Amazon Technologies, Inc.

A9.com, Inc.

Blue Origin, LLC

Rawles LLC

Amazon.com, Inc.

Jeffrey P Bezos

Gregory Michael Hart

Ian W Freed

Allan Henry Vermeulen

Joel R Spiegel

Michael Martin George

Amit D Agarwal

Jon D McAuliffe

Sheldon J Kaphan

Ryan Justin Snodgrass

Vikas Gupta

Neil Roseman

Duane J Krause

Andrew R Jassy

Nanyan Nicholls

Eugene Wei

David A Schappell

Paul Anthony Kotas

Jeffrey M Blackburn

Richard L Dalzell

Bruce C Moore

Colin M Bryar

Maryam S Mohit

Kenneth Mark Karakotsios

Jonathan Alan Leblang

Russell Dicker

Jeremy Charles York

Joanna L Power

Matthew James Round

Ellen L Ratajak

Thomas K Schonhoff

Gur Kimchi

Brian C Beckman

Hilliard Bruce Siegel

Brandon William Porter

Daniel Buchmueller

Udi Manber

Jeffrey Alan Holden

Peter Sven Vosshall

Amir Navot

John Lattyak

Frederik Schaffalitzky

Beryl Tomay

Steven Kessel

Michael I Hyman

Lawrence Gordon Tesler

William Wallace Allocca

Charles Louis Ward

James C Slezak

Vijay Ravindran

Suguna Subramaniam

Howard Wolfish

Guy A Story, Jr

Bradley James Bozarth

Jennifer A Jacobi

Warren William Adams

Alan Caplan

FuMing Young

Erin Harding Kraemer

David I Gellman

Ronald J Schoenbaum

Jonathan A Jenkins

Leo Benedict Baldwin

Brian Alexander Oliver

Charles Benjamin Franklin Waggoner

Brett Richard Taylor

Rohit Prasad

Isaac Scott Noble

Colin Jon Taylor

Jae Pum Park

Douglas Ryan Gray

Volodymyr V Ivanchenko

Ashish Gupta

Peter D Cohen

Felix F Antony

Brian D Robertson

Francois M Rouaix

Samuel Pike Hall, Vi

James Prudente

Colleen McQueen

Peri Hartman

Kenneth Paul Kiraly

Howard Look

Guy Ashley Story, Jr

Subram Narasimhan

Michael A Carr

Gregg Elliott Zehr

William Folwell Barton

Douglas James Herrington

Michael D McDaniel

Brian David Marsh

Keela N Robison

B Anthony Joseph

Charles Gordon

Michal Jonathan Geller

Josh Petersen

Rajiv Chopra

Dennis R Hodge

Brian R Williams

A method and system for dynamic pricing of web services utilization. According to one embodiment, a method may include dynamically predicting utilization of a web services computing resource that is expected to occur during a given interval of time, and dependent upon the dynamically predicted utilization, setting a price associated with utilization of the web services computing resource occurring during the given interval of time. The method may further include providing the price to a customer.

Method and system for dynamic pricing of web services utilization

Techniques for receiving a voice command from a user and, in response, providing audible content to the user via a first device and providing visual content for the user via a second device. In some instances, the first device includes a microphone for generating audio signals that include user speech, as well as a speaker for outputting audible content in response to identified voice commands from the speech. However, the first device might not include a display for displaying graphical content. As such, the first device may be configured to identify devices that include displays and that are proximate to the first device. The first device may then instruct one or more of these other devices to output visual content associated with a user's voice command.

Providing content on multiple devices

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to the sharing of synchronization information corresponding to content among devices in a communication network. An originating device collects synchronization information related to the presentation of content to a user via the originating device. The synchronization information is defined according to reference points related to the presentation of the content to the user via the originating device, including a current state of the presentation of the content and/or additional information obtained during the presentation of the content. Based on detection of a synchronization event, the originating device transmits the collected synchronization information, resulting in the receipt of the synchronization information by one or more receiving devices. Thereafter, the presentation of the content to the user on one of the receiving devices can incorporate the synchronization information collected and transmitted by the originating device.

Synchronization of digital content

The disclosure describes an automated aerial vehicle (AAV) and system for automatically detecting a contact or an imminent contact between a propeller of the AAV and an object (e.g., human, pet, or other animal). When a contact or an imminent contact is detected, a safety profile may be executed to reduce or avoid any potential harm to the object and/or the AAV. For example, if a contact with a propeller of the AAV by an object is detected, the rotation of the propeller may be stopped to avoid harming the object. Likewise, an object detection component may be used to detect an object that is nearing a propeller, stop the rotation of the propeller, and/or navigate the AAV away from the detected object.

