{
  "patent_number": "US 8606929",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Network Providers Subcontract Data Processing Tasks",
  "original_title": "Methods, systems, and products for subcontracting segments in communications services",
  "summary": "A method for internet service providers to bundle specific data processing tasks from many users and send them to a third party for efficient handling.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a system where a network service provider, like an ISP, manages incoming data streams from multiple subscribers. Instead of processing every piece of data internally, the system identifies segments of data that require a specific service, such as deep packet inspection or complex transcoding. It then groups these specific segments from different users together and sends them to a third-party service provider to be processed in bulk. Once the third party completes the task, the results are sent back, re-aggregated into the original data streams, and delivered to the intended destinations.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover processing data streams entirely within a single service provider's infrastructure.",
    "Does not cover methods that do not involve grouping segments from multiple different subscribers.",
    "Does not cover standard routing of data packets where no specialized subcontracted processing service is applied.",
    "Does not cover real-time data streaming that does not utilize recursive segmentation based on historical packet structure."
  ],
  "filed": "2008-12-15",
  "granted": "2013-12-10",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "AT&T Intellectual Property I LP",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/att-intellectual-property-i-lp",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Steven N. Tischer",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/steven-n-tischer"
    },
    {
      "name": "Donna K. Hodges",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/donna-k-hodges"
    },
    {
      "name": "Barrett Morris Kreiner",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/barrett-morris-kreiner"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 3,
  "tags": [
    "telecommunications",
    "software",
    "ai_ml"
  ],
  "abstract": "Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing communications services. One method receives a first data stream at a computer, with the first data stream comprising packets of data packetized according to a packet protocol. The first data stream is recursively segmented into segments, and at least one of the segments is dispersed via a network for a subsequent processing service. A result of the processing service is received, and the result is aggregated into a second data stream. The second data stream is then communicated via the network.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8606929/aws-lambda",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8606929/aws-lambda/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US8606929",
  "relatedPatents": []
}