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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2010
Applicants:

Michael David Marr, Monroe, WA (US);

Alan M. Judge, Dublin, IE;

Jagwinder Singh Brar, Bellevue, WA (US);

Tyson J. Lamoreaux, Seattle, WA (US);

Mark N. Kelly, Dublin, IE;

Daniel T. Cohn, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael David Marr, Monroe, WA (US);

Alan M. Judge, Dublin, IE;

Jagwinder Singh Brar, Bellevue, WA (US);

Tyson J. Lamoreaux, Seattle, WA (US);

Mark N. Kelly, Dublin, IE;

Daniel T. Cohn, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. When connecting devices of different tiers in the network, each device need only be connected to at least one of the connectors on the transpose box. The meshing of the transpose box can cause each device to be connected to any or all of the devices in the other tier as dictated by the network topology. When changing network topologies or scaling the network, additional devices can be added to available connectors on an existing transpose box, or new or additional transpose boxes can be deployed in order to handle the change with minimal cabling effort.


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