Patents by Inventor Jonathan B. Corley
Jonathan B. Corley 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: 11677853Abstract: Techniques are described for managing preloading of data for client computing systems. A client computing system may provide one or more persistent data storage caches on local storage, such as to support a particular software program executing on the client computing system (e.g., a Web browser program, with the persistent data storage cache designed to store browser cookies and other data for later access by the Web browser program). Additional data may be stored in such a persistent data storage cache by preloading those data groups before they are requested by the client computing system (e.g., based on interactions of a user of the client computing system with an executing program on the client computing system). Particular data groups to preload may be selected in various manners, including to provide a specified type of minimum functionality to a client computing system based on the preloaded data groups.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Prashanth A. Acharya, Jonathan B. Corley, Craig W. Howard, Harvo R. Jones, John K. Loendorf, Colm MacCarthaigh, Bradley E. Marshall, Imran Patel, Lee B. Rosen, Ronald James Snyder, Jr., Ryan F. Watson
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Patent number: 10951679Abstract: A number of approaches for transcoding media is described, which allow various users to control one or more aspects of transcoding (e.g. bit rate, resolution) when delivering media content to a client device from a network edge server or other location. The client device is provided with an interface that allows the user to increase or decrease the resolution, bit rate or other settings of the media content. Upon receiving a request from the user, the system transcodes the media content in accordance with the request and dynamically delivers the transcoded media content to the user's device. The system also enables content publishers and network operators to impose restrictions (e.g. minimum and maximum values for various settings) on user control.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, Tal Saraf, Bradley E. Marshall
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Patent number: 10855751Abstract: A transcoding service is described that is capable of transcoding or otherwise processing content, such as video, audio or multimedia content, by utilizing one or more pipelines. A pipeline can enable a user to submit transcoding jobs (or other processing jobs) into an available pipeline, where a transcoding service (or other such service) assigns one or more computing resources to process the jobs received to each pipeline. The transcoding service and the pipelines can be provided by at least one service provider (e.g., a cloud computing provider) or other such entity to a plurality of customers. A service provider can also provide the computing resources (e.g., servers, virtual machines, etc.) used to process the transcoding jobs from the pipelines.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, David Idris Alexander Sayed, Christopher Neil Hawes, Bradley Eugene Marshall, James J. Carrig, Jeffrey Paul Ramsden
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Patent number: 10846130Abstract: A system and method is described for enabling a user to add extensions to one or more of the preconfigured workflows for processing media content. The extensions can comprise a custom task that is injected at a specified entry point in the preconfigured workflow, such as after completion of a particular task. The custom task injected into the workflow can perform a variety of processing jobs, such as adding digital rights management (DRM), allowing access to the media content by third parties, injecting advertisements or other content into the media, checking the media content for errors or viruses, and the like. The custom task may also instruct the workflow to delegate access to the media content to external third party services. When the preconfigured workflow reaches the specified entry point, the workflow may be suspended until the custom task is completed, at which point the preconfigured workflow may resume.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, Tal Saraf, Bradley E. Marshall
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Publication number: 20200252477Abstract: Techniques are described for managing preloading of data for client computing systems. A client computing system may provide one or more persistent data storage caches on local storage, such as to support a particular software program executing on the client computing system (e.g., a Web browser program, with the persistent data storage cache designed to store browser cookies and other data for later access by the Web browser program). Additional data may be stored in such a persistent data storage cache by preloading those data groups before they are requested by the client computing system (e.g., based on interactions of a user of the client computing system with an executing program on the client computing system). Particular data groups to preload may be selected in various manners, including to provide a specified type of minimum functionality to a client computing system based on the preloaded data groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Prashanth A. Acharya, Jonathan B. Corley, Craig W. Howard, Harvo R. Jones, John K. Loendorf, Colm MacCarthaigh, Bradley E. Marshall, Imran Patel, Lee B. Rosen, Ronald James Snyder, Jr., Ryan F. Watson
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Publication number: 20200204604Abstract: A number of approaches for transcoding media is described, which allow various users to control one or more aspects of transcoding (e.g. bit rate, resolution) when delivering media content to a client device from a network edge server or other location. The client device is provided with an interface that allows the user to increase or decrease the resolution, bit rate or other settings of the media content. Upon receiving a request from the user, the system transcodes the media content in accordance with the request and dynamically delivers the transcoded media content to the user's device. The system also enables content publishers and network operators to impose restrictions (e.g. minimum and maximum values for various settings) on user control.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, Tal Saraf, Bradley E. Marshall
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Patent number: 10649801Abstract: A set of techniques is described for enabling a virtual machine based transcoding system. The system enables any transcoding provider to make their transcoding service available to other users over a network. The system can automate the deployment, execution and delivery of the transcoding service on behalf of the transcoding provider and enable other users to use the transcoding services to transcode content. The system receives a virtual machine image, transfers the image to a location where the media content is stored and creates a virtual private network of resources that will perform the transcoding of the media content. The virtual private network may be firewalled or otherwise restricted from opening connections with external clients when transcoding the content in order to prevent malicious use of the media content.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jacob Gabrielson, Piragash Velummylum, Bradley E. Marshall, Jonathan B. Corley
