Patents Assigned to Amazon Technologies
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Patent number: 10860295Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for automated detection of ambiguities in software design diagrams are disclosed. One or more graphs are determined that represent a plurality of elements of a design diagram. The one or more graphs comprise a plurality of nodes representing components and a plurality of edges representing relationships between the components. An evaluation of the design diagram with respect to one or more rules is initiated by a rules engine. The evaluation is based (at least in part) on traversal of the one or more graphs. Based (at least in part) on the evaluation, one or more flaws are identified in the design diagram. A modified design diagram is generated that represents remediation of at least a portion of the one or more flaws.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Raghuveer Ketireddy, Benjamin Richeson, Trevor Tonn
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Patent number: 10862796Abstract: A flow policy service that allows clients to define policies for packet flows to, from, and within their virtual networks on a provider network. Via the service, a client may define rules that specify appliances that inbound, outbound, and/or internal virtual network traffic should flow through. The rules may, for example, be attached to the virtual network, to subnets within the virtual network, and/or to resource instances within the virtual network. The rules may be specified in a descriptive, domain-specific language. The service determines how and where on the provider network to implement the rules in order to apply the specified policy. Thus, the actual implementation of the policy may be hidden from the client. The service may generate flow reports that may be used to confirm that traffic to, from, or within a virtual network is flowing through the correct network appliances according to the policy.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Bruce Dickinson, Kevin Christopher Miller, Eric Wayne Schultze
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Patent number: 10862821Abstract: Approaches are described for managing workload, or other tasks in a data center, shared resource environment or other such electronic environment. In particular, a customer (or other end user, etc.) is able to use a computing device to submit a request to process information across at least one appropriate network to be received by a provider environment. The provider environment includes a set of resources (e.g., computing devices) operable to process the information for any of a variety of different purposes. Code can be deployed and executed at one or more of the host machines, wherein when executed, can enable the host machines to perform operations to process a workload in a distributed self-organizing manner, without a master server or other management device, to distribute work, handle situations where host machines go offline, etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jan Henrik Jonsson
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Patent number: 10860439Abstract: Replicated instances in a database environment provide for automatic failover and recovery. A monitoring component can periodically communicate with a primary and a secondary replica for an instance, with each capable of residing in a separate data zone or geographic location to provide a level of reliability and availability. A database running on the primary instance can have information synchronously replicated to the secondary replica at a block level, such that the primary and secondary replicas are in sync. In the event that the monitoring component is not able to communicate with one of the replicas, the monitoring component can attempt to determine whether those replicas can communicate with each other, as well as whether the replicas have the same data generation version. Depending on the state information, the monitoring component can automatically perform a recovery operation, such as to failover to the secondary replica or perform secondary replica recovery.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Grant Alexander MacDonald McAlister, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian
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Patent number: 10860357Abstract: A multi-tenant environment is described with a configurable hardware logic platform (e.g., a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)) positioned on a host server computer. The configurable hardware logic platform can be programmed with a host logic wrapper portion, which is controlled by a service provider, and a customer portion, which is programmed with logic provided by a tenant of the service provider. While the host logic wrapper portion is reprogrammed, protections are put in place to prevent a virtual machine or the customer logic from violating security built within the host logic wrapper portion. Such protections can be suspending communications between the virtual machine and the customer logic until the host logic wrapper is reprogrammed.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert Michael Johnson, Asif Khan, Nafea Bshara, Kiran Kalkunte Seshadri
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Publication number: 20200380422Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dynamic modification of interruptibility settings of network-accessible resources are disclosed. A system includes a resource manager and a plurality of resource instances, each of which has an interruptibility setting. In response to an instance acquisition request, the resource manager allocates an instance with a first interruptibility setting, allowing the resource manager to revoke the client's access to the instance without a notification. In response to an approval of an interruptibility upgrade request, the resource manager modifies the interruptibility setting to a second setting that allows the client to retain access to the instance for at least a specified time. Respective billing amounts for the client's use of the instance are determined for each of the interruptibility settings used.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: David John Ward, JR.
