Patents Assigned to Amazon Technologies
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Publication number: 20240419840Abstract: Unstructured data items are stored at an object storage service. A filtering requirement to be used to generate a result set for an access request is determined. Using a transformed representation of the filtering requirement, a target set of tokens of the filtering requirement which are to be obfuscated within a log record is identified. A log record that comprises substitute tokens for the target set of tokens is generated and stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ning Liao, Josef Schiefer, Karishma Chawla, Ruiwen Zhao, Michael Banfield, Fusheng Yuan, Kaiwen Qu
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Patent number: 12170688Abstract: A distributed denial of service attack is detected. In response to detection of the attack, application layer properties of network traffic associated with a web application under attack are analyzed. Changes to distributions of the application layer properties are identified. A signature is generated based, at least in part, on identifying a combination of application layer properties whose distributions have changed, and which identifies traffic increased since onset of the attack. A mitigation rule is generated based, at least in part, on the signature.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adriana-Maria Horelu, Jeffrey Allen Lyon, Robert Benjamin Lang, Saket Tomer, Krzysztof Jan Pado, John Shields, Ben Sangho Jae, Matthew Hyun Seok Lee
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Patent number: 12169859Abstract: Techniques are generally described for displaying outfit recommendations using a recurrent neural network. In various examples, a computing device may receive a first state vector representing an outfit comprising at least one fashion item. First image data depicting a second fashion item of a first item category may be received. A recurrent neural network may generate a first output feature vector based on the first state vector, the first image data, a first attribute vector, and the first item category. The first output feature vector may be compared to other feature vectors representing other fashion items in the first category to determine distances between the first output feature vector and the other feature vectors. A set of fashion items may be recommended and displayed based on the distances between the first output feature vector and the other feature vectors.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Alexander Lorbert, David Neiman, Arik Poznanski, Eduard Oks, Megan E Anderson, Layne Skullerud
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Patent number: 12169983Abstract: Systems and techniques for ranking and selection of headshots from a collection of images. The systems and techniques for ranking use heuristics to rank extracted headshots from a set of images based on features of the faces within the images. The ranking may be used to generate a training dataset for a machine learning model to determine quality scores for faces within images. The ranked images may then be stored for later access in reference to a video or set of images containing the individual.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yash Pandya, Abhinav Aggarwal, Lokesh Amarnath Ravindranathan, Laxmi Shivaji Ahire, Manivel Sethu, Kaustav Nandy, Nihal Shandilya
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Patent number: 12170666Abstract: A system receives an authentication request from a requestor system for a token to access one or more computing resources associated with a computing resource service provider. The system analyzes information included with the authentication request and, based on the information included with the authentication request, selects an authentication provider from a plurality of authentication providers without additional input from the requestor system. The requestor system is redirected to the selected authentication provider such that the token is provided in response to the authentication request. The requestor system then presents the token to obtain an identity assertion that can be used to access the one or more computing resources.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jaimin Bhatt, Ken Chu, Jack A. Drooger, Frank Johnston
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Patent number: 12169673Abstract: A Toffoli magic state to be injected in preparation of a Toffoli gate may be prepared using a bottom-up approach. In the bottom-up approach, computational basis states are prepared in a fault tolerant manner using a STOP algorithm. The computational basis states are further used to prepare the Toffoli magic state. The STOP algorithm tracks syndrome outcomes and can be used to determine when to stop repeating syndrome measurements such that faults are guaranteed to be below a threshold level. Also, the STOP algorithm may be used in growing repetition code from a first code distance to a second code distance, such as for use in the computational basis states.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Chamberland, Fernando Brandao, Earl Campbell
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Patent number: 12169663Abstract: Techniques for content output are described. A computing component determines that a first zone identifier is associated with at least a first permission that enables identifying first content output and controlling the first content output, and that a second zone identifier is associated with a second permission that enables identifying second content output and prohibiting the second content output. Based at least in part on the first permission, this component causes the first content output by a first speaker associated with the first zone identifier and causes a first display associated with the first zone identifier to present a first graphical user interface that identifies the first content and includes a content control component.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Monish Nagisetty, Aniket Vinay Phatak
