Patents Assigned to Amazon Technologies
  • Patent number: 10771316
    Abstract: An emulation mode for network devices is described as a means of isolating a defective network device from real network traffic, while continuing to transmit faux traffic to the defective network device, wherein the faux traffic is intentionally dropped. The emulation mode allows the defective network device to be tested in an environment that appears real, without impacting user traffic. A management server can control one or more neighbor network devices and place them in the emulation mode as a way to isolate and test the defective network device. In the emulation mode, the neighbor network device monitors for packets that, based on previous routing history, would be sent to the defective network device and, instead, routes them to functioning network devices using a current FIB. A virtual RIB/FIB can also be used to route the same packets to the defective network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamie Plenderleith, Guillaume Boissier, Alan Michael Judge
  • Patent number: 10768856
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for performing memory access. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit may include a memory device, a first port to receive first data elements from a memory access circuit within a first time period, and a second port to transmit second data elements to the memory access circuit within a second time period. The memory access circuit may receive the first data elements from the memory device within a third time period shorter than the first time period and transmit, via the first port, the received first data elements to a first processing circuit sequentially within the first time period. The memory access circuit may receive, via the second port, the second data elements from a second processing circuit sequentially within the second time period, and store the received second data elements in the memory device within a fourth time period shorter than the second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Diamant, Sundeep Amirineni, Akshay Balasubramanian, Eyal Freund
  • Patent number: 10769488
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system for automatically identifying an item from among a variation of items of a same type. For example, an image may be processed and resulting item image information compared with stored item image information to determine a type of item represented in the image. If the matching stored item image information is part of a cluster, the item image information may then be compared with distinctive features associated with stored item image information of the cluster to determine the variation of the item represented in the received image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudarshan Narasimha Raghavan, Xiaofeng Ren, Michel Leonard Goldstein, Ohil K. Manyam
  • Patent number: 10769175
    Abstract: A hosted analytics system may be integrated with transactional data systems and additional data sources such real-time systems and log files. A data processing pipeline may transform data on arrival for incorporation into an n-dimensional cube. Correlation between patterns of events in transactional data may be identified. Upon arrival, new data may be transformed and incorporated into the n-dimensional cube. Similarity between the new data and a previously identified correlation may be determined and flagged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Santosh Kalki, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Srinivasan Sundar Raghavan, Timothy Andrew Rath, Amol Devgan, Mukul Vijay Karnik
  • Patent number: 10771345
    Abstract: The following description is directed to a network monitoring service. In one example, a method can include receiving a query including a reference to a logical device of a network and an action to perform on the logical device. The logical device can include a plurality of interconnected network devices. The method can include determining whether the action can be performed on the logical device based at least on combining scores of the network devices of the logical device. The score of an individual network device can be calculated by recursively calculating scores of neighboring network devices of the individual network device. The method can include transmitting a response indicating whether the action can be performed on the logical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Louca, Yan Xu, Andrew Miehs, Jason Svein Ashworth, Zhiheng Gao
  • Patent number: 10768965
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to reduce the number of redundant copy operations performed as part of a live migration of a virtual machine executing a guest. A hypervisor can queue the copy operations in a processing engine. While pre-copying for the live migration of the VM, the guest may continue to write to the pages. In one embodiment, the processing engine may clear a dirty page just before performing the copy operation of the modified page to a target device, thus extending the window of time to capture any future writes to that page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Adi Habusha, Ali Ghassan Saidi
  • Patent number: 10769912
    Abstract: Streaming and storing content captured by audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for transmitting and storing video images captured by an A/V recording and communication device including a camera and memory is provided, the method comprising: capturing video images of a field of view of the camera; detecting a person at the A/V recording and communication device; in response to detecting the person, storing a high-quality version of the video images at the memory of the A/V recording and communication device; determining an available network bit rate for video streaming; if the available network bit rate is above a threshold, then transmitting a high-quality video stream to a client device; and if the available network bit rate is below the threshold, then transmitting a low-quality video stream to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Roth, Trevor Phillips, Jason Gluckman
  • Patent number: 10766143
    Abstract: Techniques for systems and methods that provide for utilizing a robotic system to type commands that correspond to voice commands using a keyboard of a device are described herein. In embodiments, an image of a device may be received from a camera. A keyboard region of the device may be determined based on a keyboard detection algorithm that uses the image. One or more characters in a portion of the image that corresponds to the keyboard region of the device may be detected based on a character detection algorithm. The one or more characters may be grouped into one or more groups based on the portion of the image. A character of a portion of character associated with a group may be edited based on an error detection algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zongyi Liu, Bruce Ferry, Kun Chen, Andrew Becker
  • Patent number: 10769054
    Abstract: Functionality is disclosed herein for integrating a program code marketplace and a service provider network. A program code marketplace system is configured to provide a program code marketplace through which developers or other users can list program code for sale. Program code offered through the program code marketplace may have an associated execution environment definition that defines an execution environment for the program code. A request may be received to deploy program code available through the program code marketplace to a service provider network for execution. In response thereto, the execution environment definition may be utilized to create an execution environment in the service provider network. The program code may then be deployed to the execution environment in the service provider network for execution. The program code marketplace may integrate with other systems, such as a payments system, for processing micropayments for program code available through the program code marketplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charlotte Elaine Henkle, Samuel Ytzhak Donnelley, Sunbir Gill, Ameesh Paleja, Matthew A. Jones, Alexander Lowell Rouse
