location of a marker in three dimensional space, retrieving the transaction account paired with the likeness, and approving the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computer-based system for facilitating gesture-based interaction, a likeness and a transaction request, wherein the transaction request is based upon a location of a marker in three dimensional space;

rendering, by a computer-based system and in association with a website, an image of the marker in two dimensional coordinate space in response to the location of the marker in three dimensional space;

retrieving, by the computer-based system, a transaction account paired with the likeness; and

approving, by the computer-based system, the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the marker comprises at least one of:

a transaction instrument and a mobile communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the mobile communication device displays at least one of:

an image of a transaction instrument, a transaction account identifier, a QR code, and a bar code.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising pairing, by the computer-based system, the marker with the transaction account.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising pairing, by the computer-based system, at least one of:

a personal identification number (PIN), a digital signature, and a secret gesture with the transaction account.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising approving, by the computer-based system, the transaction request based upon the transaction account and one of:

a personal identification number (PIN), a digital signature, and a secret gesture.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the computer-based system, data associated with a digital scan of the likeness; and

transmitting, by the computer-based system, an offer to a client based upon the data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the computer-based system, at least one of a secret gesture, a digital signature, and a personal identification number (PIN); and

transmitting, by the computer-based system, an offer to a client based upon the at least one of the secret gesture, the digital signature, and the PIN.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the computer-based system, an offer redemption request.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising pairing, by the computer-based system, the transaction account with the likeness by:

receiving, by the computer-based system, the likeness, wherein the likeness is associated with an individual;

receiving, by the computer-based system, an image of an identification associated with the individual;

validating, by the computer-based system, the likeness by querying a government database.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising pairing, by the computer-based system, the transaction account with the likeness by:

receiving, by the computer-based system, the likeness, wherein the likeness is associated with an individual;

receiving, by the computer-based system, an answer to a secret question associated with the transaction account;

comparing, by the computer-based system, the answer to the secret question to a saved answer to the secret question; and

validating, by the computer-based system, the identity of the individual based upon the comparing.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising populating, by the computer-based system, an online form in response to receiving the likeness.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering, by the computer-based system, the marker in coordinate space in response to a location of the marker in three dimensional space.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the computer-based system and to a client, coordinates associated with the marker, in response to a location of the marker in three dimensional space.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction request is further based upon a motion of the marker in three dimensional space.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction request is further based upon a twice pulsating motion of the marker in three dimensional space.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the computer-based system and to a website displayed by a client, two dimensional coordinates associated with the marker in response to the location of the marker in three dimensional space.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the likeness comprises biometric information.

19. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computer-based system for facilitating gesture-based interaction, cause the computer-based system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the computer-based system, a likeness and a transaction request, wherein the transaction request is based upon a location of a marker in three dimensional space;

transmitting the computer-based system and to a website displayed by a client, two dimensional coordinates associated with the marker in response to the location of the marker in three dimensional space;

retrieving, by the computer-based system, a transaction account paired with the likeness; and

approving, by the computer-based system, the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.

20. A system comprising:

a processor for facilitating gesture-based interaction;

a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor,

the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by the processor, a likeness and a transaction request, wherein the transaction request is based upon a location of a marker in three dimensional space;

rendering, by the processor and in association with a website, an image of the marker in two dimensional coordinate space in response to the location of the marker in three dimensional space;

retrieving, by the processor, a transaction account paired with the likeness; and

approving, by the processor, the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.

21. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computer-based system for facilitating gesture-based interaction, a likeness and a transaction request, wherein the transaction request is based upon a location of a marker in three dimensional space;

transmitting, by the computer-based system and to a website displayed by a client, two dimensional coordinates associated with the marker in response to the location of the marker in three dimensional space;

retrieving, by the computer-based system, a transaction account paired with the likeness; and

approving, by the computer-based system, the transaction request at least partially based upon the transaction account and the likeness.