Method and system for a predefined suite of consumer interactions for initiating execution of commands

US10628027B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Groupon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Sri Viswanath · Palo Alto, US
• Eric Hyche · Kingsport, US
• Mihir Shah · San Francisco, US
• Peter Bergstrom · Mountain View, US
• Michael Burton · San Francisco, US
• Dor Levi · San Francisco, US
• Fabio Sisinni · Mountain View, US
• Don Albert Chennavasin · Santa Clara, US
• Marius G. Ciocirlan · Mountain View, US
• Ben Kim · Sunnyvale, US
• Riaz Rahim · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/0861
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments provide a computer-executed method, a computer system and non-transitory computer-readable media for facilitating consumer interaction with a consumer interface. The method includes displaying a representation of an item on a consumer interface rendered on a visual display of a computing device. The method also includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable medium: a predefined first association between a first compound consumer input and a first command such that receipt of the first compound consumer input at the consumer interface initiates the first command, and a predefined second association between a second compound consumer input and a second command such that receipt of the second compound consumer input at the consumer interface initiates the second command. The method further includes, upon detection of the first compound consumer input entered at the consumer interface, initiating execution of the first command in relation to the item; and, upon detection of the second compound consumer input entered at the consumer interface, initiating execution of the second command in relation to the item.