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Patent number: 12170087Abstract: Techniques for altering audio being output by a voice-controlled device, or another device, to enable more accurate automatic speech recognition (ASR) by the voice-controlled device. For instance, a voice-controlled device may output audio within an environment using a speaker of the device. While outputting the audio, a microphone of the device may capture sound within the environment and may generate an audio signal based on the captured sound. The device may then analyze the audio signal to identify speech of a user within the signal, with the speech indicating that the user is going to provide a subsequent command to the device. Thereafter, the device may alter the output of the audio (e.g., attenuate the audio, pause the audio, switch from stereo to mono, etc.) to facilitate speech recognition of the user's subsequent command.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gregory M. Hart, William Spencer Worley, III
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Patent number: 12170083Abstract: Systems and methods for presence-based account data association with devices are disclosed. For example, a presence event may be detected and details of the presence event may be utilized to determine whether and how to initiate, maintain, or end an account-association session associated with a secondary device. A current session status and a determination as to whether a primary device is associated with a previously-utilized primary account identifier for the secondary device may be used to determine whether connection notifications should be sent and/or whether the secondary device should be within a threshold distance from a primary device to establish the account-association session.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Jeffrey Anderson, Martyn Romanko, Yu Han Ding, Manikanta Babu Karanam, James Marlotte
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Patent number: 12169624Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for voice-based device operation mode management. Example methods may include determining that a device is coupled to an accessory device, and determining that being coupled to the accessory device triggers activation of a first operation mode at the device. The first operation mode presents digital content at the display in a user interface having a first content density that is less than a second content density of a second operation mode. Example methods may include causing the device to activate the first operation mode, receiving first voice data indicative of a request to change the device operation mode to the second operation mode, and causing the device to activate the second operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kynan Dylan Antos, Jenny Toi Wah Lam, Mark Yoshitake, Ankur Narendra Bhai Vachhani, Blade Imsande McRae, Robert Williams, James Martin Conway, Nedim Fresko, Michael Wendling, Mustafa Husain
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Patent number: 12170086Abstract: A speech interface device is configured to switch between languages, at the request of a user, in order to locally process utterances spoken in different languages, even in instances when a remote system is unavailable to, slower than, or otherwise less preferred than the speech interface device. For example, a user can request to set the language setting of the speech interface device to a second language, different from a first language to which the language setting of the device is currently set. Based on this user request, a local speech processing component of the device may load a language model(s) associated with the second language. The speech interface can also output voice prompts in the second language to manage the user's experience while a language update is in progress on the speech interface device.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ashwin Venkatesh Raman, Bruno Dufour, Sasi Kiran Vepanjeri Lokanadha Reddy, Michal Kowalczuk, Maciej Grabon, Maciej Makowski, Fabian Andreas Bumberger
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Patent number: 12169786Abstract: Described herein is a neural network accelerator (NNA) with reconfigurable memory resources for forming a set of local memory buffers comprising at least one activation buffer, at least one weight buffer, and at least one output buffer. The NNA supports a plurality of predefined memory configurations that are optimized for maximizing throughput and reducing overall power consumption in different types of neural networks. The memory configurations differ with respect to at least one of a total amount of activation, weight, or output buffer memory, or a total number of activation, weight, or output buffers. Depending on which type of neural network is being executed and the memory behavior of the specific neural network, a memory configuration can be selected accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tariq Afzal, Arvind Mandhani, Shiva Navab
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Patent number: 12169491Abstract: Dynamic plan interpretation may be implemented to perform queries. A query is received at a database system. A plan to perform the query is generated. For at least a portion of the plan to perform the query, a domain-specific language may be applied to interpret and execute the portion of the plan to perform the query using one or more previously compiled executors instead of generating and compiling code to execute the portion of the plan. Returning a result of the query according to the execution of the plan.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Nemanja Boric, Venkatraman Govindaraju, Demala Palliye Gurunnanselage Shermal Ruwantha Fernando, Naresh Chainani, Ippokratis Pandis, Kiran Kumar Chinta, Hui Shi, Hanna Loboda
