Patents by Inventor J. Benjamin Compton

J. Benjamin Compton 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).

  • System and method for facilitating exchanges between buyers and sellers
    Patent number: 7702545
    Abstract: A method and system facilitates the exchange of goods and services at a local level. For each party, information is received including an indication of one or more items desired to be exchanged and an indication of one or more exchange locations acceptable to the party. Potential matches are identified by identifying exchange locations that are mutually agreeable to respective ones of the parties involved in a given exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Benjamin Compton, Jeffrey N. Peterson