Patents by Inventor Muhammad Ali Siddiqui

Muhammad Ali Siddiqui has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9268663
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed in part to testing of different versions of software or software components (software versions) and analyzing results of use (e.g., user interaction) of the different software versions. The techniques described herein provide software testing that varies the allocation to enable a ramp up of allocations to/from another software version. The allocation module may use allocation rules to assign requests to each software version based on various factors such as load balancing, user attributes, past user assignment, and/or other rules or logic. An analysis of the different software versions may include an analysis of system performance resulting from operation of each software version. An analysis may determine attributes of each user and then allocate the user to a software version based on at least some of the determined attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Kendra A. Yourtee, Amos Dylan Vance, Ivan Eduardo Gonzalez, Thomas L. Keller, Peter V. Commons
  • Patent number: 9218437
    Abstract: Computer applications may generate a large volume of different types of record data. In one example, the large volume of record data may represent millions of different processes occurring every second. Described herein are systems, methods and devices for generating parsed data based on the large volume of record data. The parsed data may be consumed by computing nodes within a designated amount of time from the generation of the record data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Richard Swensen, Melissa Elaine Davis, Miles Childs Kaufmann, Thomas Lowell Keller, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Amos Dylan Vance
  • Publication number: 20150339169
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods are described for managing computing capacity by a provider of computing resources. The computing resources may include program execution capabilities, data storage or management capabilities, network bandwidth, etc. Multiple user programs can consume a single computing resource, and a single user program can consume multiple computing resources. Changes in usage and other environmental factors can require scaling of the computing resources to reduce or prevent a negative impact on performance. In some implementations, a fuzzy logic engine can be used to determine the appropriate adjustments to make to the computing resources associated with a program in order to keep a system metric within a desired operating range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Kendra A. Yourtee, Alexander S. Borst, Sanjeev K. Verma, Gregory Suhyun Kang, Josh M. Goodspeed, Thomas L. Keller
  • Patent number: 9112782
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods are described for managing computing capacity by a provider of computing resources. The computing resources may include program execution capabilities, data storage or management capabilities, network bandwidth, etc. Multiple user programs can consume a single computing resource, and a single user program can consume multiple computing resources. Changes in usage and other environmental factors can require scaling of the computing resources to reduce or prevent a negative impact on performance. In some implementations, a fuzzy logic engine can be used to determine the appropriate adjustments to make to the computing resources associated with a program in order to keep a system metric within a desired operating range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Kendra A. Yourtee, Alexander S. Borst, Sanjeev K. Verma, Gregory Suhyun Kang, Josh M. Goodspeed, Thomas L. Keller
  • Publication number: 20150227409
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing operating metrics of monitored metric sources. Aspects of the present disclosure may present for display information associated with the monitored metric source and the analysis of its operating metrics. Analysis comprises determination of reference values and tolerance levels which represent allowable deviations from the reference values. Input data includes a measurement of an operating parameter and a time stamp. Input data may be saved to a data store for using in future analysis of other input data. When input data is determined to be outside the tolerance level, notifications may be issued to alert administrators or systems of the anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Mathias G. Ricken, Arthur Carré, Miles C. Kaufmann, Aaron T. Olds, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Sanjeev K. Verma, Kendra A. Yourtee
  • Patent number: 9106589
    Abstract: Techniques are described for performing automated predictions of program execution capacity or other capacity of computing-related hardware resources that will be used to execute software programs in the future, such as for a group of computing nodes that execute one or more programs for a user. The predictions that are performed may in at least some situations be based on historical data regarding corresponding prior actual usage of execution-related capacity (e.g., for one or more prior years), and may include long-term predictions for particular future time periods that are multiple months or years into the future. In addition, the predictions of the execution-related capacity for particular future time periods may be used in various manners, including to manage execution-related capacity at or before those future time periods, such as to prepare sufficient execution-related capacity to be available at those future time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhuo Zhang, Swaminathan Subramanian, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 9104964
    Abstract: A method is provided for estimating past data by identifying a high frequency data set for a defined time period. A pattern is calculated for the high frequency data set and then the pattern is applied to a low frequency data set in a past time period to estimate a high frequency query point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Charles Graham Haver Crissman, Sanjeev Kewal Verma, Mark Christopher Veronda
  • Patent number: 9058428
