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  • RESIN-ENCAPSULATED PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140327624
    Abstract: Portable multimedia devices, and techniques for their manufacture, are provided that feature functional parts embedded with a resin matrix that obviates the need for traditional structural components such as midframes and/or outer casings. The resin matrix may be provided through the use of a flowable liquid resin that is flowed around the functional components within a mold cavity. The liquid resin may then be cured into the resin matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • DETERMINING MOBILITY STATES FOR A USER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140171088
    Abstract: A mobility module receives sensor data from one or more sensors and determines the movement of type of movement of a user device, based on the sensor data. Based on the movement or rate of movement, the mobility module transitions the user device to a mobility state. The user device evaluates the power levels of radio signals from neighbor base stations using one or more measurement parameters that are scaled of offset based on the mobility state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • USE OF FREEFORM METADATA FOR ACCESS CONTROL
    Publication number: 20140208414
    Abstract: Approaches are described for security and access control for computing resources. Various embodiments utilize metadata, e.g., tags that can be applied to one or more computing resources (e.g., virtual machines, host computing devices, applications, databases, etc.) to control access to these and/or other computing resources. In various embodiments, the tags and access control policies described herein can be utilized in a multitenant shared resource environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • REPLICATION TARGET SERVICE
    Publication number: 20140289463
    Abstract: A data storage service receives commands configured according to a communication protocol, such as a small computer system interface protocol. The commands may be replications of commands sent to a block-level data storage system, such as a storage area network. Data to be written by execution of the commands is persisted using an object-based data storage system. When read commands are received, data blocks can be extracted from the data objects in which they are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • Fulfillment of Applications to Devices
    Publication number: 20140082050
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating fulfillment of applications to various devices that may be associated with a user account. When a request to obtain access to an application is received, a device characteristic of the various devices is identified and a corresponding application binary associated with the application is identified. The corresponding application binaries are distributed to the devices corresponding to the user account. Additionally, an appropriate browser accessible application is identified and access can be granted to a device depending upon the capabilities of a browser executed by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • SYSTEM WITH RACK-MOUNTED AC FANS
    Publication number: 20130188309
    Abstract: A computer system includes a chassis, one or more hard disk drives coupled to the chassis, and one or more air passages under at least one of the hard disk drives. The air passages include one or more air inlets and one or more air outlets. The inlets direct at least a portion of the air downwardly into the passages. The passages allow air to move from the air inlets to the air outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • PREDICTIVE STORAGE SERVICE
    Publication number: 20140244580
    Abstract: A predictive storage application selectively determines files from a computing system to send to a predictive storage service that makes the files available for use in another computing system. The predictive storage application may receive events indicating a use of files. The predictive storage application may determine that a file has enough importance and send it to a predictive storage service. Other aspects of the disclosure are described in the detailed description, figures, and claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING NETWORK ADDRESSES
    Publication number: 20140082164
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for dynamically allocating network addresses to devices based on demand. A first network address allocation is initially assigned to a subdivision of a network including multiple computing devices. A router for the subdivision is configured to implement the first network address allocation. Data indicating a reconfiguration of the computing devices is obtained. A second network address allocation is subsequently assigned to the subdivision of the network based at least in part on the reconfiguration of the computing devices. The router for the subdivision is reconfigured to implement the second network address allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING SHIPMENT PARCELS
    Publication number: 20130188039
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels at materials handling facilities. A system comprises a tunnel and at least one sensor located in the tunnel. The system further comprises logic that obtains data that is correlated with an identifier for a shipment parcel. The logic causes the at least one sensor to collect sensor data for the shipment parcel in the tunnel. The logic further compares the sensor data with the data that is correlated with the identifier to determine whether there is an exception for the shipment parcel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • PURCHASE OF PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20140236775
    Abstract: A computing device can include a retail application and a virtual environment application. The retail application can display a product purchase interface and receive a request to purchase the product from a user. When the user orders the product, the retail application can provide the virtual environment application with an indication that the product has been purchased. In response to the user's purchase of the product, the virtual environment application can grant the user's virtual environment account with ownership of a virtual version of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • DATABASE COST TRACING AND ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20140310249
