Patents by Inventor Eric Docktor

Eric Docktor 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).

  • Managing requests of website servers
    Patent number: 9705959
    Abstract: A request for a webpage or a service of a website server is sent from a user computing device to a proxy website server. The proxy website server can receive information from a website server indicative of a usage level of the website server. The proxy website server can determine whether to send the request to the website server based on usage of the website server compared to a capacity threshold. The proxy website server can send a response to the user computing device which includes either the requested webpage or service from the website server or an error message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Alexander Strand, Aaron D. Son, Feras Karablieh, Soumya Sanyal, Eric Docktor
  • Managing requests of website servers
    Patent number: 9059938
    Abstract: A request for a webpage or a service of a website server is sent from a user computing device to a proxy website server. The proxy website server can receive information from a website server indicative of a usage level of the website server. The proxy website server can determine whether to send the request to the website server based on usage of the website server compared to a capacity threshold. The proxy website server can send a response to the user computing device which includes either the requested webpage or service from the website server or an error message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: William Alexander Strand, Aaron D. Son, Feras Karablieh, Soumya Sanyal, Eric Docktor
  • System, method and computer program of managing subscription-based services
    Patent number: 8458051
    Abstract: A method of managing subscription-based services is disclosed and includes receiving configuration data from a third-party service provider at a subscription service management system, where the configuration data indicates details of a subscription-based service plan to be fulfilled by the third-party service provider. The method also includes receiving a request from a consumer to receive a service corresponding to the subscription-based service plan, where the request is received at the subscription service management system via an online site. The method also includes activating the service on behalf of the consumer, wherein the consumer is to receive the service during the subscription period. Further, the method includes sending at least one message to the third-party service provider during the subscription period, wherein the at least one message is related to a time-based trigger event associated with the subscription-based service plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Saltzman, J. Eric Docktor, Neil C. Roseman