Patent ID: 11875318
Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for initiating mobile transactions via gestures, the method comprising:
displaying, via a graphical user interface (GUI) of a mobile device of a user, a plurality of icons on a home screen of the GUI, a first icon of the plurality of icons configured to launch a first application upon a user selection of the first icon, a second icon of the plurality of icons configured to launch a second application upon another user selection of the second icon, the first icon associated with a user account at a service provider of the user, and the second icon associated with a merchant;
receiving a first gesture involving the first icon via the GUI, the first gesture being a different input type from the user selection of the first icon and not causing the launch of the first application;
causing, based on the receiving of the first gesture, a change in the GUI;
receiving a second gesture involving the changed GUI and the second icon;
based on the receiving of the second gesture, associating the user account at the service provider with the merchant;
authorizing a transaction with the merchant using the user account, the transaction for a transfer of funds from the user account to a merchant account of the merchant; and
based on the authorizing, presenting, via the GUI, one or more of updated account information of the user account or the merchant account.