    Abstract: Web services hosted at a data center may employ architectural patterns that tend to obfuscate the source of queries made against databases and other resources in the data center. The queries may be the source of performance, capacity or utilization problems, and may contribute to the cost of hosting the web service. Web service invocations may be associated with identifiers that can be included in modified queries sent to databases and other resources. Summarized cost information may be calculated based on recorded associations between the identifiers and query performance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • MANAGING RESOURCES IN RESOURCE CACHE COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20130205030
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • POLICY ENFORCEMENT WITH ASSOCIATED DATA
    Publication number: 20140230007
    Abstract: Requests submitted to a computer system are evaluated for compliance with policy to ensure data security. Plaintext and associated data are used as inputs into a cipher to produce ciphertext. Whether a result of decrypting the ciphertext can be provided in response to a request is determined based at least in part on evaluation of a policy that itself is based at least in part on the associated data. Other policies include automatic rotation of keys to prevent keys from being used in enough operations to enable cryptographic attacks intended to determine the keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • SPEECH RECOGNITION POWER MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20140163978
    Abstract: Power consumption for a computing device may be managed by one or more keywords. For example, if an audio input obtained by the computing device includes a keyword, a network interface module and/or an application processing module of the computing device may be activated. The audio input may then be transmitted via the network interface module to a remote computing device, such as a speech recognition server. Alternately, the computing device may be provided with a speech recognition engine configured to process the audio input for on-device speech recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Amazon Techologies, Inc.
  • Context Aware Content Distribution
    Publication number: 20140090033
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for context aware content distribution. Content such as e-books, presentations, audio, video, applications, and so forth may be distributed to user devices after establishing a trust relationship. An invitation to provide content may be sent to a user device based on the context of the user device, such as proximity to pre-determined devices, location, and so forth. Upon acceptance of the invitation to opt-in to receiving content, a trust relationship may be established which provides for the transfer of content to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • COST-MINIMIZING TASK SCHEDULER
    Publication number: 20140229221
    Abstract: Methods and systems for cost-minimizing job scheduling are disclosed. A definition of a task is received. The definition comprises a need-by time. The need-by time comprises a deadline for completion of execution of the task. An estimated duration to complete the execution of the task is determined for each of a plurality of computing resources. One or more of the computing resources are selected based on an estimated cost of completing the execution using the computing resources. The execution of the task is initiated at a scheduled time using the selected one or more computing resources. The scheduled time is earlier than the need-by time by at least the estimated duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • Automated Creation of Private Virtual Networks in a Service Provider Network
    Publication number: 20140325037
    Abstract: Data may be collected regarding the configuration of a network, such as a customer network operated by a customer of a service provider operating a service provider network. An appropriate interface, such as a user interface, may be provided to allow a user to add, delete, or otherwise modify the collected network configuration data. The collected, and possibly modified, network configuration data may then be utilized to create a private virtual network in the service provider network. The private virtual network may be implemented such that it has the same, or similar, network configuration as the customer network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • User-Influenced Placement of Virtual Machine Instances
    Publication number: 20140337832
    Abstract: A service provider network includes functionality for allowing a customer to influence the placement of virtual machine instances on server computers by specifying a placement strategy. Placement strategies may be shared among customers of the service provider network, and the placement strategies and the publishers of the placement strategies might be rated. Vendor-agnostic placement strategies might also be utilized to identify a service provider network for executing a virtual machine instance. A placement strategy that includes dynamically evaluated parameters might also be utilized to modify virtual machine instances in a customer fleet on an ongoing basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • AUTOMATED DATA CENTER SELECTION
    Publication number: 20140258374
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for automatically selecting a data center that can communicate with a user computing system over a connection that provides reduced or minimal latency. In some cases, the system can select the data center based on the calculation of one or more latency factors that correlate, at least in part, to the latency of a communication channel between the data center and the user computing system. Further, the selected data center may be identified from a set of data centers that include one or more computing resources the user has identified as desiring to access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
  • TOKEN-BASED ADMISSION CONTROL FOR REPLICATED WRITES
    Publication number: 20140279905
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for token-based admission control for replicated writes are disclosed. Data objects are divided into partitions, and corresponding to each partition, at least a master replica and a slave replica are stored. A determination as to whether to accept a write request directed to the partition is made based at least in part on one or more of (a) available throughput capacity at the master replica, and (b) an indication, obtained using a token-based protocol, of available throughput capacity at the slave replica. If the write request is accepted, one or more data modification operations are initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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