US 12,363,079 B2
Portable data center for data transfer
Darin Lee Frink, Lake Tapps, WA (US); Peter George Ross, Olympia, WA (US); and Frank Charles Paterra, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/214,602.
Application 17/214,602 is a division of application No. 15/197,630, filed on Jun. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,965,525.
Prior Publication US 2021/0218625 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/5041 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0428 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/5041 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a portable data center comprising:
racks installed in the portable data center;
computing devices installed in respective ones of the racks,
wherein the portable data center is configured to transport customer data from a first location to a second location via transporting the portable data center from the first location to the second location with the computing devices installed in the racks; and
a networking device coupled with the computing devices via a tether cable, wherein the networking device and a portion of the tether cable are configured to:
be stowed in a storage compartment of the portable data center while the portable data center is being transported;
be moved out of the portable data center at the first location and provide a connection from the networking device to the computing devices via the tether cable; and
provide an interface between the computing devices and a computing device of the facility at the first location.