Patents by Inventor David Alexander Dunlap

David Alexander Dunlap 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).

  • Patent number: 11762703
    Abstract: An on-demand code execution environment present in points of presence (POPs) and in regions serviced by the POPs is provided herein. For example, a POP may receive a request to execute a task associated with user-defined code. If the POP determines that the computing resources necessary to execute a received task are not available or that the POP should not execute the received task for another reason (e.g., the task is not commonly received and the computing resources needed to execute the task are therefore best allocated for other requests), the POP can forward the task to a region that the POP services for execution by an on-demand code execution environment present in the region. The on-demand code execution environment present in the region can execute the task and forward the results of the execution to the POP for distribution back to a user device that requested the task execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Manigandan Radhakrishnan, Marc John Brooker, Yilmaz Can Cecen, David Alexander Dunlap, Craig Wesley Howard, Shubham Katiyar, Ajay Nair, Venkatesh Vijayaraghavan, Vo Vuong, Meenakshi Vembusubramanian
  • Patent number: 11297140
    Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for data uploading based on points of presence (POPs) are provided. In response to a client's request for data uploading, the system provides routing information for POPs that may facilitate data communications between the client and a data storage service provider. The client may fragment the upload data and transmit the data fragments via data connections to POPs, which in turn may relay the received fragments to the data storage service provider. Upon receipt of necessary data fragments, the data storage service provider may merge the data fragments to reconstruct a copy of the upload data for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Katarzyna Anna Puchala, Anton Stephen Radlein, David Alexander Dunlap
  • Publication number: 20210042163
    Abstract: An on-demand code execution environment present in points of presence (POPs) and in regions serviced by the POPs is provided herein. For example, a POP may receive a request to execute a task associated with user-defined code. If the POP determines that the computing resources necessary to execute a received task are not available or that the POP should not execute the received task for another reason (e.g., the task is not commonly received and the computing resources needed to execute the task are therefore best allocated for other requests), the POP can forward the task to a region that the POP services for execution by an on-demand code execution environment present in the region. The on-demand code execution environment present in the region can execute the task and forward the results of the execution to the POP for distribution back to a user device that requested the task execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Manigandan Radhakrishnan, Marc John Brooker, Yilmaz Can Cecen, David Alexander Dunlap, Craig Wesley Howard, Shubham Katiyar, Ajay Nair, Venkatesh Vijayaraghavan, Vo Vuong, Meenakshi Vembusubramanian
  • Patent number: 10831549
    Abstract: An on-demand code execution environment present in points of presence (POPs) and in regions serviced by the POPs is provided herein. For example, a POP may receive a request to execute a task associated with user-defined code. If the POP determines that the computing resources necessary to execute a received task are not available or that the POP should not execute the received task for another reason (e.g., the task is not commonly received and the computing resources needed to execute the task are therefore best allocated for other requests), the POP can forward the task to a region that the POP services for execution by an on-demand code execution environment present in the region. The on-demand code execution environment present in the region can execute the task and forward the results of the execution to the POP for distribution back to a user device that requested the task execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Manigandan Radhakrishnan, Marc John Brooker, Yilmaz Can Cecen, David Alexander Dunlap, Craig Wesley Howard, Shubham Katiyar, Ajay Nair, Venkatesh Vijayaraghavan, Vo Vuong, Meenakshi Vembusubramanian
  • Patent number: 10623408
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to the generation and delivery of content including unique and shared components. A content delivery network service provider can obtain requests for content from client computing devices. Based on information provided in the request or otherwise managed by executable code on the client computing device, the CDN service provider obtains one or more pieces of content that may be shared by more than one user or client computing devices. Additionally, the CDN service provider obtains one or more pieces of content that will not be shared by more than one user or more than one client computing device. Responsive to the content request, the CDN service provider can combine the one or more pieces of shared content and the one or more pieces of unique content and deliver the combined content to the requested client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley E. Marshall, Tal Saraf, Craig W. Howard, David Alexander Dunlap, Nicholas J. Maniscalco
  • Patent number: 10372499
    Abstract: An on-demand code execution environment present in points of presence (POPs) and in regions serviced by the POPs is provided herein. For example, a POP may receive a request to execute a task associated with user-defined code. If the POP determines that the computing resources necessary to execute a received task are not available or that the POP should not execute the received task for another reason (e.g., the task is not commonly received and the computing resources needed to execute the task are therefore best allocated for other requests), the POP can identify a region suitable for executing the task and forward the task to the identified region. An on-demand code execution environment present in the identified region can execute the task and forward the results of the execution to the POP for distribution back to a user device that requested the task execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Manigandan Radhakrishnan, Marc John Brooker, Yilmaz Can Cecen, David Alexander Dunlap, Craig Wesley Howard, Shubham Katiyar, Ajay Nair, Venkatesh Vijayaraghavan, Vo Vuong, Meenakshi Vembusubramanian
  • Patent number: 10348639
