Patents by Inventor Amol B. Patel

Amol B. Patel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Free-form entries during payment processes
    Patent number: 10372305
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for allowing a user to perform a free-form action to initiate an activity associated with a user interface element are provided. For example, a computer-implemented method may include providing a user interface comprising a user interface element for display, detecting a free-form action performed by a user, determining a free-form definition corresponding to the detected free-form action where the determined free-form definition is one of a plurality of stored definitions, and performing an activity associated with the user interface element where the activity corresponds to the determined free-form definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Amol B. Patel, Suraj S. Menon
  • Free-Form Entries During Payment Processes
    Publication number: 20170003846
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for allowing a user to perform a free-form action to initiate an activity associated with a user interface element are provided. For example, a computer-implemented method may include providing a user interface comprising a user interface element for display, detecting a free-form action performed by a user, determining a free-form definition corresponding to the detected free-form action where the determined free-form definition is one of a plurality of stored definitions, and performing an activity associated with the user interface element where the activity corresponds to the determined free-form definition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Amol B. Patel, Suraj S. Menon
  • Free-form entries during payment processes
    Patent number: 9448698
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided that allow a user to perform a free-form action, such as making a mark on a device, speaking into a device, and/or moving the device, to cause a step to be performed that conventionally was performed by the user having to locate and select a button or link on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Amol B. Patel, Suraj S. Menon
  • FREE-FORM ENTRIES DURING PAYMENT PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20140040801
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided that allow a user to perform a free-form action, such as making a mark on a device, speaking into a device, and/or moving the device, to cause a step to be performed that conventionally was performed by the user having to locate and select a button or link on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Amol B. Patel, Suraj S. Menon