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Amazon Awarded Cookie Patent

Posted by timothy on from the making-unfriendly-behavior-rational dept.

theodp writes "On Tuesday, the USPTO granted Amazon.com a patent for the Use of browser cookies to store structured data, which covers the storing of data structures and non-character data within browser cookies. In a February SEC filing (pdf), Amazon reiterated that they expect that they may license certain patents to third parties in the future."

2 of 79 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Prior Art by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm sorry but that's gotta be the funniest comment I've read in a long time. I'm still laughing lol

  2. Troll? by cpu_fusion · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Moderators: How in the heck is that a troll?

    Please download a sense of humor.