This Amazon patent lists Jeff Bezos as an inventor and is directed towards methods and systems for distributing information within a dynamically defined community. Mr. Bezos was awarded U.S. Patent 7433832 entitled “Methods and systems for distributing information within a dynamically defined community” on October 7, 2008. The utility patent has been cited 222 times by other U.S. patents in the field of it methods for management and in other fields.

One embodiment of the present invention distributes data via a network to remotely located users. Historical purchase information for a first user is stored in a database. Authorization is received over a network from the first user allowing a second user to view at least a portion of the historical purchase information. In addition, the first user selectively specifies which historical purchase information may be viewed by the second customer. An electronic notification is transmitted to the second user, wherein the notification informs the second user of the first user’s authorization. Link: U.S. Patent 7433832

Amazon filed this utility patent on November 17, 2000 giving it a processing time of 2881 days (compared to an average processing time of 2461 in the field). They have a total number of 158 patents. The first named inventor is Jeffrey P. Bezos of Seattle, WA. The patent was allowed by primary examiner Robert M. Pond and examiner .

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