This Amazon patent lists Jeff Bezos as an inventor and is directed towards computer services and methods for collecting payments from and providing content to web users. Mr. Bezos was awarded U.S. Patent 7542943 entitled “Computer services and methods for collecting payments from and providing content to web users” on June 2, 2009. The utility patent has been cited 24 times by other U.S. patents in the field of it methods for management and in other fields.

A network-based payment service provides functionality for site operators to add payment links or objects to their sites. When a user selects such a link or object, the payment service may charge a fee to an account of the user, and may redirect a browser of the user to content associated with the link. In some use cases, the payment service may also cause all or a portion of the fee to be divided between multiple entities or site operators; for example, a portion may be paid to an entity responsible for hosting or publishing the payment link or object, and another portion may be paid to an entity that hosts or provides the associated content. Link: U.S. Patent 7542943

Amazon filed this utility patent on August 13, 2001 giving it a processing time of 2850 days (compared to an average processing time of 2656 in the field). They have a total number of 6869 patents. The first named inventor is Jeffrey P. Bezos of Seattle, WA. The patent was allowed by assistant examiner Clement Graham and primary examiner Frantzy Poinvil.

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