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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2005
Contextual presentation of information about related orders during browsing of an electronic catalog
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Greater Seattle, WA (US);
Maryam S. Mohit, Seattle, WA (US);
Walker L. Lockhart, Seattle, WA (US);
Ericka N. Lock, Issaquah, WA (US);
William W. Allocca, Bellevue, WA (US);
Suguna Subramaniam, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Greater Seattle, WA (US);
Maryam S. Mohit, Seattle, WA (US);
Walker L. Lockhart, Seattle, WA (US);
Ericka N. Lock, Issaquah, WA (US);
William W. Allocca, Bellevue, WA (US);
Suguna Subramaniam, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An electronic catalog system, which may be implemented as a web site or another type of interactive system, presents context-sensitive account information to customers during browsing of an electronic catalog of products. In one embodiment, when a customer accesses a detail page for a particular product, the detail page is supplemented with information, such as status information, about a related order placed by the customer. The related order may be an order for the product represented in the detail page or may be for a related product. Information about related orders may additionally or alternatively be added to other types of pages, such as product category pages and shopping cart pages. In one embodiment, a customer's related order information is maintained in a cache during the customer's browsing session, and the cache is updated in real time to reflect actions performed by the customer.