Patents Assigned to Qatar Foundation
  • Patent number: 12084205
    Abstract: A method for identifying aircraft faults, comprising: receiving aircraft health dataset comprising plurality of maintenance identifiers which each identify aircraft fault; storing diagnostics database storing plurality of part identifiers which each identify part of aircraft which is possible cause of generation of at least one maintenance identifier; generating graph of plurality of maintenance identifiers and plurality of edges in which maintenance identifiers are connected to one another by edge if maintenance identifiers are identified by common part identifier in diagnostics database; extracting clique from graph, clique comprising plurality of maintenance identifiers and respective plurality of edges of graph; determining intersection between at least two edges of clique; identifying candidate part identifier which is common to intersecting edges of clique, candidate part identifier identifying part of aircraft which is possible cause of generation of at least some of maintenance identifiers of clique;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mohamed M. Elshrif, Sanjay Chawla, Franz D. Betz, Dragos D. Margineantu
  • Patent number: 12056602
    Abstract: A circuit structure for implementing a multilayer artificial neural network, the circuit comprising: a plurality of memristors implementing a synaptic grid array, the memristors storing weights of the network; and a calculation and control module configured to calculate the value of weight adjustments within the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development
    Inventors: Yin Yang, Shiping Wen, Tingwen Huang
  • Patent number: 11866344
    Abstract: Cesium-niobium-chalcogenide compounds and a semiconductor device are provided. The cesium-niobium-chalcogenide compound is selected from the group consisting of CsNbS3, CsNbSe3, and CsNbOx-3Qx, where Q is S or Se, and x is 1 or 2, and includes an edge-shared orthorhombic crystal structure. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, and an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, and the active layer includes the cesium-niobium-chalcogenide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Trinity College Dublin, Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventors: Fadwa El-Mellouhi, Heesoo Park, Nouar Tabet, Fahhad Alharbi, Stefano Sanvito
  • Patent number: 11823389
    Abstract: A method and system of constructing a network map from imagery comprising using an iterative search process guided by a CNN-based decision function to derive a network graph directly from the output of the CNN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventor: Sanjay Chawla
  • Patent number: 11794118
    Abstract: A game system comprising a game surface generator configured to generate a game surface having: a primary game surface with a first edge; an additional game surface with a second edge, wherein the primary game surface and the additional game surface are each divided into a plurality of game spaces and the first edge of the primary game surface is coupled to the second edge of the additional game surface, there being a bijective mapping between the primary game surface and the additional game surface; a game piece control module configured to position a plurality of game pieces on the primary game surface such that each game piece is positioned on one of the game spaces and a plurality of additional game pieces are positioned on corresponding game spaces of the additional game surface according to the bijective mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventor: Michael Jean-Marie Aupetit
  • Patent number: 11641363
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems that can be used by an end-user to verify both the identity of a remote service (4) and the authenticity of a response provided by the remote service (4), even if the first authentication arrangement (2) used to interact with the remote service (4) is compromised. The end-user requests the remote service (4) to provide evidence of its identity, in the form of potentially different authentication materials. The authentication materials are then verified independently on each additional authentication arrangements (6, 7) and used to determine the authenticity of the response from the remote service (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventors: Roberto Di Pietro, Savio Sciancalepore, Simone Raponi
  • Patent number: 11531647
    Abstract: Data storage methods and systems for use with multiple cloud storage systems. The methods and systems use passive metadata files which are stored on cloud storage systems to eliminate the risk of a data conflict when data is being written to the multi-cloud storage system. The methods and systems enable a multi-cloud storage system to function safely without data corruption or loss due to potential conflicts. The methods and systems achieve this without the need for a central control server and without the need for the cloud storage systems or the clients to communicate with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, Qatar University
    Inventors: Qutaibah Malluhi, Naram Mhaisen
  • Patent number: 11511882
