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Patent Sought For Amazon Marketplace

Posted by Hemos on from the such-a-cool-service dept.

theodp writes "On the same day CEO Jeff Bezos launched Amazon's Search Inside the Book feature, a 'completely new way for people to find the books they want,' the USPTO published Bezos' patent application for User interfaces and methods for facilitating user-to-user sales. Ironically, searching for 'Amazon' won't turn up Bezos' patent application--the claims are illustrated with example web pages for the hypothetical 'Store.com', as seen through the eyes of 'Sally Small', 'Larry Large', and 'Barry Buyer.' References are made to other patent applications, presumably Amazon's, that describe a way to efficiently create links to bank accounts, the use of product viewing and purchase histories to identify related products, an electronic catalog search engine, the use of a browse tree for navigating a catalog by category, a wish list service, and a service for allowing users to post product reviews for viewing by others." I've used Amazon Marketplace to buy a fair number of things - it's too bad such a cool service has to be "patented", because you know, the concept of people selling to other people is obviously a new one. *sigh*

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  1. Cowards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First

  2. Re:I DID IT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck you too! Keep up the FP asshat!

    GO RAMS!

  3. What the hell? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the hell are you blathering about. Everything for you is FREE anyway. Why bother going to amazon and PAY for something. Your freedom takes you to the curb, meet the other homeless people.

  4. Well if Amazon dont do it someone else will by Timesprout · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its a pretty sad state of affairs.

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  5. Don't believe it! by scumbucket · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I won't believe anything seen thru the eyes of someone named "Larry Large". Now if his name was "Dick Large' or "Phil McCrackin" it would be another story.......

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  6. The reason for that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Some unnamed GNU hippies have been boycotting Amazon.com all over, and now the company has to make up in legal portfolio instead of sales to increase the shareholder value.