System and method for personalized commands

• US 8,204,827 B1
• Filed: 03/27/2008
• Issued: 06/19/2012
• 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): Pionvil, Frantzy
• Application Number:
  US12/056,608
• Time in Patent Office: 1,545 Days
• Field of Search: 705 10- 44
• US Class Current: 705/40
• 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 base command of said one or more base commands;

receive a message including a personalized command;

determine a particular base command from said personalized command, wherein said determination is based on said mapping information; and

perform the particular base command.

2. The system of claim 1, 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.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the message includes information identifying a particular user that sent said message;

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

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the payment service is configured to 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 configured to disable the specific base command in response to said indication.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the message received is a text message.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the text message adheres to the Short Message Service (SMS) protocol.

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

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 base command of said one or more base commands;

receiving a message including a personalized command;

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

performing the particular base command.

9. The method of claim 8, 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.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the message includes information identifying a particular user that sent said message;

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

11. The method of claim 8, wherein method comprises 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.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein said message received is a text message.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the text message adheres to the Short Message Service (SMS) protocol.

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

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 base command of said one or more base commands; and

receive a message including a personalized command.

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

determine a particular base command from said personalized command, wherein said determination is based on said mapping information; and

perform the particular base command.

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

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

19. The medium of claim 15, wherein the payment service is configured to 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 configured to disable the specific base command in response to said indication.

20. The medium of claim 15, wherein the message received is a text message.

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

22. The medium of claim 15, wherein said at least one personalized command is a text string that is one character in length.

23. 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 text message-based service responsive to one or more base strings, wherein the text message-based service is configured to;

provide a user interface for specifying one or more personalized strings for use with the text message-based service;

generate mapping information indicating at least one personalized string received via said user interface, wherein for each of said at least one personalized string the mapping information indicates a corresponding base string of said one or more base strings;

receive a text message including a personalized string; and

determine a particular base string from said personalized string, wherein said determination is based on said mapping information.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the text message-based service is configured to replace the personalized string within the text message with the particular base string, wherein the text message-based service is further configured to provide the text message including the particular base string to another entity.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the particular base string is a command, wherein the text message-based service is configured to perform one or more actions in response to the determination of the particular base string.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein the text message-based service is configured to serve a plurality of users, wherein the text message-based service is configured to store respective mapping information for each of said plurality of users.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the text message includes information identifying a particular user that sent said text message;

wherein to determine a particular base string from said personalized string the text message-based service is configured to determine said particular base string from the particular user'"'"'s respective mapping information.

28. The system of claim 23, wherein the text message adheres to the Short Message Service (SMS) protocol.

29. The system of claim 23, wherein said at least one personalized string is a text string that is one character in length.

30. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

performing, by one or more computers;

providing a text message-based service responsive to one or more base strings;

providing a user interface for specifying one or more personalized strings for use with the text message-based service;

generating mapping information indicating at least one personalized string received via said user interface, wherein for each of said at least one personalized string the mapping information indicates a corresponding base string of said one or more base strings;

receiving a text message including a personalized string; and

determining a particular base string from said personalized string, wherein said determination is based on said mapping information.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the method comprises replacing the personalized string within the text message with the particular base string, wherein the method further comprises providing the text message including the particular base string to another entity.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein the particular base string is a command, wherein the method comprises performing one or more actions in response to the determination of the particular base string.

33. The method of claim 30, wherein the text message-based service is configured to serve a plurality of users, wherein the method comprises storing respective mapping information for each of said plurality of users.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the text message includes information identifying a particular user that sent said text message;

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

35. The method of claim 30, wherein the text message adheres to the Short Message Service (SMS) protocol.

36. The method of claim 30, wherein said at least one personalized string is a text string that is one character in length.

37. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions computer-executable to implement a text message based-service responsive to one or more base strings, wherein the text message based-service is configured to:

generate mapping information indicating for each of at least one personalized string, a corresponding base string of said one or more base strings;

receive a text message including a personalized string; and

determine a particular base string from said personalized string, wherein said determination is based on said mapping information.

38. The medium of claim 37, where the text message-based service is configured to:

provide a user interface for receiving personalized strings for use with the text message-based service;

receiving said at least one personalized string via said user interface.

39. The medium of claim 37, wherein the text message-based service is configured to replace the personalized string within the text message with the particular base string, wherein the text message-based service is further configured to provide the text message including the particular base string to another entity.

40. The medium of claim 37, wherein the particular base string is a command, wherein the text message-based service is configured to perform one or more actions in response to the determination of the particular base string.

41. The medium of claim 37, wherein the text message-based service is configured to serve a plurality of users, wherein the text message-based service is configured to store respective mapping information for each of said plurality of users.

42. The medium of claim 41, wherein the text message includes information identifying a particular user that sent said text message;

wherein to determine a particular base string from said personalized string the text message-based service is configured to determine said particular base string from the particular user'"'"'s respective mapping information.

43. The medium of claim 37, wherein the text message adheres to the Short Message Service (SMS) protocol.

44. The medium of claim 37, wherein said at least one personalized string is a text string that is one character in length.