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Amazon Seeks '2-Click' Shopping Cart Patent

Posted by timothy on from the more-numbers-on-the-way dept.

theodp writes "Looks like Amazon's really getting back in the patent game. Today, the USPTO published Amazon's patent application for conducting electronic commerce using multiple shopping carts. Using the invention, a shopper purchasing items for five relatives can set up one shopping cart for each relative, a shopper purchasing books for Johnny can name one of his shopping carts "Johnny's books", and a shopper can add items to multiple shopping carts with only two mouse clicks." This might also be a good time to point out to those who didn't see it the first time AOL's patent claims regarding "Instant Message" technology; you may be able to think of some prior art.

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  1. Next week on Slashdot: by Randolpho · · Score: 5, Funny

    AOL Patents "0-click" spam reception technique.

    We at AOL want you to not have to do *anything* to receive spam.

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  2. New patent by GMontag · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay, I have had enough, I am going to patent the "one finger response" to the ignorance lawyers can invent, only to be eclipsed by the ignorance government can dispense.

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  3. And I shall file... by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I shall file a patent on:

    "A method, given an N-click shopping method, to convert it into an N+1 click shopping method."

    Thus, I shall be able to stymie Amazon's 3, 4, 5 ... click patents!

    MWHAHAHAHAH!

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  4. Using the Get Smart model? by dr_dank · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amazon: At this very moment, we have teams of lawyers working on patenting our one click buying technology.

    *silence*

    Would you believe two click buying?

    *silence*

    Would you believe five clicks and and clack?

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  5. Re:Prior Art for Instant Messaging! by farnsworth · · Score: 5, Funny
    Even emacs supports zephyr

    Couldn't the USPTO application process be simplified by consulting the emacs docs for every single patent application? If emacs can't do whatever the patent is for, it's practically a certainty that the idea is new.

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  6. Re:Perhaps I should patent the way I sit on the co by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know leaning to one side with one leg up on the ottoman.

    As a prelude to the 'one cheek sneak'.