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Method and apparatus for booking based shipment

A user, subscriber technology, applied in the field of related user interface

Active Publication Date: 2016-01-13
AMAZON TECH INC
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Typically, the customer is charged for the items in the order and the costs associated with shipping the order to the customer

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[0056] Embodiments are generally described as requesting and receiving subscriptions to shipping programs via a user interface provided by the e-commerce enterprise's website. Note that in some embodiments, subscriptions to shipping programs may be solicited by and received from other sources, such as other websites or other businesses. In one embodiment, subscriptions for the shipping program may be received by the e-commerce enterprise's website from other sources via a web service interface to the website. In general, a Web service interface can be configured to provide a standard, cross-platform API for communication between a user requesting a certain service to be performed and a service provider. In some embodiments, the web service interface may be configured to support the exchange of documents including information describing service requests and responses to the requests. Such documents can be exchanged using standardized web protocols such as Hypertext Transfer Pr...

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Computer-accessible media and devices for providing reservation-based shipments of items. Embodiments may provide means to allow customers of an e-commerce site to pay a fee to get a subscription to a shipping program that provides the subscribing customer with free shipping on at least some items ordered via the e-commerce site during the time period covered by the subscription and / or reduced price shipment. The website may provide a user interface element on the website that only provides one or more shipping and possibly other options to ordering customers. Some embodiments may provide means to allow subscribers to share subscriptions to shipping programs with other customers. One embodiment may provide some means by which a subscribing customer may invite other customers to share the subscription. Some embodiments may provide other exclusive services and / or offers to subscribers of the shipping program that are not offered or offered to non-subscribers.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a computer network based service and associated user interface for reducing shipping costs. Background technique [0002] Manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, distribution centers, and other distributors of products or merchandise (which may collectively be referred to as distributors) typically maintain inventories of various items that may be ordered by users or customers and shipped to them. This inventory can be held and processed at material handling facilities such as distribution centers, cross-docking facilities, and order fulfillment facilities. figure 1 A general view showing the operation of a traditional dealer. Multiple customers 10 may submit orders 20 to the dealer, where each order 20 specifies one or more items from inventory 30 to be shipped to the customer submitting the order. At order fulfillment 40, the order can be processed by the business to fulfill the customer order 20. One or more items ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q30/06G06Q10/08
CPCG06Q10/08G06Q30/0601G06Q30/0603G06Q30/0635
Inventor 查尔斯·L·沃德维杰·拉文德兰戴维·I·吉尔曼杰弗里·A.·豪登南彦·尼库尔斯迈克尔·沙杰弗雷·P.·贝佐斯
Owner AMAZON TECH INC