    Abstract: The techniques described herein provide software testing that may concurrently process a user request using a live version of software and a shadow request, which is based on the user request, using a shadow version of software (e.g., trial or test version, etc.). The live version of software, unlike the shadow version, is user-facing and transmits data back to the users while the shadow request does not output to the users. An allocation module may vary allocation of the shadow requests to enable a ramp up of allocations (or possibly ramp down) of the shadow version of software. The allocation module may use allocation rules to dynamically initiate the shadow request based on various factors such as load balancing, user attributes, and/or other rules or logic. Thus, not all user requests may be issued as shadow requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Peter V. Commons, Ivan Eduardo Gonzalez, Amos Dylan Vance, Kendra A. Yourtee, Thomas L. Keller
  • Patent number: 9021606
    Abstract: Computer applications may generate event data based on a large volume of different types of record data. Described herein are systems, methods, and devices for enabling a computing node to implement new functions for dynamically consuming the event data. In one example, the computing node may implement a new function using an expression language, without modifying predefined hard coded functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Miles Childs Kaufmann, Melissa Elaine Davis, Thomas Lowell Keller, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Gregory Richard Swensen, Amos Dylan Vance
  • Patent number: 9015536
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing operating metrics of monitored metric sources. Aspects of the present disclosure may present for display information associated with the monitored metric source and the analysis of its operating metrics. Analysis comprises determination of reference values and tolerance levels which represent allowable deviations from the reference values. Input data includes a measurement of an operating parameter and a time stamp. Input data may be saved to a data store for using in future analysis of other input data. When input data is determined to be outside the tolerance level, notifications may be issued to alert administrators or systems of the anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathias G. Ricken, Arthur Carré, Miles C. Kaufmann, Aaron T. Olds, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Sanjeev K. Verma, Kendra A. Yourtee
  • Publication number: 20150026348
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods are described for managing computing capacity by a provider of computing resources. The computing resources may include program execution capabilities, data storage or management capabilities, network bandwidth, etc. Multiple user programs can consume a single computing resource, and a single user program can consume multiple computing resources. Changes in usage and other environmental factors can require scaling of the computing resources to reduce or prevent a negative impact on performance. In some implementations, a fuzzy logic engine can be used to determine the appropriate adjustments to make to the computing resources associated with a program in order to keep a system metric within a desired operating range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Kendra A. Yourtee, Alexander S. Borst, Sanjeev K. Verma, Gregory Suhyun Kang, Josh M. Goodspeed, Thomas L. Keller
  • Publication number: 20140325072
    Abstract: Techniques are described for performing automated predictions of program execution capacity or other capacity of computing-related hardware resources that will be used to execute software programs in the future, such as for a group of computing nodes that execute one or more programs for a user. The predictions that are performed may in at least some situations be based on historical data regarding corresponding prior actual usage of execution-related capacity (e.g., for one or more prior years), and may include long-term predictions for particular future time periods that are multiple months or years into the future. In addition, the predictions of the execution-related capacity for particular future time periods may be used in various manners, including to manage execution-related capacity at or before those future time periods, such as to prepare sufficient execution-related capacity to be available at those future time periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Zhuo Zhang, Swaminathan Subramanian, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 8856797
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods are described for managing computing capacity by a provider of computing resources. The computing resources may include program execution capabilities, data storage or management capabilities, network bandwidth, etc. Multiple user programs can consume a single computing resource, and a single user program can consume multiple computing resources. Changes in usage and other environmental factors can require scaling of the computing resources to reduce or prevent a negative impact on performance. In some implementations, a fuzzy logic engine can be used to determine the appropriate adjustments to make to the computing resources associated with a program in order to keep a system metric within a desired operating range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Kendra A. Yourtee, Gregory Suhyun Kang, Alexander S. Borst, Sanjeev K. Verma, Josh M. Goodspeed, Thomas L. Keller
  • Patent number: 8850263
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for incorporating streaming and/or sampling in real-time log analysis. Representative samples of log data are extracted from the log files on a number of monitored hosts and streamed in real-time to log processors for processing. The log processors accumulate and process the representative samples of log data, and track a data completeness value representing an indication of a proportion of total log data represented by the representative samples received. The representative samples of log data are merged and collated. Estimated metrics are calculated from the merged and collated representative samples and the data completeness, and the estimated metrics are published to consumers in near real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kendra A. Yourtee, Amos Dylan Vance, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Alexander S. Borst, Miles C. Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 8812646
