Saturday, November 12, 2005
RED HERRING | Amazon Wins Patents:
"Amazon, holder of the infamous ?one-click? patent, was awarded three U.S. patents this week, covering systems for finding products on its online marketplace.
The patents, two of which the company applied for over five years ago, cover ?purchase circles,? which are community recommendation systems, a method for encouraging purchasers to post reviews and ranking search results across multiple categories...
The third patent covers displaying search results across a query that spans multiple categories. The results would be ordered by category, with the most relevant rising to the top..."
"Amazon, holder of the infamous ?one-click? patent, was awarded three U.S. patents this week, covering systems for finding products on its online marketplace.
The patents, two of which the company applied for over five years ago, cover ?purchase circles,? which are community recommendation systems, a method for encouraging purchasers to post reviews and ranking search results across multiple categories...
The third patent covers displaying search results across a query that spans multiple categories. The results would be ordered by category, with the most relevant rising to the top..."
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