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posted by martyb on Sunday August 20 2017, @07:13AM   Printer-friendly

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On Sept. 12th, Amazon will lose the patent to its 1-Click feature it filed almost 20 years ago. According to thirtybees, it will be a game changer in e-commerce as any vendor will have access to the feature and will shape the future of e-commerce in the coming years . Amazon applied for the patent back 1997, but was granted the rights in 1999. The company has gone to court defending the validity of patent over the years. Plenty of web retailers are preparing for the expiration. My advice hide your wallets.

What next? The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is in the process of drafting a set of specifications for consistently implementing one-click purchases. Involved with the drafting are Google, Apple, and Facebook. This would involve storing credit card numbers and address information in your browser and having your browser communicate directly with the payment gateway. Some of the standards have already been implement in Google's Chrome and Chrome Mobile browsers.

Source: https://www.hardocp.com/news/2017/08/18/amazons_1click_patent_expires_next_month/


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  • (Score: 2) by Unixnut on Sunday August 20 2017, @04:16PM

    by Unixnut (5779) on Sunday August 20 2017, @04:16PM (#556711)

    Yeah, but more and more shopping and payment is online. Even my local government has started accepting online payments.

    At least with them they have to keep non-internet payments around for people who are unable to use the internet, but a lot of private companies are going online only. In future might be hard to get ahold of some things unless you pay with things online.

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