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Patent number: 10652299Abstract: A number of approaches for transcoding media is described, which allow various users to control one or more aspects of transcoding (e.g. bit rate, resolution) when delivering media content to a client device from a network edge server or other location. The client device is provided with an interface that allows the user to increase or decrease the resolution, bit rate or other settings of the media content. Upon receiving a request from the user, the system transcodes the media content in accordance with the request and dynamically delivers the transcoded media content to the user's device. The system also enables content publishers and network operators to impose restrictions (e.g. minimum and maximum values for various settings) on user control.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, Tal Saraf, Bradley E. Marshall
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Patent number: 10636081Abstract: A transcoding service is described that is capable of utilizing the excess capacity of the computing resources of a service provider. The customer of the transcoding service can submit a bid price for completing the transcodes. As long as the specified price exceeds the fluctuating price of the unused resource instances, the transcoding service will execute the job on the unused instance(s). If the price of the unused resource instances exceeds the customer's bid, the transcoding process stops. The transcoding service may pause the transcoding when the dynamically fluctuating price of the unused resource exceeds the customer's bid and then resume when the price falls back down. Users can specify constraints for transcoding, such as timeframes during which the transcode must be completed, a total price for completing transcoding or priorities of the media files. The system can automatically optimize the utilization of the resource instances according to the constraints.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, Tal Saraf, Bradley E. Marshall
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Publication number: 20190253483Abstract: A transcoding service is described that is capable of transcoding or otherwise processing content, such as video, audio or multimedia content, by utilizing one or more pipelines. A pipeline can enable a user to submit transcoding jobs (or other processing jobs) into an available pipeline, where a transcoding service (or other such service) assigns one or more computing resources to process the jobs received to each pipeline. The transcoding service and the pipelines can be provided by at least one service provider (e.g., a cloud computing provider) or other such entity to a plurality of customers. A service provider can also provide the computing resources (e.g., servers, virtual machines, etc.) used to process the transcoding jobs from the pipelines.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, David Idris Alexander Sayed, Christopher Neil Hawes, Bradley Eugene Marshall, James J. Carrig, Jeffrey Paul Ramsden
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Patent number: 10277670Abstract: A transcoding service is described that is capable of transcoding or otherwise processing content, such as video, audio or multimedia content, by utilizing one or more pipelines. A pipeline can enable a user to submit transcoding jobs (or other processing jobs) into an available pipeline, where a transcoding service (or other such service) assigns one or more computing resources to process the jobs received to each pipeline. The transcoding service and the pipelines can be provided by at least one service provider (e.g., a cloud computing provider) or other such entity to a plurality of customers. A service provider can also provide the computing resources (e.g., servers, virtual machines, etc.) used to process the transcoding jobs from the pipelines.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, David Idris Alexander Sayed, Christopher Neil Hawes, Bradley Eugene Marshall, James J. Carrig, Jeffrey Paul Ramsden
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Patent number: 10242100Abstract: Techniques are described for managing cached data in a network environment. In one example, the techniques include receiving a client request for a data group, determining that a cached copy of the requested data group that is stored in the persistent cache storage is no longer valid relative to a current copy of the data group stored at a remote data source system, obtaining from the remote data source system information about differences between the cached copy and the current copy and instructions associated with the identified differences, modifying, by the configured server computing system, the cached copy to include the identified differences in accordance with the received instructions, and providing, by the configured server computing system, the modified cached copy of the requested data group to the client in response to the client request.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Prashanth A. Acharya, Ronald James Snyder, Jr., Ryan F. Watson, Jonathan B. Corley, Nathan Alan Dye, Craig W. Howard, Harvo R. Jones, John K. Loendorf, Bradley E. Marshall, Imran Patel, Lee B. Rosen
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Patent number: 10191954Abstract: A service is described that is able to analyze and prioritize media transcoding jobs. The determination of priority may be based on a feedback loop in which the system obtains request pattern information that indicates how end user devices consume the media content that has been transcoded. The historical request pattern information can be obtained by the service provider during the serving of the content to the requesting devices. Alternatively, the request pattern information may be obtained by receiving the information from a content publisher or other entities. Based on the request pattern associated with the media content, the system may assign higher priorities to formats that will be most frequently requested at specified time periods. The system may utilize higher number of resources, different types of resources or different configurations of resources to execute the high priority transcoding jobs.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2012Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, Tal Saraf, Bradley E. Marshall
