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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2009
Applicants:

Victoria A. Griffith, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeff L. Belle, Seattle, WA (US);

Daniel Leng, Seattle, WA (US);

Mark A. Winham, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Adam J. Iser, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Michael Anthony Frazzini, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Victoria A. Griffith, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeff L. Belle, Seattle, WA (US);

Daniel Leng, Seattle, WA (US);

Mark A. Winham, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Adam J. Iser, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Michael Anthony Frazzini, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This disclosure describes a platform for better connecting authors and retailers that offer works of the authors for acquisition by a community of users. This platform includes multiple tools that allow the authors to provide content to the community of users through the retailer or through another entity. In addition, this platform provides tools that authors may utilize for marketing their works, for tracking acquisition (e.g., sales) of their works, for connecting with other authors, or for a multitude of other purposes.


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