This is a crucial patent to their approach in creating a marketplace for web services. Also, tied in with their A9 efforts, one can now not only search for the third party WebServices but also bind dynamically and pay to consume and disconnect.
Amazon.com has received a public airing of its patent application for an online marketplace where consumers search and pay for Web services. The patent application, filed last year and published Thursday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, marks the online retailing giant’s latest attempt to make inroads into consumers' wallets.
Amazon, in its latest filing, is seeking to patent its idea for creating a marketplace where third-party Web services providers can link up with consumers.
In the marketplace, consumers can search for Web services and read comments and reviews from others who have used the service. Amazon can also provide the suppliers of these services with assurances that only authorized consumers can access their offerings.
Originally posted at Blogspot on 2005-08-04 11:30:00 +0000 UTC