Patents by Inventor Christopher Whitaker

Christopher Whitaker 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).

  • Publication number: 20240097308
    Abstract: A modular, radio frequency (“RF”) system includes one or more directional antennas and is configured with both hardware and software components to enable the RF system to monitor (e.g., detect or track signals or objects) and/or interact with (e.g., track signals or objects, or transmit signals) objects in particular directions. The RF system includes one or more machine learning models to determine, based on received signals, one or more signals to transmit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sam El-Akkad, Christopher Fischer, Travis Whitaker, Bryden Pearson, Todd Berk, Thao Pham, Jon Hsu, Cameron Dart
  • Publication number: 20240094375
    Abstract: A modular, radio frequency (“RF”) system includes one or more directional antennas and is configured with both hardware and software components to enable the RF system to monitor (e.g., detect or track signals or objects) and/or interact with (e.g., track signals or objects, or transmit signals) objects in particular directions. The RF system includes one or more machine learning models to determine, based on received signals, one or more signals to transmit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sam El-Akkad, Christopher Fischer, Travis Whitaker, Bryden Pearson, Todd Berk, Thao Pham, Jon Hsu, Cameron Dart
  • Publication number: 20240094372
    Abstract: A modular, radio frequency (“RF”) system includes one or more directional antennas and is configured with both hardware and software components to enable the RF system to monitor (e.g., detect or track signals or objects) and/or interact with (e.g., track signals or objects, or transmit signals) objects in particular directions. The RF system includes one or more machine learning models to determine, based on received signals, one or more signals to transmit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sam El-Akkad, Christopher Fischer, Travis Whitaker, Bryden Pearson, Todd Berk, Thao Pham, Jon Hsu, Cameron Dart
  • Publication number: 20240094378
    Abstract: A modular, radio frequency (“RF”) system includes one or more directional antennas and is configured with both hardware and software components to enable the RF system to monitor (e.g., detect or track signals or objects) and/or interact with (e.g., track signals or objects, or transmit signals) objects in particular directions. The RF system includes one or more machine learning models to determine, based on received signals, one or more signals to transmit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sam El-Akkad, Christopher Fischer, Travis Whitaker, Bryden Pearson, Todd Berk, Thao Pham, Jon Hsu, Cameron Dart
  • Publication number: 20240097353
    Abstract: A modular, radio frequency (“RF”) system includes one or more directional antennas and is configured with both hardware and software components to enable the RF system to monitor (e.g., detect or track signals or objects) and/or interact with (e.g., track signals or objects, or transmit signals) objects in particular directions. The RF system includes one or more machine learning models to determine, based on received signals, one or more signals to transmit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sam El-Akkad, Christopher Fischer, Travis Whitaker, Bryden Pearson, Todd Berk, Thao Pham, Jon Hsu, Cameron Dart
  • Publication number: 20240097352
    Abstract: A modular, radio frequency (“RF”) system includes one or more directional antennas and is configured with both hardware and software components to enable the RF system to monitor (e.g., detect or track signals or objects) and/or interact with (e.g., track signals or objects, or transmit signals) objects in particular directions. The RF system includes one or more machine learning models to determine, based on received signals, one or more signals to transmit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sam El-Akkad, Christopher Fischer, Travis Whitaker, Bryden Pearson, Todd Berk, Thao Pham, Jon Hsu, Cameron Dart
  • Patent number: 11916279
    Abstract: A modular, radio frequency (“RF”) system includes one or more directional antennas and is configured with both hardware and software components to enable the RF system to monitor (e.g., detect or track signals or objects) and/or interact with (e.g., track signals or objects, or transmit signals) objects in particular directions. The RF system includes one or more machine learning models to determine, based on received signals, one or more signals to transmit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sam El-Akkad, Christopher Fischer, Travis Whitaker, Bryden Pearson, Todd Berk, Thao Pham, Jon Hsu, Cameron Dart
  • Publication number: 20240040006
    Abstract: A resource provisioning service allows users to provision multiple, different network resources in an atomic manner and with a single call to a resource provisioning service. In some instances, the multiple, different network resources comprise individual types of resources that form a portion of one or more cloud-computing platforms. For instance, one or more entities may host and operate a cloud-computing platform that includes different types of network resources, such a storage service, a load balancing service, a compute service, a security service, or any other similar or different type of network-accessible service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Reto Kramer, Daniel Lee Osiecki, Nishanth Shankaran, Venkates P. Balakrishnan, Geoffrey Scott Pare, Blake Meike, Christopher Whitaker
  • Patent number: 11882154
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for enabling users to model security resources and user access keys as resources in a template language. The template can be used to create and update a stack of resources that will provide a network-accessible service. The security resources and access keys can be referred to in the template during both stack creation process and the stack update process. The security resources can include users, groups and policies. Additionally, users can refer to access keys in the template as dynamic parameters without any need to refer to the access keys in plaintext. The system securely stores access keys within the system and allows for templates to refer to them once defined. These key references can then be passed within a template to resources that need them as well as passing them on securely to resources like server instances through the use of the user-data field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Avinash Jaisinghani, Reto Kramer, Christopher Whitaker, Venkates P. Balakrishnan, Prashant Jayaraman, Richard Curtis Edwards, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11842222
