2008年8月13日 星期三

One-Click Patent

Amazon公司有個有名的One Click專利
美國專利US5960411
內容事實上不多,圖示在一半以上,下圖明顯看出這個專利的精神:
先交代網頁上各個項目(items),選取並加入購物車(shopping cart),用1個click完成購買過程,最後顯示購買項目!(在另一張圖)

而右邊流程圖就清楚表達這個流程,從網頁-購物車-one-click-完成
這也是經常談案講到一些軟體流程時,希望發明人能夠揭露使用的環境或是具體的樣態,以免專利淪於純粹軟體流程的核駁理由,當然Claim的規劃也是要注意,儘量與電腦系統、記憶體、資料庫等硬體有交互作用!

Claim如下:
1. A method of placing an order for an item comprising:
under control of a client system,
displaying information identifying the item; and
in response to only a single action being performed, sending a request to order the item along with an identifier of a purchaser of the item to a server system;
under control of a single-action ordering component of the server system,
receiving the request;
retrieving additional information previously stored for the purchaser identified by the identifier in the received request; and
generating an order to purchase the requested item for the purchaser identified by the identifier in the received request using the retrieved additional information; and
fulfilling the generated order to complete purchase of the item
whereby the item is ordered without using a shopping cart ordering model.
以上紅字是我認為此Claim與硬體之間有具體連結的部分!讓此案可被專利!
當然,各國對此申請案的觀點應該不甚一致

但是這個business model的經典案的第一次侵權訴訟並不成功!(控告Barnes & noble)
顯見法院在這種商業方法的侵權判斷格外小心,因為茲事體大,侵權難判,也怕影響其他商務行為的發展

www.bn.com

updated 3.27.2012
Apple Inc., Barnes&Noble隨後經Amazon授權使用此專利
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Click


Ron

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