Reminding Customers Patented by Amazon

theodp writes "When your little Hogwart checks out the latest Harry Potter book at Amazon, he or she may be reminded that they've already ordered the book. It's all part of CEO Jeff Bezos latest patent for the Contextual presentation of information about related orders during browsing of an electronic catalog, which also covers warning customers about drug interactions ('you previously purchased Drug ABC'). The USPTO allowed the patent after four years and five rejections."

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Re:That's why I boycot Amazon

[DogDude]

You're right. People only care about money these days. People don't care about supporting good companies or not supporting bad ones. They rarely care about quality, how and where something was manufactured. They don't care about service. It all comes down to The Almighty Buck. I'd be willing to bet that Jeff Bezos could rape your mother, but you'd still shop there if you could find another digital gadget for $0.10 less than another web site (or god forbid, an actual store!).