    Abstract: A method for identifying aircraft faults, comprising: receiving a dataset comprising a plurality of low priority messages and a plurality of high priority messages, each low priority message identifying a minor aircraft fault and each high priority message identifying a major aircraft fault; for each low priority message, generating an embedding vector which maps the low priority message in an embedding space; for each high priority message, generating an embedding vector which maps the high priority message in the embedding space; providing, to a machine learning unit, the embedding vector for each low priority message of the plurality of low priority messages and the embedding vector for each high priority message of the plurality of high priority messages; and obtaining, from the machine learning unit, a probability of a target high priority message occurring based on each low priority message of the plurality of low priority messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mohamed M. Elshrif, Sanjay Chawla, Franz D. Betz, Dragos D. Margineantu
  • Patent number: 11228616
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for monitoring the security of a computing network which includes a plurality of hosts and a plurality of edges which link connected hosts. The method comprises capturing and storing first and second network state information at first and second times respectively. The method comprises comparing the first and second network state information to detect a change in the security of the network during the time window between the first and second times. The method further comprises storing security change data which is indicative of the change in the security of the network during the time window for a user to monitor the change in the security of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation
    Inventors: Khaled M. Khan, Dong Seong Kim, Jin Bum Hong, Simon Enoch Yusuf, Mengmeng Ge, Huy Kang Kim, Paul Kim, Armstrong Nhlabatsi, Noora Fetais
  • Patent number: 11206286
    Abstract: A method for reducing unwanted data traffic in a computer network due to a Distributed Reflection Denial of Service (DRDoS) attack. The method comprises operating a filtering module in a normal mode or a blocking mode to allow or block requests from being communicated within a computer network in response to data from a honeypot device in the computer network. The method allows the honeypot device to continue to monitor further attack requests that are received during the DRDoS attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventors: Yury Zhauniarovich, Priyanka Dodia
  • Patent number: 11182470
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new and innovative system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for securely recovering access to an online service account. Secret splitting is utilized to require multiple recovery mechanisms in order to recover access to an online service account, thus decreasing the likelihood that a malicious attacker will compromise all of the recovery mechanisms to gain access to the online service account. The secret is split into a quantity of tokens via a secret sharing function that can reconstruct the secret with a predetermined threshold quantity of the tokens. The level of security provided by the system is flexible by adjusting the quantity of recovery mechanisms and the predetermined threshold quantity of tokens required to reconstruct the secret.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventors: Roberto Di Pietro, Simone Raponi
  • Patent number: 11150671
    Abstract: The presently disclosed method and system exploits a received signal strength of a jamming signal emitted by a jammer to allow navigation of an object through an area containing the jamming signal. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a plurality of navigation data and a jamming signal when entering a jamming zone. The method then comprises repeatedly measuring the strength of the jamming signal while moving within the jamming zone. The method then comprises determining the location of the jammer based on the movement within the jamming zone and the strength of the jamming signal at multiple coordinates. The method further comprises performing movement to destination coordinates within the jamming zone at least partially based on the jammer location and the strength of the jamming signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventors: Roberto Di Pietro, Gabriele Oligeri, Pietro Tedeschi
  • Publication number: 20210206792
    Abstract: The complex transition metal phosphonates include one or more of compounds with the chemical formula: (1) AxMy(R(PO3)2)z; (2) AxMy(RPO3)z; (3) AxMy(R(PO3)2; nHO; (4) AxMy(RPO3); nH2O; and (5) AxMy(R(PO3)2)z(X)t, where A is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, M is a divalent or trivalent transition metal, R is an organic group, and X is OH, F or CI. For example, A is Li, Na, K, Cs, Rb, Mg, Ca and/or combinations thereof. M is Ni, Co, Mn, Fe, Cr, V, Ti, Cu and/or combinations thereof. R is a C1-C5 alkyl group; e.g., CH2, C2H4, or C3H6, The complex transition metal phosphonates can be used as cathode or anode materials for rechargeable batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventors: Rachid ESSEHLI, Ilias BELHAROUAK, Hamdi BEN YAHIA, Ali ABOUIMRANE
  • Patent number: 10826535
    Abstract: We provide a method of compressing a data stream for transmission, including: generating a data sequence representing a received data stream, generating a plurality of data substreams, each comprising a portion of the data sequence, identifying a formal concept defining a dependency between a first one of the data substreams and one or more further ones of the data substreams that are dependent on the first data substream, removing those dependent data substreams from the plurality of data substreams, and transmitting the remaining data substreams, and a method of reconstructing a data stream at a receiver, including: receiving a received data sequence representing a received data stream, identifying that a substream has been removed from the data stream prior to transmission, identifying a formal concept definition for regenerating the removed substream based on an identified substream of the received data sequence, regenerating a data substream using the formal concept definition and the identified substrea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education Science and Community Development
