System and method to provide gesture functions at a device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10140647-B2
Application number	US-201615214233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2016
Priority date	Feb 24, 2009
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing gesture functionality are provided. In example embodiments, a gesture input is received. The gesture input represents an action to be performed within a networked environment. A set of known gesture inputs stored in a database is accessed. A determination is made that the received gestured input corresponds to a known gesture input of the set of known gesture inputs. A style difference between the known gesture input and the received gesture input is identified. The set of known gesture inputs is modified to include the style difference, whereby the modifying causes an update to the database.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method to provide gesture functionality, the method comprising:
receiving a gesture input from a user device, the gesture input representing a gesture performed on an interface of the user device that indicates a symbol that correlates to an action to be performed within a networked environment;
accessing a set of known gesture inputs stored in a database;
determining that the received gesture input corresponds to a known gesture input of the set of known gesture inputs;
identifying, by a hardware processor, a style difference between the known gesture input and the received gesture input; and
modifying the set of known gesture inputs to include the style difference, the modifying causing an update to the database.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the received gesture input corresponds comprises determining that the received gesture input is within a predetermined tolerance of the known gesture input.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the action is executable; and
causing performance of the action based on a determination that the action is executable.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received gesture input is a new gesture input.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gesture input comprises coordinates that represent the symbol associated with the action.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbol initiates a buy action to buy an item offered for sale within the networked environment.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbol initiates a sell action to sell an item within the networked environment.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbol initiates a watch action to monitor activity relating to an item offered for sale within the networked environment by placing the item into a watch list associated with the user.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbol initiates a pay action which triggers a payment transaction.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbol causes an item associated with a publication being displayed on the interface to be added to the shopping cart.

11. A system to provide gesture functionality, the system comprising:
a gesture input module to receive a gesture input from a user device, the gesture input representing a gesture performed on an interface of the user device that indicates a symbol that correlates to an action to be performed on a networked environment;
a gesture identification module to access a set of known gesture inputs and to determine that the received gesture input corresponds to a known gesture input of the set of known gesture inputs; and
a gesture training module, having one more processors, to identify a style difference between the known gesture input and the received gesture input and to modify the set of known gesture inputs to include the style difference, the modifying causing an update to the database.

12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
an action determination module to determine that the action is executable; and
an action execution module to cause performance of the action based on a determination that the action is executable.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving a gesture input from a user device, the gesture input representing a gesture performed on an interface of the user device that indicates a symbol that correlates to an action to be performed within a networked environment;
accessing a set of known gesture inputs stored in a database;
determining that the received gesture input corresponds to a known gesture input of the set of known gesture inputs;
identifying a style difference between the known gesture input and the received gesture input; and
modifying the set of known gesture inputs to include the style difference, the modifying causing an update to the database.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the determining that the received gesture input corresponds comprises determining that the received gesture input is within a predetermined tolerance of the known gesture input.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise: determining that the action is executable; and causing performance of the action based on a determination that the action is executable.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the received gesture input is a new gesture input.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the symbol initiates a buy action to buy an item offered for sale within the networked environment.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the symbol initiates a sell action to sell an item within the networked environment.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the symbol initiates a watch action to monitor activity relating to an item offered for sale within the networked environment by placing the item into a watch list associated with the user.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the symbol initiates a pay action which triggers a payment transaction.

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Melcher Ryan
• Howard Dane

Classifications

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06Q20/102

  Bill distribution or payments · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0633 Primary

  Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087) · CPC title