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Amazon Patents Getting Numbers Off a Check

Posted by timothy on from the rational-actor dept.

theodp writes "After two rejections, Amazon was granted a patent Tuesday for the Extraction of bank routing number from information entered by a user, which covers the process of obtaining a routing and checking account number from information entered by a user from the face of a check. The patent application was filed in the week preceding Amazon's Call for Patent Reform."

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  1. Coming Soon... by shadwwulf · · Score: 4, Funny

    a patent for the act of accepting money from customers...

    The idiocy continues...

  2. Well, HERE'S one patent they WON'T get . . . by nusratt · · Score: 4, Funny

    . . . because *i've* already filed for it:

    "A Novel Method Of Enhancing Consumer Privacy, By Preferentially Purchasing At Local Community Establishments, Using Uniquely Serialized Pieces Of Paper Currency Bearing Detailed Engraved Portraits Of Deceased National Leaders".

    Soon to be followed by:
    "A Method For Consumers To Alter Shopping Behavior, For The Purpose Of Undermining The Market-Strength Of Philosophically Objectionable Corporations".