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that enable high-data-rate network communications by use of a data transmission system, which can at least partially redirect data transmitted between two computing devices on a public network to a private network. The data transmission system may include a variety of endpoints at different locations, such that source and destination computing devices may pass information into and out of the data transmission system via the endpoints. To ensure that endpoints are able to communication with each computing device via a path of sufficient network quality, the data transmission system may dynamically generate additional endpoints within points of presence of the system. Where no endpoints or points of presence have a connection of sufficient quality to a source and destination computing device, the data transmission system may decline to transmit data, and instruct the source or destination computing devices to utilize traditional communication channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Katarzyna Anna Puchala, Alex Xiaoye Zhang, David Alexander Dunlap, Craig Wesley Howard
  • Publication number: 20190173941
    Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for data uploading based on points of presence (POPs) are provided. In response to a client's request for data uploading, the system provides routing information for POPs that may facilitate data communications between the client and a data storage service provider. The client may fragment the upload data and transmit the data fragments via data connections to POPs, which in turn may relay the received fragments to the data storage service provider. Upon receipt of necessary data fragments, the data storage service provider may merge the data fragments to reconstruct a copy of the upload data for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Katarzyna Anna Puchala, Anton Stephen Radlein, David Alexander Dunlap
  • Patent number: 10225326
    Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for data uploading based on points of presence (POPs) are provided. In response to a client's request for data uploading, the system provides routing information for POPs that may facilitate data communications between the client and a data storage service provider. The client may fragment the upload data and transmit the data fragments via data connections to POPs, which in turn may relay the received fragments to the data storage service provider. Upon receipt of necessary data fragments, the data storage service provider may merge the data fragments to reconstruct a copy of the upload data for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Katarzyna Anna Puchala, Anton Stephen Radlein, David Alexander Dunlap
  • Patent number: 10193962
    Abstract: When a client requests content from a Content Delivery Network (or other system), a first portion of the content is transmitted to the client from a source capable of providing high performance to that client. When the client has a sufficient amount of the content to perform its function, then additional portions of the content can be transmitted to the client from a source that provides a lower performance to that client with a minimal or no performance penalty to the user of the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David Alexander Dunlap, Tal Saraf, Nicholas J. Maniscalco, Benjamin W. S. Redman, Martin Cornelis Frederik Slot, Bradley E. Marshall
  • Publication number: 20170180267
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that enable high-data-rate network communications by use of a data transmission system, which can at least partially redirect data transmitted between two computing devices on a public network to a private network. The data transmission system may include a variety of endpoints at different locations, such that source and destination computing devices may pass information into and out of the data transmission system via the endpoints. To ensure that endpoints are able to communication with each computing device via a path of sufficient network quality, the data transmission system may dynamically generate additional endpoints within points of presence of the system. Where no endpoints or points of presence have a connection of sufficient quality to a source and destination computing device, the data transmission system may decline to transmit data, and instruct the source or destination computing devices to utilize traditional communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Katarzyna Anna Puchala, Alex Xiaoye Zhang, David Alexander Dunlap, Craig Wesley Howard
  • Publication number: 20170180217
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that enable high-data-rate network communications by use of a data transmission system, which can at least partially redirect data transmitted between two computing devices on a public network to a private network. The data transmission system may include a variety of endpoints at different locations, such that source and destination computing devices may pass information into and out of the data transmission system via the endpoints. To ensure that endpoints are able to communication with each computing device via a path of sufficient network quality, the data transmission system may dynamically generate additional endpoints within points of presence of the system. Where no endpoints or points of presence have a connection of sufficient quality to a source and destination computing device, the data transmission system may decline to transmit data, and instruct the source or destination computing devices to utilize traditional communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Katarzyna Anna Puchala, Alex Xiaoye Zhang, David Alexander Dunlap, Craig Wesley Howard
  • Patent number: 9137301
    Abstract: When a client requests content from a Content Delivery Network (or other system), a first portion of the content is requested from a source capable of providing high performance to that client. When the client has a sufficient amount of the content to perform its function, then additional portions of the content can be requested from a source that provides a lower performance to that client with a minimal or no performance penalty to the user of the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alexander Dunlap, Tal Saraf, Nicholas J. Maniscalco, Benjamin W. S. Redman, Martin Cornelis Frederik Slot, Bradley E. Marshall
  • Patent number: 9118680
    Abstract: When a client requests content from a Content Delivery Network (or other system), a first portion of the content is transmitted to the client from a source capable of providing high performance to that client. When the client has a sufficient amount of the content to perform its function, then additional portions of the content can be transmitted to the client from a source that provides a lower performance to that client with a minimal or no performance penalty to the user of the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alexander Dunlap, Tal Saraf, Nicholas J. Maniscalco, Benjamin W. S. Redman, Martin Cornelis Frederik Slot, Bradley E. Marshall