From: Mike N. 

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:50:41 +0100, Adam
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote:

>  * US 5,796,967 - Presenting Applications in an Interactive Service.
>    * US 5,442,771 - Storing Data in an Interactive Network.
>    * US 7,072,849 - Presenting Advertising in an Interactive Service.
>    * US 5,446,891 - Adjusting Hypertext Links with Weighted User Goals
>and Activities.
>    * US 5,319,542 - Ordering Items Using an Electronic Catalogue.

  I haven't read these, but how is Amazon being singled out?  Other than
basic HTML and the world wide web, I fail to see how these are patentable.
I'll have to check them out later for dates and content.

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