Granted Patent B2

US 12,423,708 · App. 18/748,375 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Inventors: Vinoth Ravindran (Peoria, AZ); Mukund Shankar Simharaghu (Glendale, AZ)

Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.

G06Q20/42G06Q20/3224G06F3/017

Abstract

Claims (55)

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.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specified air sign symbol comprises the representation of a motion of a user captured from one of a user device or the merchant system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the merchant location comprises a GPS coordinate.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the merchant location comprises a geofence defining a geographic boundary.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion-enabled transaction registration further comprises an available day and an available time.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the air sign server, a transaction request from the merchant system, wherein the transaction request includes an air sign input simulating a motion of a user captured by one of a user device or the merchant system;

determining, by the air sign server, that the air sign input matches the specified air sign symbol; and

transmitting to the user device, a transaction confirmation comprising the product and the price in response to the determination.

7. The method of claim 1 , to determine that the specified air sign symbol is unique to the merchant location, the method further comprises determining that a geographical area defined by the merchant location does not overlap with a second geographical area of a second merchant system, wherein the second merchant system is configured to use the specified air sign symbol.

8. A system, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive, from a merchant system, a merchant air sign registration request comprising a merchant identifier and a merchant location;

store the merchant identifier and the merchant location;

receive, 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;

determine 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:

write the motion-enabled transaction registration to a database; and

send a message to the merchant system confirming the motion-enabled transaction registration.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the specified air sign symbol comprises the representation of a motion of a user captured from one of a user device or the merchant system.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the merchant location comprises a GPS coordinate.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the merchant location comprises a geofence defining a geographic boundary.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the motion-enabled transaction registration further comprises an available day and an available time.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a transaction request from the merchant system, wherein the transaction request includes an air sign input simulating a motion of a user captured by one of a user device or the merchant system;

determine that the air sign input matches the specified air sign symbol; and

transmit to the user device, a transaction confirmation comprising the product and the price in response to the determination.

14. The system of claim 8 , to determine that the specified air sign symbol is unique to the merchant location, the at least one processor is further configured to determine that a geographical area defined by the merchant location does not overlap with a second geographical area of a second merchant system, wherein the second merchant system is configured to use the specified air sign symbol.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations 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.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the specified air sign symbol comprises the representation of a motion of a user captured from one of a user device or the merchant system.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the merchant location comprises a GPS coordinate.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the merchant location comprises a geofence defining a geographic boundary.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

receiving, at the air sign server, a transaction request from the merchant system, wherein the transaction request includes an air sign input simulating a motion of a user captured by one of a user device or the merchant system;

determining, by the air sign server, that the air sign input matches the specified air sign symbol; and

transmitting to the user device, a transaction confirmation comprising the product and the price in response to the determination.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , to determine that the specified air sign symbol is unique to the location, the operations further comprise determining that a geographical area defined by the merchant location does not overlap with a second geographical area of a second merchant system, wherein the second merchant system is configured to use the specified air sign symbol.

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