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Amazon's Patent-Pending Price Checks

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the prior-arts dept.

theodp writes "On Thursday, the USPTO revealed that Amazon is back at the patent trough, this time for a System and method for obtaining information relating to an item of commerce using a portable imaging device. Sounds an awful lot like ScoutPal, which drew raves from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, doesn't it?"

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  1. Say Cheese! by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Funny

    System and method for obtaining information relating to an item of commerce using a portable imaging device.

    So... they took a picture? ;-)

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    1. Re:Say Cheese! by Alex+P+Keaton+in+da · · Score: 4, Funny

      I want them to patent the entire Amazon shopping experience: Finding 10 things through their site that you want, and seem resonably priced, then getting to the checkout, and realizing that each item is from a different store, with it's own shipping and handling, and then seeing the $55 shipping and handling quote, and abandoning your shopping cart in a rage. Can that be patented?

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  2. CASHIER: "Price check on tomato soup!" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    STOCK BOY: "No problem...I'll just go scan one of the other cans."

    Amazon.com stormtroopers burst from the ceiling tiles and decapitate our poor hero.

  3. Uh-oh! by Netsensei · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. Post about silly patents applied by Amazon on /.
    2. Get some pro- and contra-patent zealots engage into total battle
    3. ???
    4. Profit!