    Abstract: Techniques are described for performing automated predictions of program execution capacity or other capacity of computing-related hardware resources that will be used to execute software programs in the future, such as for a group of computing nodes that execute one or more programs for a user. The predictions that are performed may in at least some situations be based on historical data regarding corresponding prior actual usage of execution-related capacity (e.g., for one or more prior years), and may include long-term predictions for particular future time periods that are multiple months or years into the future. In addition, the predictions of the execution-related capacity for particular future time periods may be used in various manners, including to manage execution-related capacity at or before those future time periods, such as to prepare sufficient execution-related capacity to be available at those future time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhuo Zhang, Swaminathan Subramanian, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 8745218
    Abstract: Techniques are described for managing program execution capacity or other capacity of computing-related hardware resources used to execute software programs, such as for a group of computing nodes that is in use executing one or more programs for a user. Dynamic modifications to the program execution capacity of the group may include adding or removing computing nodes, such as in response to automated determinations that previously specified triggers are currently satisfied, and may be automatically governed at particular times based on automatically generated predictions of program execution capacity that will be used at those times by the group, such as to verify that requested dynamic execution capacity modifications at a time are within the predicted execution capacity values for that time. In some situations, the techniques are used in conjunction with a fee-based program execution service that executes multiple programs on behalf of multiple users of the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua M. Goodspeed, Zhuo Zhang, Swaminathan Subramanian, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 8499066
    Abstract: Techniques are described for performing automated predictions of program execution capacity or other capacity of computing-related hardware resources that will be used to execute software programs in the future, such as for a group of computing nodes that execute one or more programs for a user. The predictions that are performed may in at least some situations be based on historical data regarding corresponding prior actual usage of execution-related capacity (e.g., for one or more prior years), and may include long-term predictions for particular future time periods that are multiple months or years into the future. In addition, the predictions of the execution-related capacity for particular future time periods may be used in various manners, including to manage execution-related capacity at or before those future time periods, such as to prepare sufficient execution-related capacity to be available at those future time periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhuo Zhang, Swaminathan Subramanian, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 8346921
    Abstract: Techniques are described for managing program execution capacity or other capacity of computing-related hardware resources used to execute software programs, such as for a group of computing nodes that is in use executing one or more programs for a user. Dynamic modifications to the program execution capacity of the group may include adding or removing computing nodes, such as in response to automated determinations that previously specified triggers are currently satisfied, and may be automatically governed at particular times based on automatically generated predictions of program execution capacity that will be used at those times by the group, such as to verify that requested dynamic execution capacity modifications at a time are within the predicted execution capacity values for that time. In some situations, the techniques are used in conjunction with a fee-based program execution service that executes multiple programs on behalf of multiple users of the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua M. Goodspeed, Zhuo Zhang, Swaminathan Subramanian, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
  • Publication number: 20100115246
    Abstract: An improved system and method of data partitioning for parallel processing of dynamically generated application data is provided. An application may send a request to partition the application data specified by a data partitioning policy and to process each of the data partitions according to processing instructions. The data partitioning policy may be flexibly defined by an application for partitioning data any number of ways, including balancing the data volume across each of the partitions or partitioning the data by data type. Asynchronous data partition processors may be instantiated to perform parallel processing of the partitioned data. The data may be partitioned according to the data partitioning policy and processed according to the processing instructions. And the results may be returned to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Sundar Seshadri, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Brian Sorkin, Robert Wong
  • Publication number: 20090094073
    Abstract: A real-time click system to process advertisement (ad) clicks includes a real-time listener operative to listen for, and store in a memory, a plurality of click event packets emitted by an ad server when corresponding ads are clicked by web users. A sequencer stores the click event packets in a database. A collector is coupled with the real-time listener and the sequencer and is operative to retrieve the plurality of click event packets, upon request, from the memory at a predetermined time interval. The collector also determines a partition number associated with each of the plurality of click event packets and sends to the sequencer the click event packets having a partition number corresponding to the sequencer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic Cheung, Rana Anjum Ahmed, Eugene Freeman Hu, Robert K. Wong, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Brian Wayne Sorkin