Amazon patents system that uses selfies and blinking to pay online

Forget 1-Click ordering, buying goods on Amazon could soon be made in the blink of an eye, literally. The retail giant has been awarded a patent that would allow users to verify online payments by winking at a phone or tablet's front-facing camera. It takes the facial recognition already seen in a range of devices to the next level, to avoid people trying to use photos or similar to bypass the biometric technology. Forget 1-Click ordering, buying goods on Amazon could soon be made in the blink of an eye, literally. The retail giant has been awarded a patent that would allow users to verify online payments by winking at a phone or tablet's front-facing camera (illustrated) The patent, called'Image analysis for user authentication' patent was filed in October last year and awarded to the Washington-based firm this week.