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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Benjamin David Gannon, Kirkland, WA (US);
Siddharth S. Easwar, Seattle, WA (US);
David Allen Markley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christian L. Adam, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin David Gannon, Kirkland, WA (US);
Siddharth S. Easwar, Seattle, WA (US);
David Allen Markley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christian L. Adam, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure involves selling virtual items for an application via electronic commerce systems. A catalog of virtual items is stored in a data store, where each of the virtual items relates to an interaction with an application. An electronic commerce system is provided that facilitates a purchase of one of the virtual items via a client device over a network, where the one of the virtual items is purchased in association with an application account associated with the application. The electronic commerce system also informs the application of the purchase of one of the virtual items to facilitate use of the purchased virtual item during interaction by a user with the application.