Patents by Inventor Robert James Silk

Robert James Silk 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: 10284523
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques and example network devices that can automatically establish a virtual secure connection, e.g., VPN Tunnel, between separate networks including home and/or business networks without requiring additional VPN type infrastructure. The network devices described herein can be configured over the Internet, and do not require that the purchaser or an end user perform extensive configuration in order to use them. The network devices as described herein can tunnel all traffic between the separate networks to which the devices are paired as though a remote connected device is a local device on the local network. Remote computer or other network-enabled devices associated with the remote connected device can use and be accessible to computer or other network-enabled resources on the local network as though the separate networks are a single contiguous network without regard to the operating environment of the respective networks or devices thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert James Silk
  • Patent number: 9714089
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for analyzing data obtained while delivering items with unmanned aerial vehicles. For example, instructions may be provided to an unmanned aerial vehicle to deliver an item. The unmanned aerial vehicle may be configured to record data while delivering the item. In embodiments, the captured data may be received by a computer system and properties about a destination for the delivery may be identified by analyzing the data. A recommendation may be generated based at least in part on the identified properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Brian Louw, Robert James Silk