Patents Assigned to Amazon Technologies
  • Key exchange through partially trusted third party
    Patent number: 10447674
    Abstract: A system may transmit, to a first entity, data to indicate an association between the first entity and a public key, wherein the public key is to be used to establish a cryptographically protected communications session between the first entity and a second entity, receive the data in response to a request to verify the association, and transmit, to the second entity, an indication that the data is valid. The system may be a cryptography service that is partially by the first and second entities. A partially trusted system can a computer system that is trusted in some respects but not trusted in other respects. A partially trusted cryptography service may be trusted to generate digital signatures and verify authenticity of digital signatures, but not trusted with access to a cryptographic key that can be used to access a cryptographically protected communications between a first entity and a second entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew John Campagna
  • Associated content item instances
    Patent number: 10441891
    Abstract: A first content item instance may be played by one or more participants and may be presented by one or more first compute nodes to the one or more participants. Information associated with the first content item instance may be collected. The information may include, for example, game state, user inputs, and other information associated with the first content item instance. The information may be provided as input to a second content item instance executing at one or more second compute nodes. Audio and/or video information output by the second content item instance may then be collected, and data including the collected information may be transmitted to one or more third compute nodes for presentation to spectators. Spectator feedback may be received and provided back to the first content item instance, which may be presented based, at least in part, on the spectator feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rosen Ognyanov Baklov, Nicholas Joshua Lawson, Patrick Gilmore, Michael Donges, Joseph Conlin Connors, Eric Schenk
  • Automated method and system for diagnosing load performance issues
    Patent number: 10445167
    Abstract: A system includes multiple computing nodes. Each node includes a processor and memory. The computing nodes comprise a plurality of instances of an application, a networking device and a health service. The networking device is configured to receive requests directed to the application instances, to distribute the requests across the application instances, and, for each request, to determine a status code and an elapsed time value and store the status codes and elapsed time values for the request in a log. The health service is configured to provide error rate and average or percentile latency metrics based on request status codes and elapsed time values from the log. The metrics comprise a first set of error rate and average or percentile latency metrics associated with the networking device and a second set of error rate and average or percentile latency metrics associated with the application instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence Shao-Shien Young
  • Dynamic browsing displays
    Patent number: 10445412
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the presentation content on client computing devices. A processing component inspects browse render tree elements to detect the aspects of browser content and replace those aspects with a visual cue. This allows the page to utilize the available display space for the dynamic aspects of the browser content. In response to an input from the mobile device, the browser can provide the previously static aspects of the browser content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Holger Kraus
  • Applying fluorescent markings to items to aid robotic handling
    Patent number: 10442087
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using fluorescent coatings to aid in robotic handling of items. In one embodiment, an image is captured. An item in the image is recognized from the image based at least in part on a fluorescence of the item relative to its surrounding environment caused by exposure of a fluorescent marking of the item to a radiation source. A robotic arm is operated relative to the item in response to recognizing the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew M. Sweeney
  • Detecting failover events at secondary nodes
    Patent number: 10445197
    Abstract: Secondary nodes may detect failover operations for applications performing at a primary node. Application state indications may be collected at a primary node and reported to a monitor for the primary node. A secondary node may obtain the state indications from the monitor in order to evaluate whether the application is performing correctly at the primary and if not, trigger a failover operation to switch performance of the application to the secondary node. In some embodiments, the state information may be encoded into a single metric that can be obtained by the secondary node and evaluated to detect failover events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Harpreet
  • Interest related search results
    Patent number: 10445383
    Abstract: Technology is described for providing search results based on a search query. The method may include receiving the search query. A user interest based on the search query may also be identified. The user interest may be compared with currently trending interests. Interest items based on the currently trending interests that relate to the user interest may be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Guido Beat Zgraggen, James Emmett Stevenson
  • Identifying candidate workloads for migration
    Patent number: 10445134
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying a candidate workload which may be a suitable candidate for migration from a first location to a second location are described herein. A set of suitability measurements associated with a computer system resource operating in the first location is received, the set of suitability measurements including, for example, resource usage values for one or more resources associated with the workload. Based at least in part on one or more statistical calculations on the set of suitability measurements exceeding one or more thresholds, recommendations are made about whether to migrate the workload from the first location to the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Apolak Borthakur
  • Techniques for network redirection
    Patent number: 10447610
    Abstract: Techniques for connecting computer system entities to remotely located computer system resources by redirecting locators are described herein. A computer system entity that requests access to a computer system resource may first obtain an identifier for that resource and, based on the identifier, may determine the region for that resource. A routing service then resolves the locator to locate a content management system that stores executable scripts that provide access to the computer system resources by redirecting the locator. The location of the executable scripts is based at least in part on the processing of the locator by the content management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shon Kiran Shah, Guruprakash Bangalore Rao, Thomas Christopher Rizzo, Connor John Yorks, Kevin Gillett, Gaurang Pankaj Mehta
  • Electrowetting display device with color filtering spacers
    Patent number: 10444490
    Abstract: A display device including a first support plate and an opposing second support plate. A first pixel is positioned between the first support plate and the second support plate. A spacer structure is coupled to the second support plate and associated with the first pixel. The spacer structure allows propagation of light having a first wavelength and prevents propagation of light having a second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tulasi Sridhar Reddy Guntaka, Toru Sakai, Abhishek Kumar, Karel Johannes Gerhardus Hinnen
  • Delivery confirmation using overlapping geo-fences
    Patent number: 10445685