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for bootstrapping an application with metadata specified in a template. The template specifies a stack of resources that will be used to execute an application and also includes a set of metadata for customizing the resources and the application. When the system receives the template, it instantiates a compute node which will execute the application. The compute node may contain at least one initialization script for bootstrapping the application with the metadata contained in the template. This functionality allows users to bootstrap the application running on the compute node with data from within the template that was used to create the stack of resources for executing the application. In this manner, metadata, configuration files, package names and versions can be passed by the application owner to the remote compute node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Reto Kramer, Christopher Whitaker, Adam M. Thomas, Richard C. Edwards, Jr., Avinash Jaisinghani
  • Patent number: 11758006
    Abstract: A resource provisioning service allows users to provision multiple, different network resources in an atomic manner and with a single call to a resource provisioning service. In some instances, the multiple, different network resources comprise individual types of resources that form a portion of one or more cloud-computing platforms. For instance, one or more entities may host and operate a cloud-computing platform that includes different types of network resources, such a storage service, a load balancing service, a compute service, a security service, or any other similar or different type of network-accessible service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Reto Kramer, Daniel Lee Osiecki, Nishanth Shankaran, Venkates P. Balakrishnan, Geoffrey Scott Pare, Blake Meike, Christopher Whitaker
  • Patent number: 11244261
    Abstract: A service provider system may implement an enterprise catalog service that manages catalogs or portfolios of software products (e.g., desktop applications and server products) on behalf of service provider customer organizations. Through the enterprise catalog service, an administrator in a customer organization may discover, select, and ingest products (e.g., based on their features, pricing, and terms), and may add them to catalogs or portfolios for subsequent use by end users in the organization. The administrator may apply constraints on product use and limit product access to particular end users. The products may include third party products that are made available through the enterprise catalog service and a customer's own applications. The enterprise catalog service may monitor usage of third party products and bill the customer organization. Products managed by the enterprise catalog service may be deployed through an application fulfillment platform or resource stack management platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Quan Binh To, Christopher Whitaker, Sheshadri Supreeth Koushik, Benjamin David Newman, Julien Jacques Ellie, Zachary Thomas Crowell
  • Patent number: 11032140
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable a user to upgrade a stack of resources by providing a template that reflects the desired end state of the stack. Upon receiving a new template, the system automatically detects changes that should be performed and determines the order in which the changes should be performed. The system can also detect if the desired changes to the stack are a result of direct modifications; because parameters to the resources have changed; or the changes are indirectly caused by other dependency/attribute changing. Additionally, the system determines whether the changes require creating new resources or if the changes can be made to the resources live. In case of replacement of resources, the system will first create the new resource, move that new resource into the stack and remove the old resource(s). In case of failures, the system ensures that the stack rolls back to the initial state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Avinash Jaisinghani, Reto Kramer, Christopher Whitaker, Nishanth Shankaran, Jaykumar H. Gosar, Jeffrey L. Baker, Daniel Osiecki, Danny Rabbani, Prashant Jayaraman, Venkates Paramasivam Balakrishnan, Adam M. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210133002
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for bootstrapping an application with metadata specified in a template. The template specifies a stack of resources that will be used to execute an application and also includes a set of metadata for customizing the resources and the application. When the system receives the template, it instantiates a compute node which will execute the application. The compute node may contain at least one initialization script for bootstrapping the application with the metadata contained in the template. This functionality allows users to bootstrap the application running on the compute node with data from within the template that was used to create the stack of resources for executing the application. In this manner, metadata, configuration files, package names and versions can be passed by the application owner to the remote compute node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Reto Kramer, Christopher Whitaker, Adam M. Thomas, Richard C. Edwards, Jr., Avinash Jaisinghani
  • Patent number: 10951473