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Publication number: 20200379669Abstract: Technologies are provided for storing data in a storage device based on an associated attribute or attributes. A storage device can be configured to write data to a storage location of the storage device based on an associated attribute. The attribute can describe one or more storage-related requirements of the data. The storage device can identify one or more storage locations where the data can be stored that meet the storage-related requirements described by the attribute. A host computer can transmit an updated attribute for the data to the storage device to reflect new storage-related requirements for the data. The storage device can write the data to a new storage location that meets the new requirements. A mapping table can be maintained that associates a logical identifier for the data with the actual storage location where the data is stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Keun Soo Jo, Munif M. Farhan, Seth William Markle
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Publication number: 20200380216Abstract: Based on a candidate set of translations produced by a neural network based machine learning model, a mapping data structure such as a statistical phrase table is generated. The mapping data structure is analyzed to obtain a quality metric of the neural network based model. One or more operations are initiated based on the quality metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hagen Fuerstenau, Felix Hieber
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Patent number: 10853867Abstract: Described herein are a system and methods for providing action recommendations to a user that are likely to result in performance of a high-value action. In some embodiments, the user is compared to one or more other users in order to identify high-value actions for that user. Once at least one high-value action has been identified, a sequence of actions may be generated to include that high-value action using prediction model data that includes probability information. The sequence of actions is then assessed to determine a gateway action within the sequence of actions that is likely to be performed by the user and has a high likelihood of resulting in subsequent performance of the high-value action. The gateway action may then be presented to the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Prakash Bulusu, Pragyana K. Mishra
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Patent number: 10853870Abstract: Techniques for identifying an automatic replenishment device (ARD) to item pairing based on an interaction by a user with a component of the ARD are disclosed herein. In embodiments, information from an ARD may be received that corresponds to an identify request based at least in part on an interaction with a component of the ARD. The information may include a device identifier for the ARD and a registration token. ARD data that identifies the ARD and the item associated with the ARD may be determined based at least in part on the received information. In accordance with at least one embodiment, a notification may be generated based at least in part on the ARD data where the notification is configured to present the item associated with the ARD. The notification may be transmitted to a user device associated with the ARD.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Allison Kramer, Kevin Chu, Samuel Stevens Heyworth, Devon Merritt
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Patent number: 10853337Abstract: Methods and apparatus for lifecycle support for storage objects are disclosed. A storage medium stores program instructions that when executed on a processor implement a storage lifecycle manager of a multi-tenant storage service. The lifecycle manager determines a lifecycle policy to be implemented for a storage object. The policy indicates lifecycle transitions of the object, including a transition from a first service level to a second service level. The first service level and the second service level may each specify a maximum number of versions of the storage object. The lifecycle manager initiates modification operations corresponding to the storage object's data in accordance with the lifecycle policy, and verifies that the modification operations succeeded. The lifecycle manager provides, in response to a query, an indication of a current service level of the storage object.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Barber, Praveen Kumar Gattu, Derek Ernest Denny-Brown, II, Christopher Henning Elving, Carl Yates Perry
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Patent number: 10855614Abstract: Commitments against various resources can be dynamically adjusted for customers in a shared-resource environment. A customer can provision a data volume with a committed rate of Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) and pay only for that commitment (plus any overage), for example, as well as the amount of storage requested. The customer can subsequently adjust the committed rate of IOPS by submitting an appropriate request, or the rate can be adjusted automatically based on any of a number of criteria. Data volumes for the customer can be migrated, split, or combined in order to provide the adjusted rate. The interaction of the customer with the data volume does not need to change, independent of adjustments in rate or changes in the data volume, other than the rate at which requests are processed.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tate Andrew Certain, Roland Paterson-Jones, James R Hamilton, Sachin Jain, Matthew S Garman, David N Sunderland, Danny Wei, Fiorenzo Cattaneo
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Patent number: 10855690Abstract: A secret is stored in a computing device. The device generates a value determined based at least in part on a substantially random process. As a result of the value satisfying a condition, the device causes the secret to be unusable to perform cryptographic operations such that the device is unable to cause the secret to be restored. The secret may be programmatically unexportable from the device.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Branchek Roth, Gregory Alan Rubin
