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Bezos Patents Information Exchange

Posted by samzenpus on from the i-can't-tell-you dept.

theodp writes "Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was handed a patent Tuesday for Information exchange between users of different web pages. Tough to tell what exactly it might cover ('various modifications may be made without deviating from the spirit and scope of the invention'), although RSS Newsreaders, TrackBacks, and Google News come to mind. Elements of Bezos' invention may evoke a sense of deja vu in those who used Third Voice or the Annotation Engine."

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  1. Maybe I should apply for a patent... by The_Rippa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you patent the concept of getting idiotic and vague patents on computer concepts?

    Oh wait, too much prior art.

    1. Re:Maybe I should apply for a patent... by Council · · Score: 3, Funny

      Can you patent the concept of getting idiotic and vague patents on computer concepts?

      Or idiotic, vague, and inflammatory slashdot headlines; I'd patent those, but there's WAAAY too much prior art.

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  2. How about... by Joff_NZ · · Score: 4, Funny

    I patent kicking Jeff Bezos in the nuts.. oh no, wait, I'd want anyone to be free to do that in an unrestricted, royalty free fashion....

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    1. Re:How about... by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

      I suggest you GPL your invention.

      That way, whenever anybody in the world kicks somebody in the nuts, they also have to kick Jeff as well.

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  3. In other news ... by lheal · · Score: 4, Funny
    • Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has been granted a patent on the transfer of an object from one person to another (with or without a gap in time during which the object is in the possession of neither person).
    • Cyclist Lance Armstrong has been granted three (3) patents:
      1. Transportation of a human being via self-propelled vehicle with multiple circular suspension devices
      2. Winning the Tour de France
      3. Raising money by selling inexpensive but unique items of adornment
    • Mohatma Gandhi has been granted a patent for thwarting the plans of far-flung empires and changing the course of history by doing nothing
    • The editors of Slashdot have been granted a patent on the use of web site to disseminate the same information several times a week
    (Sorry about that last one).
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  4. My New Patent by null+etc. · · Score: 3, Funny
    I would like to file a patent which describes a method by which:

    • a corporation takes money from a customer,
    • smears the money with fecal matter from various officers of the corporation,
    • rubs the money in the customer's face,
    • and then deposits money into bank account when all fecal matter has been transfered to customer's face.
    If I patented this, maybe companies would stop doing this to us. Although I guess there already is plenty of prior art.