Alan J Caplan

US Patent:

8612343, Dec 17, 2013

Filed:

Feb 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/032977

Inventors:

Jeffrey P. Bezos - Greater Seattle WA, US
Jonathan Leblang - Atherton CA, US
Shaun Schooley - Orinda CA, US
FuMing Young - Los Altos CA, US
Alan Caplan - Seattle WA, US
Joel R. Spiegel - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Amazon.com, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00
G06Q 20/10

US Classification:

705 39, 705 40

Abstract:

A network-based payment service and site provides various features for facilitating payments. One such feature enables users of the payment service to create pay boxes, or other types of payment objects, that can be incorporated into externally hosted web pages and used to make payments. In some embodiments, the payment objects enable users to make payments directly from the externally hosted web pages.

US Patent:

20020120568, Aug 29, 2002

Filed:

Aug 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/928982

Inventors:

Jonathan Leblang - Atherton CA, US
Shaun Schooley - Orinda CA, US
FuMing Young - Los Altos CA, US
Alan Caplan - Seattle WA, US
Joel Spiegel - Woodinville WA, US
Jeffrey Bezos - Greater Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/040000

Abstract:

A network-based payment service provides various features for facilitating online, user-to-user payments. One feature involves the ability for users to define customized pay pages for receiving payments from other users. The pay pages are preferably hosted by a service provider site that handles the collection process, and may be created using pay page templates that specify the layouts and behaviors of the pay pages. In one embodiment, a pay page owner can also define one or more “pay boxes” to allow payments to be initiated from other web sites, which may include the web sites of associates who receive commissions on resulting payments. Another feature involves the ability for users to make single-action payments from web sites external to the service provider site. Also disclosed are various features for controlling access to content and services based on whether, or an extent to which, a visitor has made voluntary or mandatory payments.