User-friendly transaction interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9547854-B2
Application number	US-201414558656-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2014
Priority date	Dec 2, 2014
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

Methods and systems for facilitating electronic transactions on a user device are described. User-friendly graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are provided with minimal text and more pictures and images. The GUIs detect or receive various gesture inputs, such as swiping, tapping, and dragging and dropping, and display a corresponding screen or page. The gesture inputs allow a user to select or specify payers/payees, transaction amounts, and funding sources, without having to type numbers or letters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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:
displaying on a main page of a user interface, images of contacts of a user;
receiving a user gesture input through the user interface that indicates a selection of a contact;
in response to the user gesture input, displaying the selection of the contact on a first page of the user interface;
receiving a swipe input through the user interface that changes a transaction amount associated with the selected contact, wherein a speed of the swipe input indicates how fast to increase or decrease the transaction amount; and
in response to the swipe input, displaying the transaction amount on a second page of the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the swipe input comprises a partial or complete circle around a contact image.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a second user gesture input through the user interface that indicates that the user would like to view a transaction history associated with the selected contact.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying the transaction history on a third page of the user interface, wherein the transaction history comprises transaction amounts and transaction dates.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the second user gesture input comprises a horizontal swipe input to the left.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a second user gesture input through the user interface that indicates that the user would like to view available funding sources for a transaction.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying the available funding sources on a third page of the user interface.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise determining the available funding sources.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a second user gesture input through the user interface that indicates that the user would like to process the transaction amount.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the second user gesture input comprises a drag and drop input.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the drag and drop input indicates that the user would like to pay the selected contact the transaction amount, and the user drags and drops the transaction amount onto an image of the selected contact.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the drag and drop input indicates that the user would like to request payment from the selected contact, and the user drags and drops a corresponding image of the selected contact onto the transaction amount.

13. A method of facilitating an electronic transaction on a user device, comprising:
receiving, by an interface module of a user device from a payee identity module, a list of suggested payees for a user;
generating, by the interface module, a main page that includes images of the suggested payees;
displaying, by the interface module, in response to a detected first user gesture input, a selected payee on a first page of user interface;
receiving, by the interface module from a funding source module, available funding sources for the user;
displaying, by the interface module, in response to a detected second user gesture input, a selected funding source on a second page of the user interface;
detecting, by the interface module, a speed and length of a third user gesture input, wherein the speed of the third user gesture input indicates how fast to increase or decrease a payment amount and the length of the third user gesture input indicates a size of the payment amount; and
detecting, by the interface module, a fourth user gesture input that indicates that the user would like to send the payment amount to the selected payee.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first user gesture input, second user gesture input, third user gesture input, and fourth user gesture input comprise one or more of a tap input, a double tap input, a hold input, a touch and move input, a flick or swipe input, and a drag and drop input.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the swipe input comprises a partial or complete circle around a contact image.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises automatically closing, by the interface module, a third page comprising a checkmark on an image of a selected payee and returning to the main page.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving a list of suggested payers for a user;
displaying images of the suggested payers on a main page of a user interface;
receiving a first user gesture input through the user interface that indicates a selection of a payer;
displaying the selected payer on a first page of the user interface;
receiving a second user gesture input through the user interface that indicates a requested payment amount;
displaying the requested payment amount on a second page of the user interface, wherein the second page comprises an image of the selected payer and the requested payment amount; and
receiving a drag and drop input through the user interface that indicates that the user would like to request payment from the selected payer, wherein the user drags and drops the image of the selected payer onto the requested payment amount.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the first user gesture input and second user gesture input comprise one or more of a tap input, a double tap input, a hold input, a touch and move input, a flick or swipe input, and a drag and drop input.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the second user gesture comprises a swipe input and a speed of the swipe input indicates how fast to increase or decrease a requested payment amount.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the swipe input comprises a partial or complete circle around a contact image.

Assignees

• Paypal Inc

Inventors

• Serrano Michelle

Classifications

• G06F3/04883

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

• 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

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06Q20/322 Primary

  Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices] · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title