Journal Encore un brevet Amazon

• # Le texte du brevet

  Posté par daggett le 27 février 2003 à 00:19. Évalué à 1.

  

  Voila de début du brevet...
  En gros il déposent un brevet sur l'idée d'un forum où les gens postent leur avis sur les produits dispo à la vente... Avis à Linuxfr: ne tentez pas de petite annonce de vente de matos sur les forum ou les journaux sans avoir une licence du brevet ! (bon c'est pas encore déposé en Europe, mais au rythme où vont les choses...)
  
  Method and system for conducting a discussion relating to an item
  
  Abstract
  
  A method and system for conducting an electronic discussion relating to a topic. The discussion system of the present invention receives a selection of an item that is to be the topic of the discussion. The discussion system then receives comments relating to the selected item and generates a message that includes a description of the selected item and the received comments. The discussion system then sends the generated message to participants of the discussion. The discussion system receives from a participant who received the generated message additional comments that are to be added to the generated message. The discussion system sends the generated message along with received additional comments to the participants of the discussion.
  
  
  
  What is claimed is:
  
  1. A method in a computer system of a non-participant for starting a discussion relating to an item offered for sale, the method including:
  
  providing information describing a plurality of items being offered for sale;
  
  receiving from an originating participant a selection of one of the items being offered for sale;
  
  providing to the originating participant information describing the selected item offered for sale and an indicator for starting a discussion relating to the item being offered for sale, the information and the indicator to be displayed to the originating participant;
  
  in response to selection of the displayed indicator by the originating participant of the discussion, providing to the originating participant an initial discussion thread that includes a description of the item being offered for sale;
  
  receiving from the originating participant comments to be added to the discussion thread;
  
  receiving from the originating participant an indication of one or more other participants of the discussion;
  
  providing the discussion thread, with the description of the item and the received comments added along with a link that when selected effects the placing of an order to purchase the item, to the one or more other participants, and
  
  tracking the discussion thread as one or more of the participants add comments to the discussion.
  
  2. The method of claim 1 wherein the link is a URL.
  
  
  [etc, etc...]

• # Mails

  Posté par daggett le 27 février 2003 à 00:25. Évalué à 1.

  

  Je me répond encore à moi-meme :)
  tout simplement jeff@amazon.com
  (merci http://www.noamazon.com/(...) )

• # Réponse toute faite de Amazon

  Posté par daggett le 04 mars 2003 à 23:03. Évalué à 1.

  

  Je viens de recevoir la réponse à mon mail (d'insulte):
  (pas tres convaincant franchement, ils déposent des brevets ridicules mais disent qu'ils agissent pour la réforme des brevets, perso je vois la logique dans leur démarche, m'enfin...)
  
  
  Dear Emmanuel,
  
  Greetings from Amazon.com. My name is Kyle Hughes and I am a member
  of the Executive Customer Relations team here at the corporate
  offices. Your e-mail to Mr. Bezos has been brought to my attention
  and I will be including Jeff in this correspondence.
  
  Thank you for taking the time to write to us concerning the patents
  for which we have applied. Patents are designed to encourage
  innovation. They are an important part of our intellectual property
  portfolio, as they are for any company in the high-tech field.
  
  However, please also know our company has taken steps to encourage
  meaningful patent reform. Our founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, has
  contacted the offices of several members of Congress from the
  committees with primary responsibility for patents to ask if they
  would be willing to meet with him on this issue.
  
  Here is a brief summary of his proposal:
  
  1. Patent laws should recognize that business method and software
  patents are fundamentally different than other kinds of patents.
  
  2. Business method and software patents should have a much shorter
  lifespan than the current 17 years--we suggest 3 to 5 years.
  
  3. When the law changes, this new lifespan should take effect
  retroactively so that we don't have to wait 17 years for the current
  patents to enter the public domain.
  
  4. For business method and software patents, there should be a short
  (maybe one month) public comment period *before* the patent number is
  issued. This would give the Internet community the opportunity to
  provide prior art references to the patent examiners at a time when
  it could really help.
  
  We appreciate feedback from customers about all important issues
  concerning Amazon.com, and we carefully consider all viewpoints
  expressed.
  
  We hope you will continue to honor us with the opportunity to serve
  your online shopping needs.
  
  
  Best regards,
  
  Kyle Hughes
  Executive Customer Relations
  http://www.amazon.com(...)
  ==============================

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