  • Patent number: 10768830
    Abstract: At a data stream management service, a first set of metadata indicating that a first isolated read channel has been associated with a first data stream is stored. The first isolated read channel has an associated read performance limit setting. A second set of metadata indicating that a second isolated read channel, with its own performance limit setting, has been associated with a data stream is also stored. Based on determining that the difference between a metric of read operations associated with the first channel and the read performance limit setting of the first channel meets a first criterion, the service initiates a throttling operation for reads associated with the first channel. The throttling decision is made independently of read metrics of the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vasudeva Gade, Benjamin Warren Mercier, Sayantan Chakravorty, Yasemin Avcular, Charlie Paucard
  • Patent number: 10769579
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a system for associating multiple totes with a single profile so that items placed into any of the multiple totes are identified on a profile item identifier list. For example, if two users located in a materials handling facility are picking items that are to be consolidated or otherwise treated together, each user may select a different tote and move separately through the materials handling facility. As either user picks items and places those items into a corresponding tote, a profile item identifier list is updated to include an item identifier for each picked item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Korwin Jon Smith, Amber Autrey Taylor, Alexander Michael McNamara, Sridhar Boyapati, Jason Michael Famularo, Thomas Meilandt Mathiesen
  • Patent number: 10771939
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for enabling orientation of directional antennas even when one or more of the directional antennas are moving. Position information for each directional antenna is transmitted using an omnidirectional antenna transmitting at a low bandwidth and a low power. The position information of the directional antennas is used to orient the directional antennas so that a high bandwidth, low power wireless connection can be enabled and/or maintained between the directional antennas. The position information is periodically transmitted and the orientation of the directional antennas is updated as one or more of the directional antennas move so that the wireless connection between the directional antennas is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Daniel Buchmueller, Ronald Joseph Degges, Jr., Jin Dong Kim, Gur Kimchi, Sang Eun Lee, Subram Narasimhan, Koohyun Um
  • Patent number: 10771306
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a log monitoring system to monitor the health of server log files. The log monitoring system may generate at least one log health signal based on an analysis of the server log content generated by at least one host application. Furthermore, the application may generate a system integrity record based on the at least one log health signal and an external signal, wherein the external signal embodies a system health metric of the at least one host application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Raleigh H. Upshur, Nicholas Alexander Allen, Patrick J. Ward
  • Patent number: 10766136
    Abstract: A machine learning system builds and uses computer models for identifying how to evaluate the level of success reflected in a recorded observation of a task. Such computer models may be used to generate a policy for controlling a robotic system performing the task. The computer models can also be used to evaluate robotic task performance and provide feedback for recalibrating the robotic control policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon William Porter, Leonardo Ruggiero Bachega, Brian C. Beckman, Benjamin Lev Snyder, Michael Vogelsong, Corrinne Yu
  • Patent number: 10769581
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an inventory system that comprises sensors and a management module to automatically determine an inventory item and its location without requiring hand-scanners. The system may determine that the object being handled is an inventory item at the location of the obstruction based at least on the inventory holder information and the location of the obstruction, and update a relative location of the inventory item based at least in part on the handling of the inventory item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremiah David Brazeau
  • Patent number: 10770911
    Abstract: Calibrating a battery capacity gage employs a controlled discharge of a backup battery unit. A method of updating a capacity gage includes charging a backup battery unit to a predetermined high charge level. A first amount of energy is discharged from the backup battery unit at a first controlled discharge rate so as to discharge the backup battery unit from the predetermined high charge level to a first low charge level. The backup battery unit is charged back to the predetermined high charge level. A power system controller estimates, based on the first amount of energy and the first controlled discharge rate, a second amount of energy that can be discharged from the backup battery unit at a second controlled discharge rate greater than the first controlled discharge rate. The capacity gage is updated based on the second amount of energy estimated by the power system controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Darin Lee Frink, Ligong Wang
  • Patent number: 10769148
    Abstract: Relocating data sharing operations for query processing may be implemented when generating plans to perform a query. A query operation that causes a node to share data obtained from a different set of nodes with other nodes in a same set of nodes may be identified. The identified query operation may be replaced with another operation that causes the different set of nodes to share the data directly with the other nodes in the same set of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Binkert, Mengchu Cai, Martin Grund, Maor Kleider, Michail Petropoulos, Ippokratis Pandis
  • Patent number: 10768850
    Abstract: Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to a highly distributed replica of a volume stored in a networked computing environment. First and second replicas of the volume can be synchronously replicated, and some implementations of the tertiary replica can be asynchronously replicated. The highly distributed nature of the tertiary replica supports parallel data transfer of the data of the volume, resulting in faster creation of backups and new copies of the volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiran-Kumar Muniswamy-Reddy, Christopher Magee Greenwood, Colin Williams, Wells Lin, Danny Wei, Igor A. Kostic
  • Patent number: D895465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Loew, Mark Siminoff, Timothy Wellener, Vinay Sao, Andrew Louis Russell
  • Patent number: D895921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chirag Ojha, Maciej Platek, Peter Beele