US 12,423,708 B2
Motion-enabled transaction system using air sign symbols
Vinoth Ravindran, Peoria, AZ (US); and Mukund Shankar Simharaghu, Glendale, AZ (US)
Assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/748,375.
Application 18/748,375 is a continuation of application No. 18/126,204, filed on Mar. 24, 2023, granted, now 12,051,074.
Application 18/126,204 is a continuation of application No. 17/157,603, filed on Jan. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,640,613, issued on May 2, 2023.
Application 17/157,603 is a continuation of application No. 16/247,279, filed on Jan. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,902,433, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0346516 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/00 (2023.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/42 (2012.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 20/42 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at an air sign server from a merchant system, a merchant air sign registration request comprising a merchant identifier and a merchant location;
storing, by the air sign server, the merchant identifier and the merchant location;
receiving, at the air sign server from the merchant system, a motion-enabled transaction registration comprising a product, a price, and a specified air sign symbol for the product,
wherein the specified air sign symbol is a representation of motion of a user interacting with the merchant system;
determining, by the air sign server, that: (1) the specified air sign symbol is unique to the merchant location such that the specified air sign symbol is not in use at a second merchant location overlapping with the merchant location and (2) the specified air sign symbol is unique to the product; and
in response to the determination:
writing, by the air sign server, the motion-enabled transaction registration to a database at the air sign server; and
sending a message to the merchant system confirming the motion-enabled transaction registration.