Patents by Inventor David L. Holcombe

David L. Holcombe 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).

  • Network service request throttling system
    Patent number: 11456965
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for throttling requests for a network service. A request for a network service is received from a client application and parameters are extracted from the request. Throttling policies applicable to the parameters are identified and retrieved, and it is determined whether the request should be processed based at least upon the throttling policies and the request parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: David L. Holcombe
  • NETWORK SERVICE REQUEST THROTTLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160212060
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for throttling requests for a network service. A request for a network service is received from a client application and parameters are extracted from the request. Throttling policies applicable to the parameters are identified and retrieved, and it is determined whether the request should be processed based at least upon the throttling policies and the request parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: David L. Holcombe
  • Network service request throttling system
    Patent number: 9313604
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for throttling requests for a network service. A request for a network service is received from a client application and parameters are extracted from the request. Throttling policies applicable to the parameters are identified and retrieved, and it is determined whether the request should be processed based at least upon the throttling policies and the request parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: David L. Holcombe
  • Tagging of electronic messages
    Patent number: 8799379
    Abstract: An Email Service Provider (ESP) can generate tags for email messages that are received from senders, in addition to tags that are provided to the ESP by the senders. The ESP can send the email messages to selected potential recipients based on the tags that were provided by the senders and the tags that were generated by the ESP. Updating of selected tags by recipients may also be provided. The tags can be dynamic, derived and/or static tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lars H. Liden, David L. Holcombe, Adrian C. Quan, Garth A. Henson
  • Golf trophy
    Patent number: D275744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Inventors: Claude McJunkin, David L. Holcombe