Creating and maintaining gift lists in online shopping

US8195529B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Jacob D. Cohen · Kirkland, US
• Werner Koepf · Foster City, US
• Nasreen AbdulJaleel · Seattle, US
• Christopher Edgar Newell · Seattle, US
• Natalie F. Gordon · Seattle, US
• Matthew R. Smith · Springboro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 7, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0601
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for maintaining gift lists for other persons is presented. The system includes a data store and a computing device. The data store stores at least information related to items available for purchase. The computing device is in communication with and has access to the data store. Moreover, the computing device is configured to create a gift list. The gift list includes references to items that are available for purchase by a user, and that are selected by a user as potential gifts for another. Additionally, access to the gift list is controlled by the user that created the gift list. The computing device is further configured in such a way as to add a reference to an item to the gift list while the user browses the items available for purchase.