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Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2009
Applicants:

Diwakar Gupta, Seattle, WA (US);

Paul C. Schattauer, Seattle, WA (US);

Chih-jen Huang, Kirkland, WA (US);

Philip Yuen, Bellevue, WA (US);

Ammar Chinoy, Seattle, WA (US);

Kiran Kumar Meduri, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Diwakar Gupta, Seattle, WA (US);

Paul C. Schattauer, Seattle, WA (US);

Chih-Jen Huang, Kirkland, WA (US);

Philip Yuen, Bellevue, WA (US);

Ammar Chinoy, Seattle, WA (US);

Kiran Kumar Meduri, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Item scarcity resulting from a high demand of the item is addressed by providing users a high demand sale process. In some aspects, users may opt-in to purchase the item in a sale by transmitting a mobile message to a host over a mobile device network prior to a sale of the item. If the user is eligible, the host then attempts to purchase the item on behalf of the user once the sale begins.


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