Patents by Inventor Shel Kaphan

Shel Kaphan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLACING A PURCHASE ORDER VIA A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20070106570
    Abstract: A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet. The order is placed by a purchaser at a client system and received by a server system. The server system receives purchaser information including identification of the purchaser, payment information, and shipment information from the client system. The server system then assigns a client identifier to the client system and associates the assigned client identifier with the received purchaser information. The server system sends to the client system the assigned client identifier and an HTML document identifying the item and including an order button. The client system receives and stores the assigned client identifier and receives and displays the HTML document. In response to the selection of the order button, the client system sends to the server system a request to purchase the identified item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Peri Hartman, Jeffrey Bezos, Shel Kaphan, Joel Spiegel
  • Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network
    Patent number: 5960411
    Abstract: A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet. The order is placed by a purchaser at a client system and received by a server system. The server system receives purchaser information including identification of the purchaser, payment information, and shipment information from the client system. The server system then assigns a client identifier to the client system and associates the assigned client identifier with the received purchaser information. The server system sends to the client system the assigned client identifier and an HTML document identifying the item and including an order button. The client system receives and stores the assigned client identifier and receives and displays the HTML document. In response to the selection of the order button, the client system sends to the server system a request to purchase the identified item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Peri Hartman, Jeffrey P. Bezos, Shel Kaphan, Joel Spiegel