    Abstract: Technologies are disclosed herein for providing an asynchronous fleet configuration service for deploying and updating a fleet of network resources. The asynchronous fleet configuration service exposes an asynchronous application programming interface (API) that allows for individual resources to indicate an initialization status. Accordingly, the asynchronous fleet configuration service can asynchronously monitor the status of individual resources being deployed or updated, while performing other duties related to the fleet of network resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Avinash Jaisinghani, Prashant Jayaraman, Christopher Whitaker, Matthew John Hinkle, Pete Peerapong Janes, Adam M. Thomas, Jaykumar Harish Gosar, Chetan Manohar Dandekar
  • Patent number: 10810049
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for bootstrapping an application with metadata specified in a template. The template specifies a stack of resources that will be used to execute an application and also includes a set of metadata for customizing the resources and the application. When the system receives the template, it instantiates a compute node which will execute the application. The compute node may contain at least one initialization script for bootstrapping the application with the metadata contained in the template. This functionality allows users to bootstrap the application running on the compute node with data from within the template that was used to create the stack of resources for executing the application. In this manner, metadata, configuration files, package names and versions can be passed by the application owner to the remote compute node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Reto Kramer, Christopher Whitaker, Adam M. Thomas, Richard C. Edwards, Jr., Avinash Jaisinghani
  • Publication number: 20200184394
    Abstract: A service provider system may implement an enterprise catalog service that manages software products and portfolios of software products on behalf of service provider customer organizations. Through an administrator interface of the service, a customer organization administrator may create constraints on the use of the software products, and each constraint may include one or more rules about how the products can be launched. These may include environmental constraints (specifying a region in which a product launches), restrictions on input parameter values (including the types of resource instances on which a product can be launched), quotas (controlling the number of product installations), or billing constraints. Constraints may be applied on a user-to-product arc or on a portfolio-to-product arc. Constraints may be stored as objects, and reference to those objects may be added to product or portfolio objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik Christophe Delacourt, Quan Binh To, Christopher Whitaker, Richard Curtis Edwards, JR., Julien Jacques Ellie, Zachary Thomas Crowell, Benjamin David Newman
  • Patent number: 10572842
    Abstract: A service provider system may implement a notification service that manages actionable notification messages received from other services on behalf of a customer organization and its end users. An IT administrator of the customer organization may create and configure message inboxes to be maintained by the notification service. The messages stored in each inbox may be partitioned by source, type, targeted (authorized) recipients, or an associated message topic. Each message may include an identifier of the inbox to which it is directed, and active elements that, when selected by a recipient, cause a corresponding action to be performed. The service from which a message is received may, in response to a message recipient taking one of the available actions, submit a request to the notification service to update the message state. The notification service may provide APIs through which the other services and message recipients interact with the notification service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Quan Binh To, Richard Curtis Edwards, Jr., Frederik Christophe Delacourt, Christopher Whitaker, Jr., Julien Jacques Ellie, Zachary Thomas Crowell, Benjamin David Newman
  • Patent number: 10565534
    Abstract: A service provider system may implement an enterprise catalog service that manages software products and portfolios of software products on behalf of service provider customer organizations. Through an administrator interface of the service, a customer organization administrator may create constraints on the use of the software products, and each constraint may include one or more rules about how the products can be launched. These may include environmental constraints (specifying a region in which a product launches), restrictions on input parameter values (including the types of resource instances on which a product can be launched), quotas (controlling the number of product installations), or billing constraints. Constraints may be applied on a user-to-product arc or on a portfolio-to-product arc. Constraints may be stored as objects, and reference to those objects may be added to product or portfolio objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik Christophe Delacourt, Quan Binh To, Christopher Whitaker, Richard Curtis Edwards, Jr., Julien Jacques Ellie, Zachary Thomas Crowell, Benjamin David Newman
  • Patent number: 10552796
    Abstract: A service provider system may implement an approval service that manages approval requests received from other services on behalf of a customer organization and its end users. An administrator in the organization may create approval templates that define voting strategies at multiple approval levels and associate them with particular requests (individually, or by product, portfolio, project, action, message topic, workflow, or request type). The administrator may create approval groups whose members are authorized to respond to particular requests. Each approval template (or approval level) may include a different voting strategy or be associated with a different approval group. The approval system may support pre-notification of subsequent approval levels, auto-escalation, or auto-expiration. The approval service may employ a notification service to manage actionable notification messages that include approval requests. Members of approval groups may retrieve requests and select from available actions (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik Christophe Delacourt, Quan Binh To, Christopher Whitaker, Benjamin David Newman, Zachary Thomas Crowell, Julien Jacques Ellie