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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1999
Applicants:
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Seattle, WA (US);
Joel R. Spiegel, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jon Mcauliffe, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Seattle, WA (US);
Joel R. Spiegel, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jon McAuliffe, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer service monitors online browsing of an electronic catalog by a user, and notifies the user when a catalog item being accessed is one that has been purchased by an affiliated user, such as a contact or a fellow community member. The notification may include the contact information of the affiliated user, and/or may provide an option to send a message to the affiliated user.