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USOO8341 036B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,341,036 B2 Hartman et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 25, 2012 (54) COMBINING DISPARATE PURCHASES INTO 4,529,870 A 7, 1985 Chaum A SINGLE PURCHASE ORDER FOR BILLING 13. A f E. E. et al. e AND SHIPMENT 4,734,858 A 3/1988 Schlafly 4,739,310 A 4, 1988 Y. t (75) Inventors: Peri Hartman, Seattle, WA (US); 4,755,940 A T. 1988 E" O Jeffrey P. Bezos, Seattle, WA (US); 4,759,063 A 7, 1988 Chaum Sheldon J. Kaphan, Seattle, WA (US); 4,759,064 A 7, 1988 Chaum Joel R. Spiegel, Seattle, WA (US) 4,775,935 A 10, 1988 Yourick (Continued) (73) Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this AU T30431 10, 1997 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (Continued) U.S.C. 154(b) by 195 days. (21) Appl. No.: 11/618,452 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Webtvijaval, Parker, Tim “Key security unlocked”. Canadian Com (22) Filed: Dec. 29, 2006 puter Reseller, Aug. 6, 1997.* (65) Prior Publication Data (Continued) US 2007/010657OA1 May 10, 2007 Primary Examiner — Mark Fadok Related U.S. Application Data (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Fenwick & West LLP (63) Continuation of application No. 09/318.447, filed on (57) ABSTRACT May 25, 1999, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application No. 08/928,951, filed on An order is placed by a purchaser at a client system and Sep. 12, 1997, now Pat. No. 5,960,411 s-- a-- us received by a server system. The server system receives pur • 1s s • L vs - a-s- wws I u. ... • chaser information including identification of the purchaser, (51) Int. Cl. payment information, and shipment information from the G06O 30/00 (2006.01) client system. The server system then assigns a client identi (52) U.S. Cl. .................................... 705/26.81: 705/26.2 fier to the client SVyste Stem and associates the assignedIssig client (58) Field of Classification Search 705/26 identifier with the received purchaser information. The server 705/27.261.2681.262 system sends to the client system the assigned client identi See application file for completesearch history s 1- Y - fier. The client system receives and stores the assigned client identifier. In response to an order indication, the client system (56) References Cited sends to the server SVstemy a requestC to ppurchase the identified item. 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