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Patent number: 10853359Abstract: A computing resource monitoring service receives a request to obtain data for various computing resources. The service obtains, from the various computing resources, one or more data log streams that include the requested data. The service utilizes the one or more data log streams to generate a probabilistic data structure that can be used to indicate that data log streams have been processed. If the one or more data log streams are not completely processed prior to the end of an allotted time period for processing of the request, the service generates a token that specifies partially processed data log streams and the probabilistic data structure. The token can be used to enable resumption of processing of the request.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert Mark Waugh, Greg Sterin
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Patent number: 10853182Abstract: In response to determining that a secondary index is to be created for a particular table of a non-relational database service, a service component verifies that automated transmission of change records of the table to a log-structured journal has been configured. A given change record comprises a before-image and an after-image associated with a committed database write, and is assigned a unique sequence number. A change record propagator for the secondary index examines change records stored in the journal, and transmits selected change records to an index storage node. The index storage node builds the secondary index using the selected change records.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Akshat Vig, Lokendra Singh Panwar, Subramanian Sankara Subramanian, Rajaprabhu Thiruchi Loganathan, Parikshit Shivajirao Pol, Rama Krishna Sandeep Pokkunuri, Harini Chandrasekharan
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Patent number: 10853424Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for content delivery using persona segments for multiple users. In one embodiment, an example method may include receiving user interaction data from a user device for a session associated with a user account, wherein the user interaction data comprises indications of user interaction of interaction by a user account with a website. A set of keywords may be determined based on the product identifiers. A set of persona segments may be determined based on the keywords. Inter-persona distances between each persona segment of the set of persona segments may be determined. The inter-persona distances may be used to determine that multiple users are using a user account. A persona segment corresponding to a user may be selected. A content may be identified based on the persona segment.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Chirag Natvarlal Mandaviya, Pragyana K. Mishra
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Patent number: 10854189Abstract: Techniques are provided for training a language recognition model. For example, a language recognition model may be maintained and associated with a reference language (e.g., English). The language recognition model may be configured to accept as input an utterance in the reference language and to identify a feature to be executed in response to receiving the utterance. New language data (e.g., other utterances) provided in a different language (e.g., German) may be obtained. This new language data may be translated to English and utilized to retrain the model to recognize reference language data as well as language data translated to the reference language. Subsequent utterances (e.g., English utterances, or German utterances translated to English) may be provided to the updated model and a feature may be identified. One or more instructions may be sent to a user device to execute a set of instructions associated with the feature.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan B. Feinstein, Alok Verma, Amina Shabbeer, Brandon Scott Durham, Catherine Breslin, Edward Bueche, Fabian Moerchen, Fabian Triefenbach, Klaus Reiter, Toby R. Latin-Stoermer, Panagiota Karanasou, Judith Gaspers
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Patent number: 10853178Abstract: Technology is described for a checkpoint service for code function checkpoints associated with instances of code functions executed by a computing hub in a local area network. Subsequent to the execution of a code function being suspended by the computing hub, the computing hub may generate a code function checkpoint describing the execution of the code function. The computing hub may persist the code function checkpoint to storage using a checkpoint service. The computing hub may create the code function checkpoint in response to monitoring metrics associated with the computing hub, such as processor overutilization. The computing hub may resume the execution of the code function at a later time using the code function checkpoint retrieved from the checkpoint service.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Cheng Pan, Calvin Yue-Ren Kuo, Jeffrey Tarn
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Patent number: 10854186Abstract: A device-management system performs audio processing, such as acoustic echo cancellation or beamforming, in a computing-resource allocation corresponding to a functionally limited device. The device-management system may be a locally-connected network device that is in communication with one or more user devices; the device-management system may also or instead be a remote device that communicates with the user devices using the locally-connected network device. The device-management system may receive audio data from one or more microphones of one or more user devices. To perform acoustic echo cancellation, the device-management system may receive and process time data corresponding to a time of output of audio by the user device.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sanjay Devireddy, Kenneth Edward Cecka, Adam Stevens, Sebastian Pierce-Durance, Naveen Kumar Devaraj, Po-Chen Paul Yang, Federico Dan Rozenberg, Pete Baldridge, Pranov Rai, Todd Greenwalt, Yusuf Goren, Rajiv Jain
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Patent number: 10855754Abstract: In response to a first programmatic request, metadata indicating that a first isolated read channel of a real-time category has been associated with a first target stream is stored at a stream management service. In response to another request, metadata indicating that a second isolated read channel of a non-real-time category has been associated with a second target stream is stored. In response to a read request indicating the first channel or the second channel, one or more data records of the corresponding target streams are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Warren Mercier, Sayantan Chakravorty, Yasemin Avcular, Charlie Paucard