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Patent number: 12169487Abstract: Techniques for performing a scratch space flush of cold tier upsert data into cold tier storage while allowing continued hot tier ingestion are described. Data points to be written into a time series database having a hot tier and a cold tier may be designated to be written directly into the cold tier, bypassing the hot tier that typically stores new data points that eventually are aged out into the cold tier. New data points for insertion directly into the cold tier may be stored to a scratch space storage and moved into the cold tier according to a non-blocking protocol that allows for continued hot tier ingestion without significant service disruptions.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kanishka Chaturvedi, Timothy A. Rath, Rolf Petter Skog, Zhihao Li, Zhong Ren
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Patent number: 12170646Abstract: This disclosure describes a container management tool of a container management service of a service provider network that operates a first container in a network mode associated with a software generated namespace generated by the container management tool. The container management tool determines a location of the software generated namespace and adds a link to a desired, e.g., existing application network namespace to the software generated namespace. The container management tool, using an application namespace creation script, generates a name for the desired application network namespace. The service provider network executes one or more first applications in the first container, wherein executing the one or more first applications in the first container comprises the first container accessing the software generated namespace and following the link to the desired application network namespace.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yang Li, Xu Zhao, Kai Gao, Yue Yang, Vikram Anbazhagan
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Patent number: 12170466Abstract: Systems and methods to form concentrated motor windings may include bending wires into a U-shape, inserting the wires onto a stator pole, bending ends of the wires around the stator pole, and welding respective pairs of the ends of the bent wires. In some example embodiments, the U-shape may include a twist along a central portion thereof. In other example embodiments, a twist may be introduced along the respective pairs of bent ends of the wires that are then welded. In addition, the wires may be stacked and laterally inserted onto the stator pole. Further, the wire bending, twisting, insertion, welding, and other forming processes may be performed by automated or robotic machinery or equipment.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tausif Husain, Rick Roller, Sung Ho An
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Patent number: 12165636Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for inference reduction in natural language processing using semantic similarity-based caching. In various examples, first automatic speech recognition (ASR) data representing a first natural language input may be determined. A cache may be searched using the first ASR data. A first skill associated with the first ASR data may be determined from the cache. In some examples, first intent data representing a semantic interpretation of the first natural language input data may be determined by using a first natural language process associated with the first skill.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kiana Hajebi, Vivek Yadav, Pradeep Natarajan
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Patent number: 12167223Abstract: Real-time low-complexity stereo speech enhancement with spatial cue preservation may be performed. A stereo speech enhancement system receives a stereo input signal (e.g., a left and right input signal). The stereo speech enhancement system estimates spatial cues for a target speaker and downmixes the stereo input signal into a monaural signal. A low-complexity model may then process the monaural signal to generate an enhanced monaural signal. The stereo speech enhancement system upmixes the enhanced monaural signal based on the estimated spatial cues for the target speaker, to generate an enhanced stereo output signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Masahito Togami, Karim Helwani, Jean-Marc Valin, Michael Mark Goodwin
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Patent number: 12165043Abstract: Some embodiments provide a neural network inference circuit for executing a neural network that includes multiple layers of computation nodes. At least a subset of the layers include non-convolutional layers. The neural network inference circuit includes multiple cores with memories that store input values for the layers. The cores are grouped into multiple clusters. For each cluster, the neural network inference circuit includes a set of processing circuits for receiving input values from the cores of the cluster and executing the computation nodes of the non-convolutional layers.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jung Ko, Kenneth Duong, Steven L. Teig
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Patent number: D1054396Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jesse W. Moore, Giles David Matthew McWilliam
