The meat (claim 1):
..displaying information identifying the item; and in response to only a single action being performed, sending a request to order the item along with an identifier of a purchaser of the item to a server system .. ..fulfilling the generated order to complete purchase of the item whereby the item is ordered without using a shopping cart ordering model.
snippets from claims 2 - 26
2 The method of claim 1 wherein the displaying of information includes displaying information indicating the single action.
3-4 The method of claim 1 wherein the single action is clicking a button / is speaking of a sound
17-22 . The method of claim 11 wherein the single action is:
- clicking a mouse button when a cursor is positioned over a predefined area of the displayed information
- a sound generated by a user
- selection using a television remote control.
- is depressing of a key on a key pad.
- selecting using a pointing device.
- selection of a displayed indication
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazonpatent.html
I'm not a lawyer and don't know anything about patents. What I thought I knew seems to be proven wrong by the existence of this patent. But, it looks like "slide to buy" is covered in the last one.
If someone wants a topic to research and blog about, how about a round up of one-click patent workarounds that have been implemented. Especially if these have been reviewed by lawyers or implemented in response to litigation threats.