Patents by Inventor David R. Richardson
David R. Richardson 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).
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Patent number: 10498648Abstract: A method for processing packet data in a service provider environment includes, by a network-enabled data processing device within a server computer of the service provider environment, receive packet data including header information and payload information. The packet header information can be separated from the payload information. The separated header information can be forwarded to a processor of the server computer for processing, without forwarding at least a portion of the payload information. Transforming instructions and at least one address of one or more storage locations can be received from the processor, based at least in part on the header information. The payload information can be transformed based on the transforming instructions. The transformed payload information can be stored in the one or more storage locations based on the at least one address.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David R. Richardson, Marc John Brooker, Norbert Paul Kusters, Anthony Nicholas Liguori, Marc Stephen Olson
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Patent number: 10491534Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing resources maintained in resource cache components are provided. A network storage provider storing one or more resources on behalf of a content provider obtains client computing device requests for content. The network storage provider provides resources that are received and maintained on resource cache components. The network storage provider either processes requests or provides notifications to the resource cache components to facilitate the management of resources that need to be updated or are otherwise treated as invalid.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David R. Richardson, Bradley Eugene Marshall, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian
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Publication number: 20190354484Abstract: Resource management techniques, such as cache optimization, are employed to organize resources within caches such that the most requested content (e.g., the most popular content) is more readily available. A service provider utilizes content expiration data as indicative of resource popularity. As resources are requested, the resources propagate through a cache server hierarchy associated with the service provider. More frequently requested resources are maintained at edge cache servers based on shorter expiration data that is reset with each repeated request. Less frequently requested resources are maintained at higher levels of a cache server hierarchy based on longer expiration data associated with cache servers higher on the hierarchy.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Bradley Eugene Marshall, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, David R. Richardson
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Patent number: 10484015Abstract: A data storage system includes multiple head nodes and data storage sleds. The data storage sleds include multiple mass storage devices and a sled controller. Respective ones of the head nodes are configured to obtain credentials for accessing particular portions of the mass storage devices of the data storage sleds. A sled controller of a data storage sled determines whether a head node attempting to perform a write on a mass storage device of a data storage sled that includes the sled controller is presenting with the write request a valid credential for accessing the mass storage devices of the data storage sled. If the credentials are valid, the sled controller causes the write to be performed and if the credentials are invalid, the sled controller returns a message to the head node indicating that it has been fenced off from the mass storage device.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Norbert P. Kusters, Nachiappan Arumugam, Christopher Nathan Watson, Marc John Brooker, David R. Richardson, Danny Wei, John Luther Guthrie, II, Leah Shalev
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Publication number: 20190297137Abstract: A system and method for the management of client computing device DNS queries and subsequent resource requests within a content delivery network service provider domain are provided. The management of the DNS queries can include the selection of computing devices corresponding to various Point of Presence locations for processing DNS queries. Additionally, the management of the content requests can include the selection of computing devices corresponding to resource cache components corresponding to various Point of Presence locations for providing requested content. The selection of the computing devices can incorporate logic related to geographic criteria, performance threshold criteria, testing criteria, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: David R. Richardson, John Cormie, Colm MacCarthaigh, Benjamin W.S. Redman
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Patent number: 10412002Abstract: A method for processing packet data in a service provider environment includes, by a network-enabled data processing device within a server computer of the service provider environment, receiving packet data comprising header information and payload information. The header information is separated from the payload information. The separated header information is forwarded to a processor of the server computer for processing, without forwarding at least a portion of the payload information. At least one address of a storage location is received from the processor. The at least one address is associated with a logical-to-physical address mapping based on the header information. The payload information is stored in the storage location based on the at least one address.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David R. Richardson, Marc John Brooker, Norbert Paul Kusters, Anthony Nicholas Liguori, Marc Stephen Olson
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Patent number: 10404613Abstract: Computing resource services have computing resources allocated among regions and data zones, where regions can be completely separate deployments of an infrastructure to provide the highest degree of independence. The more regions that are utilized by a customer, the higher the level of fault tolerance may exist. Current networks consist of heavily distributed infrastructures or mainly centralized infrastructures, both of which can cause complete control plane failures when even a subset of a data zone or region loses network connectivity. The placement of control plane and data plane resources provides for optimal availability and durability during infrastructure failures.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Marc John Brooker, Marc Levy, Norbert Paul Kusters, David R. Richardson, Marc Stephen Olson
