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Amazon Patents Customized 404 Pages
theodp writes "Among the patents awarded to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday was one for his invention of Error Processing Methods for Providing Responsive Content to a User When a Page Load Error Occurs, which covers displaying alternate web pages in response to HTTP 404 page-not-found errors. So is this the technology that causes Amazon's Home Page to be displayed when Bezos' MIA Patent Reform Page can't be found?"
They were going to sue everyone on the planet, but they couldn't find their websites.
And by the way, what constitutes "customized" when its open source software?
404'd!
I guess I can't use that directive in apache anymore.
What error is displayed when the error server is not found?
liqbase
The problem is though that who's really at fault at the end of the day, Amazon for trying to apply for the Patent or the Patent office for allowing it?
It's like the loophole I found when I was in Game a few months ago:
"£9.99 please"
"But it says it's half price"
"No, it's only half price when bought with something else"
"Oh... so if I buy two of these then I get them both for less than the price of just one of them?"
(Realising the problem) "...yeah... yeah you would actually"
"OK, I'll be back in a minute"
Summation 2
What article?
Genesis 1:32 And God typed
A system that embeds a CAPTCHA in an obscure place in TFA, then requires users to enter it on the comment pages before commenting to ensure they actually RTFA...
Reminds me of Marvin:
The requested patent is totally fake.
No patent here.
Even tried multi.
Nothing helped.
I'm really depressed about this.
You see, I'm just a web server...
-- here I am, brain the size of the universe,
trying to serve you a simple patent,
and then it doesn't even exist!
Where does that leave me?!
Why:
Error Displaying Error Message, of course...
Drat, can't find the pic I wanted...
whois gawk date unzip strip find touch finger mount join nice man top fsck grep eject more yes exit umount sleep dump
They should use Comcast, then. That should slow the torrents down a bit...
*cower (Rank 8)*
Cheers for clearing that up, Jeff.
An Australian man has been issued with an innovation patent for the wheel after setting out to test the workability of a new national patent system.
:-)
John Keogh was issued the innovation patent for a "circular transportation facilitation device" under a patent system introduced in May 2001.
(read the rest...)
- Jesper
My security clearance is so high I have to kill myself if I remember I have it...
"Additionally, a 404 error was detected in displaying this error page"
How many people can read hex if only you and dead people can read hex?
Error 404: Please pay Amazon 2 cents to see what caused the error.
Take Nobody's Word For It.
Given the average software quality out there, the plugin would probably detect that it can't connect to a server (ignoring that it failed on the error server) and contact the error server "instead".
The most probable error message would be something in the spirit of "You just transfered huge amounts of data on your non-flatrate account. Your account has been suspended."
Look, this thing is totally safe! Built it myself, you know. You just press that button like this and then turn that lev
Obviously a second error server will be contacted, to find out what sort of error should be displayed. You are not thinking Web 2.0 enough.
You'd think so, but I have a patent on the idea and I'm just waiting someone to infringe on it.