Appeal 2007-3540
Application 09/946,616
1 seller's bank account using the bank routing number and account number
2 (Bogosian, col. 2, ll. 48-51).
3 09. Bogosian provides buyers the option to immediately purchase items
4 from such sellers using a default credit card number and shipping
5 address previously specified by the buyer (Bogosian, col. 2, ll. 64-67).
6 10. Bogosian’s actions described as being performed by Amazon.com, or
7 by the web site operator, are performed automatically by executable
8 components of the web site system (Bogosian, col. 4, ll. 19-22).
9 11. Bogosian describes a host web site that includes a web server that
10 processes user requests via a network, such as the Internet. The host
11 web site includes a database that includes among other things, product
12 information pages, and includes a catalog server that provides a forum
13 for third party sellers to advertise and sell products. The catalog server
14 includes a transaction facility that receives purchase requests from
15 buyers, and a catalog database containing information about the third
16 party sellers and their associated products (Bogosian, col. 4, ll. 23-39).
17 12. The sales handled by the catalog server may be via auctions, via
18 fixed-price marketplaces (i.e., online "flea markets"), or via any other
19 method using third party sellers (Bogosian, col. 4, ll. 39-42).
20 13. Following registration, a seller can post information about items that
21 are for sale. In an Amazon.com implementation, the seller can select
22 between an Auctions option and a zShops (fixed price) option when
23 posting an item for sale. If the user has registered to use Amazon.com
24 Payments, the posted items are preferably displayed on the web site
25 together with a "1-Click Ready" slogan or an associated icon to indicate
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