http://gigaom.com/2008/01/30/amazon-patent-engine-rumbles-on/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/30/amazon-patent-engine-rumbles-on/#comment-859121 Amazon’s web services show the way : business|bytes|genes|molecules Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:37:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11342#comment-859121 <p>[...] I don’t get Amazon’s love for inane patents, but their web services engine, which I am an unabashed fan of is for real. Amazon’s web [...]</p> [...] I don’t get Amazon’s love for inane patents, but their web services engine, which I am an unabashed fan of is for real. Amazon’s web [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/01/30/amazon-patent-engine-rumbles-on/#comment-858973 Matthew Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:40:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11342#comment-858973 <p>To be hypercritical here, that's not so much a "patent for displaying 404 errors," as it is a method of redirecting visitors to a page that works; it makes sense for AMZN to protect their method of doing so. If a product page is moved or otherwise likely to come up 404, AMZN will lose that customer, because whatever that product is, more times than not, it is available elsewhere on the internet. Additionally, the method (distinct from the patent) is a benefit to everyone. I'd rather be routed, intelligently, to a working analogue of the page than get a browser error.</p> To be hypercritical here, that’s not so much a “patent for displaying 404 errors,” as it is a method of redirecting visitors to a page that works; it makes sense for AMZN to protect their method of doing so. If a product page is moved or otherwise likely to come up 404, AMZN will lose that customer, because whatever that product is, more times than not, it is available elsewhere on the internet. Additionally, the method (distinct from the patent) is a benefit to everyone. I’d rather be routed, intelligently, to a working analogue of the page than get a browser error.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/01/30/amazon-patent-engine-rumbles-on/#comment-858965 Amazon obtiene una patente de software para.... ¡mostrar errores 404! Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:51:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11342#comment-858965 <p>[...] Amazon obtiene una patente de software para.... ¡mostrar errores 404!gigaom.com/2008/01/30/amazon-patent-engine-rumbles-on/ por versvs hace pocos segundos [...]</p> [...] Amazon obtiene una patente de software para…. ¡mostrar errores 404!gigaom.com/2008/01/30/amazon-patent-engine-rumbles-on/ por versvs hace pocos segundos [...]

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