In a patent filing, Amazon outlined an innovative way to repurpose packaging by making it very easy for the recipient of an online order to reuse the package it came in to mail another item – without having to weigh Read more
Amazon wants to sniff out shady messages between buyers and sellers, a patent filing reveals. Two big reasons for concern: fraud and fee avoidance. Amazon’s patent cited examples of how unscrupulous buyers might attempt to engage in various types of Read more
Amazon acknowledged last week that it was experimenting with video authentication after Buzzfeed broke the news the ecommerce giant had been videotaping some sellers’ faces when they were setting up accounts. An Amazon patent crossed our desk today that shed Read more
