Has anyone yet patented confusing, bloated Flash interfaces with techno soundtracks, tiny unreadable fonts and lots of lines flying across the screen? I could make billions from licensing!
- Jim Robert Bailey wrote: >Amamzon will patent HTML soon, heh > >Kevin Graeme wrote: > > > http://news.com.com/2100-1019_3-5070569.html?tag=lh > > > > --- > > Amazon wins patent for ordering forms > > > > > > By Dawn Kawamoto > > Staff Writer, CNET News.com > > September 2, 2003, 5:17 PM PT > > > > > > Amazon.com on Tuesday received a patent for new features on its ordering > > forms. > > In its latest patent, the online retailing giant outlined a method for > > expanding portions of the ordering form, then collapsing that portion > > of the > > form and removing the data fields. The content for that particular > > section > > of the form would then be displayed again. > > > > The patent, filed in September 1997 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark > > Office, also described a method for editing content on the order form and > > redisplaying the information in the section after the changes have been > > made, according to a copy of the patent. > > > > > > > > In its effort to build a loyal customer base, Amazon is continually > > tweaking > > its technology to make its Web site easier to use and to expand its > > range of > > offerings. Like many companies, Amazon has been building a patent > > portfolio > > to cover products and services it's poured money into developing and from > > which it expects to profit. > > > > Last May, Amazon was granted a patent for a system that allows > > customers to > > preorder a used item from an unspecified seller, even if that item > > isn't yet > > offered by anyone else on the site. > > > > Amazon representatives were not immediately available for comment. > > > > --- > > > > -Kevin > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
