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Auction on September 16 of Click-to-Call U.S. Patents
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| "In addition to the pay-per-call application, our click-to-call
| patented technology has many other applications, including but not limited
| to search-engine-results, online directories, websites, advertising
| banners, auction-site postings, branded desktop buttons, and any
| communication delivered via email such as newsletters, statements, order
| confirmations, opt-in email campaigns, all part of the online advertising
| world. Our patent protection goes back to May 1999. Our portfolio of
| patents claims the front end to any 'click-to-call' transaction, no matter
| where the 'click-to-call' technology is utilized," says Liebster.
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-04-2008/0004878623&EDATE=
Amazon Granted 1-Hour Offer Patent
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| theodp writes "Amazon was awarded a patent Tuesday for its Interactive
| Time-Limited Merchandising Program and Method for Improved Online
| Cross-Selling, which appears to be lawyer-speak for presenting customers with
| one limited-time offer after another until they finally bite on one or
| decline them all. So be careful - the next time you offer folks 10% off on a
| garden rake if they purchase it within sixty minutes after declining to buy a
| saucepan, you could be guilty of patent infringement!"
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20080828/092448.shtml
Related:
Amazon Sneaks One-Click Past the Patent System
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| By changing the word 'a' to 'the' and adding the phrase 'purchasable through
| a shopping cart model,' lawyers for Amazon.com have apparently managed to
| reinstate two of CEO Jeff Bezos' 1-Click Patent claims that were rejected a
| month earlier.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/22/1756237&from=rss
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