The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 23, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2005
Applicant:
Richard Brinkerhoff, Burien, WA (US);
Inventor:
Richard Brinkerhoff, Burien, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 90/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention is a system and method of encouraging customers to review purchased items. Customers are provided with review requests a predetermined amount of time after the customer has purchased an item or had the item delivered. The predetermined amount of time is related to an estimated time it will take the customer to evaluate the item. The reviews may include textual reviews that are presented to other customers and/or item ratings that are used to generate personal recommendations.