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Publication number: 20190268265Abstract: A system and method for management and processing of resource requests is provided. A content delivery network service provider receives a DNS query from a client computing device. The DNS query corresponds to a requested resource from the client computing device. The content delivery network service provider associates the client computing device with a cluster of other client computing devices. Based on routing information for the cluster, the content delivery network service provider routes the DNS query. The process can further include monitoring performance data associated with the delivery of the requested resource and updating the routing information for the cluster based on the performance data for use in processing subsequent requests from client computing devices in the cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: David R. Richardson, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Bradley Eugene Marshall, Christopher L. Scofield, Elmore Eugene Pope
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Patent number: 10382195Abstract: Generally described, physical computing devices in a virtual network can be configured to host a number of virtual machine instances. The physical computing devices can be operably coupled with offload devices. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a security component can be incorporated into an offload device. The security component can be a physical device including a microprocessor and storage. The security component can include a set of instructions configured to validate an operational configuration of the offload device or the physical computing device to establish that they are configured in accordance with a secure or trusted configuration. In one example, a first security component on the offload device can validate the operational computing environment on the offload device and a second security component on the physical computing device can validate the operational computing environment on the physical computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Eric Jason Brandwine, David R. Richardson, Matthew Shawn Wilson, Ian Paul Nowland, Anthony Nicholas Liguori, Brian William Barrett
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Publication number: 20190190998Abstract: A system and method for content distribution are provided. A content provider generates a network topology having one or more subnetworks made up of content sources. The content provider segments content, such as applications, into segments for distribution. The content provider then distributes the content such that for each identified subnetwork, each content segment is distributed to a content source. Subsequent, client computing device requests for content can be serviced by selecting a content source in a particular subnetwork selected for delivering the requested content to the client computing device to minimize traffic flow of the requested content through the nodes of the distribution network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, David R. Richardson, Bradley Eugene Marshall
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Publication number: 20190173972Abstract: Generally described, the present disclosure is directed to managing request routing functionality corresponding to resource requests for one or more resources associated with a content provider. The processing of the DNS requests by the service provider can include the selective filtering of DNS queries associated with a DNS query-based attack. A service provider can assign DNS servers corresponding to a distributed set of network addresses, or portions of network addresses, such that DNS queries exceeding a threshold, such as in DNS query-based attacks, can be filtered in a manner that can mitigate performance impact on for the content provider or service provider.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Colm MacCarthaigh, David R. Richardson, Benjamin W.S. Redman
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Patent number: 10305797Abstract: A system and method for management and processing of resource requests is provided. A content delivery network service provider receives a DNS query from a client computing device. The DNS query corresponds to a requested resource from the client computing device. The content delivery network service provider associates the client computing device with a cluster of other client computing devices. Based on routing information for the cluster, the content delivery network service provider routes the DNS query. The process can further include monitoring performance data associated with the delivery of the requested resource and updating the routing information for the cluster based on the performance data for use in processing subsequent requests from client computing devices in the cluster.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David R. Richardson, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, Bradley Eugene Marshall, Christopher L. Scofield, Elmore Eugene Pope
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Publication number: 20190121739Abstract: A system and method for management and processing of resource requests at cache server computing devices is provided. Cache server computing devices segment content into an initialization fragment for storage in memory and one or more remaining fragments for storage in a media having higher latency than the memory. Upon receipt of a request for the content, a cache server computing device transmits the initialization fragment from the memory, retrieves the one or more remaining fragments, and transmits the one or more remaining fragments without retaining the one or more remaining fragments in the memory for subsequent processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: David R. Richardson, Christopher L. Scofield
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Patent number: 10264062Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for request routing based on content popularity information are provided. A client computing device transmits a first DNS query to a content delivery network service provider. The content delivery network service provider transmits an alternative resource identifier in response to the client computing device DNS query. The alternative resource identifier is selected as a function of popularity information pertaining to the requested resource. The client computing device then transmits a second DNS query to the content delivery network service provider. The content delivery network service provider can then either resolve the second DNS query with an IP address of a cache component or transmit another alternative resource identifier that will resolve to the content delivery network service provider. The process can repeat until a DNS nameserver resolves a DNS query from the client computing device.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David R. Richardson, Bradley E. Marshall, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian
