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US 2011/0237301 A1Published application
Free-form entries during payment processes
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsAMOL BHASKER PATEL, SURAJ SATHEESAN MENON
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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.
Claims22
A device comprising:
- a display that receives a free-form action from a user;
- and
- a processor configured to convert the free-form action to a signal corresponding to an action of a button or link on the display and transmit the signal to cause the action to be performed.
A device comprising:
- a display that shows a user a requested free-form action;
- an input component that receives the free-form action from the user;
- and
- a processor configured to convert the free-form action to a signal corresponding to an action of a button or link on the display and transmit the signal to cause the action to be performed
1 more element
A machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a server are adapted to cause the server to perform a method comprising:
- requesting a user to perform a free-form action on a user device display corresponding to an action associated with a button or link;
- receiving the free-form action;
- determining whether the free-form action matches the action associated with the button or link;
- and
- processing the action associated with the button or link.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.