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Publication number: 20180196690Abstract: A set of techniques is described for enabling a virtual machine based transcoding system. The system enables any transcoding provider to make their transcoding service available to other users over a network. The system can automate the deployment, execution and delivery of the transcoding service on behalf of the transcoding provider and enable other users to use the transcoding services to transcode content. The system receives a virtual machine image, transfers the image to a location where the media content is stored and creates a virtual private network of resources that will perform the transcoding of the media content. The virtual private network may be firewalled or otherwise restricted from opening connections with external clients when transcoding the content in order to prevent malicious use of the media content.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Jacob Gabrielson, Piragash Velummylum, Bradley E. Marshall, Jonathan B. Corley
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Publication number: 20180131752Abstract: A transcoding service is described that is capable of transcoding or otherwise processing content, such as video, audio or multimedia content, by utilizing one or more pipelines. A pipeline can enable a user to submit transcoding jobs (or other processing jobs) into an available pipeline, where a transcoding service (or other such service) assigns one or more computing resources to process the jobs received to each pipeline. The transcoding service and the pipelines can be provided by at least one service provider (e.g., a cloud computing provider) or other such entity to a plurality of customers. A service provider can also provide the computing resources (e.g., servers, virtual machines, etc.) used to process the transcoding jobs from the pipelines.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, David Idris Alexander Sayed, Christopher Neil Hawes, Bradley Eugene Marshall, James J. Carrig, Jeffrey Paul Ramsden
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Publication number: 20180060431Abstract: Techniques are described for managing cached data in a network environment. In one example, the techniques include receiving a client request for a data group, determining that a cached copy of the requested data group that is stored in the persistent cache storage is no longer valid relative to a current copy of the data group stored at a remote data source system, obtaining from the remote data source system information about differences between the cached copy and the current copy and instructions associated with the identified differences, modifying, by the configured server computing system, the cached copy to include the identified differences in accordance with the received instructions, and providing, by the configured server computing system, the modified cached copy of the requested data group to the client in response to the client request.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Prashanth A. Acharya, Jonathan B. Corley, Nathan Alan Dye, Craig W. Howard, Harvo R. Jones, John K. Loendorf, Bradley E. Marshall, Imran Patel, Lee B. Rosen, Ronald James Snyder, Ryan F. Watson
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Patent number: 9875134Abstract: A set of techniques is described for enabling a virtual machine based transcoding system. The system enables any transcoding provider to make their transcoding service available to other users over a network. The system can automate the deployment, execution and delivery of the transcoding service on behalf of the transcoding provider and enable other users to use the transcoding services to transcode content. The system receives a virtual machine image, transfers the image to a location where the media content is stored and creates a virtual private network of resources that will perform the transcoding of the media content. The virtual private network may be firewalled or otherwise restricted from opening connections with external clients when transcoding the content in order to prevent malicious use of the media content.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jacob Gabrielson, Piragash Velummylum, Bradley E. Marshall, Jonathan B. Corley
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Patent number: 9811590Abstract: Techniques are described for managing cached data in a network environment. In one example, the techniques include receiving a client request for a data group, determining that a cached copy of the requested data group that is stored in the persistent cache storage is no longer valid relative to a current copy of the data group stored at a remote data source system, obtaining from the remote data source system information about differences between the cached copy and the current copy and instructions associated with the identified differences, modifying, by the configured server computing system, the cached copy to include the identified differences in accordance with the received instructions, and providing, by the configured server computing system, the modified cached copy of the requested data group to the client in response to the client request.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Prashanth A. Acharya, Jonathan B. Corley, Nathan Alan Dye, Craig W. Howard, Harvo R. Jones, John K. Loendorf, Bradley E. Marshall, Imran Patel, Lee B. Rosen, Ronald James Snyder, Jr., Ryan F. Watson
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Patent number: 9794328Abstract: A transcoding service is described that is capable of transcoding or otherwise processing content, such as video, audio or multimedia content, by utilizing one or more pipelines. A pipeline can enable a user to submit transcoding jobs (or other processing jobs) into an available pipeline, where a transcoding service (or other such service) assigns one or more computing resources to process the jobs received to each pipeline. The transcoding service and the pipelines can be provided by at least one service provider (e.g., a cloud computing provider) or other such entity to a plurality of customers. A service provider can also provide the computing resources (e.g., servers, virtual machines, etc.) used to process the transcoding jobs from the pipelines.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, David Idris Alexander Sayed, Christopher Neil Hawes, Bradley Eugene Marshall, James J. Carrig, Jeffrey Paul Ramsden
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Publication number: 20170286162Abstract: A system and method is described for enabling a user to add extensions to one or more of the preconfigured workflows for processing media content. The extensions can comprise a custom task that is injected at a specified entry point in the preconfigured workflow, such as after completion of a particular task. The custom task injected into the workflow can perform a variety of processing jobs, such as adding digital rights management (DRM), allowing access to the media content by third parties, injecting advertisements or other content into the media, checking the media content for errors or viruses, and the like. The custom task may also instruct the workflow to delegate access to the media content to external third party services. When the preconfigured workflow reaches the specified entry point, the workflow may be suspended until the custom task is completed, at which point the preconfigured workflow may resume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Jonathan B. Corley, Tal Saraf, Bradley E. Marshall