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Amazon Patents User Viewing Histories

Posted by timothy on from the uspto-is-just-trying-to-distract-you-from-scotus dept.

Chris Cleveland writes "Yet another astounding patent from the USPTO. I was browsing the patent database, and discovered that Amazon received a patent today on using customer viewing histories to generate recommendations. If a customer views product A, and then later views product B, and you use that to infer a relationship between A and B, then you've infringed on this patent. This patent is a continuation of an earlier patent (#6,317,722) on using shopping carts to generate recommendations. When will this stupidity end?"

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  1. 6th by FaramirTook · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hope this works...

  2. end? by Triggnus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Silly person, stupidity never ends. Where ever you go there is always a limitless supply of stupid. If only we could power cars with it.

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  3. Re:Dear Chris... by viva_fourier · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Flamebait? That's such a waste of a mod point... Oh well, at least this loose cannon moderator didn't label it insightful...

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