US 12,124,621 B2
Hands-free gestures for account authentication
Bryant Genepang Luk, Round Rock, TX (US); Robert He, Pflugerville, TX (US); Christopher Diebold O'Toole, Cedar Park, TX (US); Jennifer T. Robertson, Cedar Park, TX (US); and Yu Tang, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to EBAY INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,142.
Application 17/370,142 is a continuation of application No. 15/886,082, filed on Feb. 1, 2018, granted, now 11,093,022.
Application 15/886,082 is a continuation of application No. 14/281,828, filed on May 19, 2014, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2021/0333861 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/68 (2021.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 3/01 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06Q 30/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/68 (2021.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, from a computing device, an authentication request at a smart watch, the authentication request being sent in response to a purchase request made at the computing device for an item by a user associated with the smart watch;
generating an alert at the smart watch in response to receiving the authentication request;
detecting performance of a hands-free gesture at the smart watch, the hands-free gesture performed to authorize purchase of the item in response to the alert generated by the smart watch;
sending an authentication response to the authentication request, the authentication response including:
a customer identification associated with an account through which a transaction associated with the purchase request can be fulfilled; and
a pin or password where the pin or password is used to:
retrieve user account information; and
authenticate the account as a factor in multi-factor authorization where the authentication is performed in response to the performance of the hands-free gesture.