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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Greater Seattle, WA (US);
Neil C. Roseman, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Kotas, 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, Seattle, WA (US);
Alandra S. Dilley, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Greater Seattle, WA (US);
Neil C. Roseman, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Kotas, 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, Seattle, WA (US);
Alandra S. Dilley, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An electronic 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. The pending listings for a product are preferably displayed or summarized on the product's detail page in the catalog. When no such listings exist, an option to preorder the product from an unspecified seller may be provided, and information regarding the resulting preorders may be displayed on the associated product detail pages to entice potential sellers. In one embodiment, the electronic catalog also serves as a retail sales catalog of a merchant.