Propeller safety for automated aerial vehicles

Described are systems, methods, and apparatus that enable constraint based communications between two or more devices. For example, a first user of a first device may submit a communication request to establish a communication session with a second user and provide a constraint for that communication session, such as a time-limit (e.g., limit the communication session to five minutes). In such an example, if the second user accepts the communication request with the constraint, a communication session is established and the system monitors the communication session to determine when a condition corresponding to the constraint has been satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, the communication session is terminated by the system.

Modifying constraint-based communication sessions

An automated aerial vehicle (AAV) and system for automatically detecting a contact or an imminent contact between a propeller of the AAV and an object (e.g., human, pet, or other animal) are described. A safety profile for the AAV may be selected based on various factors including a position or configuration of the AAV. When a contact or an imminent contact is detected, the selected safety profile may be executed to reduce or avoid any potential harm to the object and/or the AAV. For example, if a contact with a propeller of the AAV by an object is detected, the rotation of the propeller may be stopped to avoid harming the object. Likewise, an object detection component may be used to detect an object that is nearing a propeller, stop the rotation of the propeller, and/or navigate the AAV away from the detected object.

A user can select an object represented in video content in order to set a magnification level with respect to that object. A portion of the video frames containing a representation of the object is selected to maintain a presentation size of the representation corresponding to the magnification level. The selection provides for a 'smart zoom' feature enabling an object of interest, such as a face of an actor, to be used in selecting an appropriate portion of each frame to magnify, such that the magnification results in a portion of the frame being selected that includes the one or more objects of interest to the user. Pre-generated tracking data can be provided for some objects, which can enable a user to select an object and then have predetermined portion selections and magnifications applied that can provide for a smoother user experience than for dynamically-determined data.

Object tracking in zoomed video

Constraint based communication sessions

A system and method for facilitating transactions utilizing phrase tokens are provided. Individual entities can be associated with unambiguous transaction phrase tokens, such as multiple word phrases. The transaction phrase tokens are associated with transaction accounts by a service provider such that the entities can complete a transaction without having to exchange transaction account information. In a transaction, a transaction phrase token is offered to an accepting party, which tenders the offered transaction phrase token to the service provider. The service provider processes the offered transaction phrase token according to configuration information specified for the transaction phrase token. The service provider can automatically process the transaction request or request additional information.

Utilizing phrase tokens in transactions

An unauthorized-product detection system may compare data representing various authentication markers of items presumed to have been produced or sourced by a particular entity with stored data representing valid authentication markers of items produced or sourced by the particular entity. The authentication markers may represent inherent physical characteristics of the items or their packaging, or may be generated and applied to the items or their packaging to facilitate counterfeit detection and/or for other purposes. The data (some of which may be encrypted) may be captured using high-resolution cameras, scanners, or other devices, and then communicated to the unauthorized-product detection system for analysis. The system may maintain a data store of data representing captured or valid authentication markers and may store tracking information reflecting the use of various authentication markers. The system may provide various unauthorized product detection services to consumers, retailers, or members of a supply-chain.

Unauthorized product detection techniques

A method and system is described to facilitate variable pricing for electronically viewable content. Consumers pay different amounts to view portions of electronically viewable content obtained from a work, where the amount paid may be based on a characteristic of the work (e.g., the genre or publisher), the consumer's past viewing behavior or purchases, including the portions of content (e.g., the number of pages or chapters) previously viewed from the same or other work, or the number or amount of purchases made of other works or products, or the aggregated viewing behavior or purchases of a number of consumers.

Method and apparatus to facilitate online purchase of works using paid electronic previews

This disclosure describes a system and method for determining the center of gravity of a payload engaged by an automated aerial vehicle and adjusting components of the automated aerial vehicle and/or the engagement location with the payload so that the center of gravity of the payload is within a defined position with respect to the center of gravity of the automated aerial vehicle. Adjusting the center of gravity to be within a defined position improves the efficiency, maneuverability and safety of the automated aerial vehicle. In some implementations, the stability of the payload may also be determined to ensure that the center of gravity does not change or shift during transport due to movement of an item of the payload.

Aerial vehicle center of gravity adjustment

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