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Amazon Patents Customized 404 Pages

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the makes-my-heart-hurt dept.

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?"

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  1. Apparently prior art doesn't matter at ALL anymore by WiglyWorm · · Score: 0, Troll

    So just because something has been around for a decade and a half or more means nothing to the patent system? PArdon me while I file a patent for "an aggregated news site updated several times a day via a user submission and ranking system for the calculation of page popularity". Or maybe "system for allowing user feedback to be displayed along with news articles". Man... once the lawsuits settle, I'll be rich.