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Patent number: 10243739Abstract: Generally described, physical computing devices in a virtual network can be configured to host a number of virtual machine instances. The physical computing devices can be operably coupled with offload devices. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a security component can be incorporated into an offload device. The security component can be a physical device including a microprocessor and storage. The security component can include a set of instructions configured to validate an operational configuration of the offload device or the physical computing device to establish that they are configured in accordance with a secure or trusted configuration. In one example, a first security component on the offload device can validate the operational computing environment on the offload device and a second security component on the physical computing device can validate the operational computing environment on the physical computing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Eric Jason Brandwine, David R. Richardson, Matthew Shawn Wilson, Ian Paul Nowland, Anthony Nicholas Liguori, Brian William Barrett
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Publication number: 20190089542Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing secure content by CDN service providers are provided. A network storage provider stores one or more resources on behalf of a content provider. A CDN service provider obtains client computing device requests for secure content. Based on processing first signature information, the CDN service provider determines whether the secure content is available to the client computing device. If the CDN service provider does not maintain the requested content, the CDN service provider transmits a request to the network storage provider. Based on second signature information and an identifier associated with the CDN service provider, the network storage provider processes the request based policy information associated with the identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: David R. Richardson, Mustafa I. Abrar, Don Johnson, John Cormie, Bradley Eugene Marshall, Mark Joseph Cavage
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Patent number: 10230819Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for request routing based on content popularity information are provided. A client computer transmits a request for content from a content provider. The content provider utilizes executable code, such as translation request code, for facilitating request routing utilizing popularity information. The translation request code, may direct a client computing device to request further translation request code and/or translation information. Thereafter, the client issues a DNS query with the translated information including popularity information. The content delivery network service provider can then either resolve the DNS query with an IP address of a cache component or transmit another alternative resource identifier that will resolve to the content delivery network service provider. The process can repeat until a DNS nameserver resolves a DNS query from the client computing device.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David R. Richardson, Bradley Eugene Marshall, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian
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Publication number: 20190073303Abstract: Resource management techniques, such as cache optimization, are employed to organize resources within caches such that the most requested content (e.g., the most popular content) is more readily available. A service provider utilizes content expiration data as indicative of resource popularity. As resources are requested, the resources propagate through a cache server hierarchy associated with the service provider. More frequently requested resources are maintained at edge cache servers based on shorter expiration data that is reset with each repeated request. Less frequently requested resources are maintained at higher levels of a cache server hierarchy based on longer expiration data associated with cache servers higher on the hierarchy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Bradley Eugene Marshall, Swaminathan Sivasubramanian, David R. Richardson
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Patent number: 10225322Abstract: A system and method for the management of client computing device DNS queries and subsequent resource requests within a content delivery network service provider domain are provided. The management of the DNS queries can include the selection of computing devices corresponding to various Point of Presence locations for processing DNS queries. Additionally, the management of the content requests can include the selection of computing devices corresponding to resource cache components corresponding to various Point of Presence locations for providing requested content. The selection of the computing devices can incorporate logic related to geographic criteria, performance threshold criteria, testing criteria, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David R. Richardson, John Cormie, Colm MacCarthaigh, Benjamin W. S. Redman
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Patent number: 10211985Abstract: Generally described, physical computing devices in a virtual network can be configured to host a number of virtual machine instances. The physical computing devices can be operably coupled with offload devices. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a security component can be incorporated into an offload device. The security component can be a physical device including a microprocessor and storage. The security component can include a set of instructions configured to validate an operational configuration of the offload device or the physical computing device to establish that they are configured in accordance with a secure or trusted configuration. In one example, a first security component on the offload device can validate the operational computing environment on the offload device and a second security component on the physical computing device can validate the operational computing environment on the physical computing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Eric Jason Brandwine, David R. Richardson, Matthew Shawn Wilson, Ian Paul Nowland, Anthony Nicholas Liguori, Brian William Barrett