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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2025
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Ali Koc, Smithtown, NY (US);
Dac Hoang Thien an Ta, Brooklyn, NY (US);
John Espenhahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nitya Dhimantkumar Sheth, Belmont, CA (US);
Rajat Mathur, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amit Gul Phagwani, Fremont, CA (US);
George Steven Mcpherson, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A hybrid serverless computing and durable computing search system provides low-latency search by maintaining domain specific search indices in memory or storage, while also allowing for low-cost service by scaling to zero when not in use. An initial search query is processed by an ephemeral computing instance loaded with code for executing search and which has downloaded relevant search indexes for a given domain. Asynchronously, a longer-lived container is launched and loaded with the relevant search indices. Subsequent search queries for the given domain are handled using the container without the delay associated with downloading the relevant search indices. After a period of inactivity both the container and ephemeral computing instances are scaled to zero.