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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2004
Colin M Bryar, Seattle, WA (US);
Udi Manber, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey P Bezos, Greater Seattle, WA (US);
Colin M Bryar, Seattle, WA (US);
Udi Manber, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey P Bezos, Greater Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method and system is described to facilitate variable pricing for electronically viewing content online. Consumers pay different amounts to view portions of electronically viewable content obtained from a tangible work, where the amount paid is based on a characteristic of the work (e.g., the genre or publisher), the consumer's past viewing behavior or purchases, including the portions of content (e.g., the number of pages or chapters) previously viewed from the same or other work, or the number or amount of purchases made of other works or products, or the aggregated viewing behavior or purchases of a number of consumers.