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Amazon Seeks 1-Nod Ordering Patent

Posted by timothy on from the sold-to-the-gentleman-with-the-slight-facial-tic dept.

theodp writes "Amazon.com is famous for its patented 1-Click ordering system. But what about 1-Nod ordering? Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is seeking a patent on a system that would let people make purchases with a nod, a smile, or even a raise of the eyebrow. Bezos' invention — 'Movement Recognition as Input Mechanism' — envisions a computing device that could interpret certain facial expressions and enhance or potentially replace conventional input devices such as keypads and touch screens."

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  1. What I have at http://en.swpat.org by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 2, Informative

    If this gets granted, the 1-click example shows that even if it's invalid, the review process is sometimes completely useful because takes so many years and often just results in narrowing the patent.

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  2. It's been done before... by FoboldFKY · · Score: 4, Informative

    To quote Douglas Adams from one of the HHGTTG books (forget which one; it's the one involving the Krikkit):

    "Let us bow our heads in payment."

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    1. Re:It's been done before... by Derek+Pomery · · Score: 2, Informative

      Slartibartfast floated past, waving.

      ``It's just a documentary,'' he called out. ``This is not a good bit. Terribly sorry, trying to find the rewind control ...''

      ``... is what billions of billions of innocent ...''

      ``Do not,'' called out Slartibartfast floating past again, and fiddling furiously with the thing that he had stuck into the wall of the Room of Informational Illusions and which was in fact still stuck there, ``agree to buy anything at this point.'' ... [SNIP SNIP SNIP] ...

      Slartibartfast floated past again at this moment.

      ``Found it,'' he said. ``We can lose all this rubbish. Just don't nod, that's all.''

      ``Now, let us bow our heads in payment,'' intoned the voice, and then said it again, much faster and backwards.

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