| US 7,478,054 B1 | ||
| Sharing information about purchases | ||
| Warren Adams, Edgartown, Mass. (US); Jeffrey P. Bezos, Greater Seattle, Wash. (US); Jennifer Jacobi, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Ryan Snodgrass, Kirkland, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 20, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/718,445. | ||
| Application 09/718445 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/715850, filed on Nov. 17, 2000, granted, now 7,433,832. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/166664, filed on Nov. 19, 1999. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—26 [705/27] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method for notifying a notified customer about a purchase made by a purchasing customer, comprising:
in a computing system, detecting that the purchasing customer has purchased an item for a person other than the notified customer,
wherein the notified customer is not a party to the purchase transaction;
in the computing system, determining that the notified customer has a purchase notification relationship with the purchasing
customer; and
via the computing system, providing to the notified customer a notification that the purchasing customer has purchased the
item, the notification identifying the purchasing customer and including a link to additional information regarding the purchasing
customer's purchase.
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