    Inventors: Alaa Awad Abdellatif, Amr Mohamed, Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini
  • Patent number: 10724758
    Abstract: The heat index thermostat is an electronic, programmable thermostat having a microcontroller or microprocessor programmed to regulate the temperature of an enclosed space, such as a room or building. The thermostat has a user interface that permits the user to select a mode of operation and to enter a set temperature, and input terminals for receiving signals from relative humidity, indoor temperature, and other sensors. In a heat index mode of operation, the temperature is regulated by reference to a lookup table based on a heat index equation. The microcontroller uses the table inversely by using the set temperature as the heat index temperature, looking up the room temperature that would result in that heat index temperature given the measured relative humidity in the room. The thermostat then turns the cooling/heating unit on or off until the measured room temperature is equal to the temperature determined from the lookup table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventor: Abdlmonem H. Beitelmal
  • Patent number: 10664296
    Abstract: An arrangement configured to allocate network interface resources to a virtual machine, the arrangement comprising: an interface configured to receive a first network interface requirement for a first virtual machine; and a hypervisor module configured to compare the first network interface requirement to stored network interface information for one or more network interfaces associated one or more computing devices, and to allocate resources of at least one of the one or more network interfaces to the first virtual machine such that the first network interface requirement is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation
    Inventors: Simon Ponsford, William Yip
  • Patent number: 10649975
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods for identifying denial constraints are provided herein. The denial constraints can be used with a database schema R. A predicate space P can be generated for an instance I in the schema R. An evidence set EviI can be generated. The evidence set EviI can include sets of satisfied predicates in the predicate space P for each instance I. A minimal set of predicates can be identified for the evidence set EviI. Valid denial constraints can be identified from the minimal set by inverting the predicates in the minimal set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation
    Inventors: Ihab Francis Ilyas Kaldas, Paolo Papotti, Xu Chu
  • Patent number: 10623097
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus for visible light communication and a visible light communication system resistant to optical interference is provided. The visible light communication system includes a transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus. The transmitting apparatus includes a complimentary data generator and two transmitting modules. The transmitting modules include plurality of visible light sources and a transmitting polarization lens. Polarization of the two transmitting polarization lenses are orthogonal to each other. The receiving apparatus includes two receiving modules and a differential amplification module. The receiving modules include a photodiode and a receiving polarization lens. Polarization of the receiving polarization lens pair and transmitting polarization lens pair are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventor: Amine Bermak
  • Patent number: 10545932
    Abstract: A method for cleaning data stored in a database, the method comprising providing a set of fixing rules. Each fixing rule incorporates a set of attribute values that capture an error in a plurality of semantically related attribute values, and a deterministic correction which is operable to replace one of the set of attribute values with a correct attribute value to correct the error. The method further comprises comparing at least two of the fixing rules with one another to check that the error correction carried out by one fixing rule is consistent with the error correction carried out by another fixing rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation
    Inventors: Nan Tang, Jiannan Wang
  • Patent number: 10547005
    Abstract: The organic semiconductor polymers relate to polymers containing an indolo-naphthyridine-6,13-dione thiophene (INDT) chromophore. The organic semiconductor polymers are formed by polymerizing INDT monomer with thiophene to obtain a conjugated polymer of the chromophore linked by thiophene monomers (INDT-T), with phenyl to obtain a conjugated polymer of the chromophore linked by phenyl monomers (INDT-P), with selenophene to obtain a conjugated polymer of the chromophore linked by selenophene monomers (INDT-S), or with benzothiadazole to obtain a conjugated polymer of the chromophore linked by benzothiadazole monomers (INDT-BT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
    Inventors: Hugo Bronstein, Mohammed Al-Hashimi, Tobin J. Marks, Kealan Fallon