Method and system for defining consumer interactions for initiating execution of commands

US11249641B2 · 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: Sep 4, 2020
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 4, 2040

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 computer program product for initiating a command. The method includes causing a consumer input definition interface to be displayed on a visual display of a computing device associated with a consumer, wherein the consumer input definition interface includes an indication of a command. The method also includes, while the consumer input definition interface is displayed, receiving input definition data defining a consumer interaction by the consumer. The method also includes generating a compound consumer input based on the input definition data, and associating the compound consumer input with the command and the consumer. The method further includes storing the association between the compound consumer input and the command on a non-transitory storage device so that receipt of the compound consumer input from the consumer automatically initiates the command.