Application for a patent of new technology that Amazon will be able to complete payment with "self-certification"

ByEllen De Vos

Amazon, the largest on-line mail order, can purchase goods with just one click, leaving all the details of the input form and authentication etc.1-Click Order"We have acquired various patents, such as. That Amazon says, "Self-taken and finished payment certification"PatentIt was revealed that he had filed the application form.

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One of the patents that was newly filed by Amazon, the largest online shopping mall based in Seattle, was released on March 10, 2016. The content of this patent application relates to the patented technology of "Amazon user authenticated device with photographs and movies" owned by Amazon, "Self-shot user authentication is completed".


The aim of this patent is to authenticate with the face of the user rather than entering a password, so that users can shop more safely online shop. The password of the account to be used for on-line mail ordering etc. has a problem in terms of security if it is simple, it is hard to remember when making it difficult. In addition, it seems that Amazon is considering introducing self-portrait authentication because there is a danger of stolen your terminal and the password itself being stolen.


According to the patent, "When entering a password, users need to leave friends and colleagues (so as not to be stolen), but such situation is said to be bad." However, News of the siteRe / code"It may be worse than it (by adopting self-shooting certification)".

According to published patents, at the time of self-shooting and authentication, "mobile phones and computers seek certain actions such as gestures, smiles, blinks, head tilting to the user". In other words, users must smile, tilt their heads or take gestures with one person every time they authenticate.


At the moment this sounds like a joke, but in 2015 Alibaba's chairman Jack Ma explains similar technology and MasterCard is publishing photo-based payment authentication technology.