    Abstract: Disclosed are approaches for using overlapping geo-fences to confirm delivery of a shipment. A first client computing device and a second client computing device may be in data communication with a server computing device. The server computing device may receive a delivery notification from the first client computing device. The server computing device may receive a first position of the first client computing device and a second position of the second client computing device. The server computing device may then determine that the second position is within a threshold distance of the first position or vice versa. Finally, the server computing device may generate a delivery confirmation in response to a first determination that the second position is within a threshold distance of the first position and a second determination that the first position is within a threshold distance of the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandeep Bhatia, Kevin Lee Davenport, Jr., Rahul Sharma, Vinoo Vasudevan, Beryl Tomay
  • Determining popular and trending content characteristics
    Patent number: 10445753
    Abstract: Features are disclosed for analyzing requests for network accessible content, including but not limited to web pages, to determine which topics and other characteristics are popular or are gaining in popularity (“trending”). Content items or sources may be profiled to determine characteristics that two or more content items or sources may have in common. Content requests from multiple client devices may be tracked and analyzed to determine the trending or popular characteristics. Data feeds or reports regarding the summarized content requests may be generated and distributed to content servers and other entities. The data feeds may be used to tailor content, such as by highlighting or featuring content associated with the most-requested content characteristics, or utilizing demographic data to tailor content for different users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett R. Taylor, David A. Killian, Peter F. Hill, Ameet N. Vaswani, Ivan King Yu Sham, Ranganath Atreya, Samuel J. Young
  • Communication port identification
    Patent number: 10447545
    Abstract: A system adapted to identify a router port corresponding to a DWDM device port is disclosed. A port identification server gathers and accumulates time series traffic data for a port of a DWDM device and plurality of router ports. The port identification server compares the time series traffic data for the port of the DWDM device with the time series data for router ports in order to determine which one of the router ports has data transmitted therefrom and received thereat that best fits or corresponds to the data received at and sent from the DWDM port. The port identification server identifies the router port that has time series data traffic that most closely matches the data traffic at the DWDM port as connected to the DWDM port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Denizcan Billor, Alaa Adel Mahdi Hayder, Daril Alexandre Vilhena, Rohit Sivaprasad, Yi Chen
  • Motion sensitive communication device for controlling IR lighting
    Patent number: 10448491
    Abstract: A power management system for lighting circuit may include a grid shifting controller that includes a processor and a connection to an external power source. The power management system may also include a communication interface associated with the grid shifting controller. The grid shifting controller may be configured to provide control information to a processor of at least one grid shifting electrical fixture over the communication interface, the control information being configured to direct the at least one grid shifting electrical fixture on the use of power from the external power source and an energy storage device associated with the at least one grid shifting electrical fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael V. Recker, David Brett Levine
  • Tamper-evident brace for juncture of case pieces
    Patent number: 10444805
    Abstract: A brace can be installed over a juncture between releasably joined case pieces. The brace includes a first tab and a second tab interconnected by a transition portion. The tabs are arranged to deform or break apart from one another along the transition portion in response to relative rotation between the case pieces. The deformation or breakage along the transition portion provides a tamper-evident indication of the case having been opened by rotation for access to the interior of the case since the brace was installed on the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Strickland Beall, Frank Charles Paterra, Darin Lee Frink, Robert Hastings, Scott Song, Felix An
  • Motion estimation based video compression and encoding
    Patent number: 10447926
    Abstract: A video capture device may include multiple cameras that simultaneously capture video data. The video capture device may include one or more motion sensors that track the motion of the video capture device during video capture. Using the motion data, motion vectors can be calculated and used by an encoder to compress and encode a stream of video data. The motion vectors calculated for one stream of video data can then be used to compress and encode a second stream of video data due to the symmetry of a first camera that captured the first video stream and a second camera that captured the second video stream. The video capture device and/or remote computing resources may stitch together the first and second video streams to generate a panoramic video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Vladimirovich Brailovskiy, Manuel Rosendo Arana Manzano, Marcus-Alan Gilbert, Kenneth James Albanowski
  • Validation of camera calibration data using augmented reality
    Patent number: 10447995
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collecting camera calibration data using wearable devices are described. An augmented reality interface may be provided at a wearable device. Directions for a user to present a calibration target to a camera may be presented at the augmented reality interface. Calibration data collected by the camera viewing the calibration target may be received. Existing calibration data for the camera may be validated based at least in part on the collected calibration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Christopher Curlander, Gur Kimchi, Barry James O'Brien, Jason Leonard Peacock
  • Attribution of multi-channel communications
    Patent number: 10447647
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for attributing credit to individual channels for messages delivered via multi-channel communications. A message may be delivered to a recipient via multiple delivery channels, and the recipient may engage in a conversion event or activity associated with receipt of the message. Each delivery of the message may partially contribute to causing the conversion event, and the incremental contribution of each delivery may be determined. A probability of conversion may be determined based on past message deliveries involving the same or similar messages, recipients, and channels. An impressions path may be generated based on the past message deliveries, and subpaths of the impressions path may be used to isolate the contribution of individual message impressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roopesh Ranjan, Graton Marshal Randal Gathright, Pragyana K. Mishra
  • Interactive voice response using a cloud-based service
    Patent number: 10447860
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for interactive voice response using a cloud-based service are disclosed. Voice input indicating interaction with an entity is received at a service provider environment. The entity is associated with an IVR data structure comprising one or more options associated with contacting the entity. The IVR data structure is selected based (at least in part) on analysis of the voice input by the service provider environment. The voice input is sent from a voice-capturing device to the service provider environment via a non-telephonic network. A contact point is selected from the IVR data structure based (at least in part) on analysis of the voice input and/or contextual information. A connection is initiated with the contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Hartman, Michael Frederick Kahn
  • Camera stand
    Patent number: D863406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Emmanuel J M Laffon de Mazieres, Christopher Green, Giles David Matthew McWilliam