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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. In soviet russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2 Clicks Patents YOU!

  2. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, patent Amazons YOU!

  3. I am seeking a patent on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sextuple Click.

  4. Irrelevant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shouldn't Al Gore's Patent on the Internet trump all such cases? Not that i have anything against Gore. He would have been a far better president than the Monkey who's currently living in the whitehouse.

  5. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by CmdrTypo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    shopping cart clicks on YOU!