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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:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
May. 09, 2002
Paul Kotas, Seattle, WA (US);
Neil C. Roseman, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Greater Seattle, WA (US);
Bruce C. Moore, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard L. Dalzell, Medina, WA (US);
Jeffrey M. Blackburn, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael M. George, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Erin B. Kenny, San Francisco, CA (US);
Emily M. Tucker, Berkeley, CA (US);
Alandra S. Dilley, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Kotas, Seattle, WA (US);
Neil C. Roseman, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Greater Seattle, WA (US);
Bruce C. Moore, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard L. Dalzell, Medina, WA (US);
Jeffrey M. Blackburn, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael M. George, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Erin B. Kenny, San Francisco, CA (US);
Emily M. Tucker, Berkeley, CA (US);
Alandra S. Dilley, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An online marketplace system provides various features for assisting users in listing products for sale, locating the listings for a product, and performing related actions. A user wishing to sell a product can browse to an existing description of the product in an electronic catalog and then select an option to create a corresponding listing. If the user previously purchased the product via the system, the user may alternatively select the product from a personal purchase history. The system may also proactively send product-specific listing requests to those predicted to own specific products. To create a listing for a selected product, the user preferably specifies the product's condition and a selling price. The pending listings for a product are preferably displayed or summarized on the product's detail page in the catalog. In one embodiment, the catalog also servers as a retail sales catalog of an online merchant.