Patents by Inventor Abdullah AlMakki

Abdullah AlMakki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for using a unidirectional watermark for information leak identification
    Patent number: 10811018
    Abstract: Methods and systems for preventing information leaks in telephony communications involving any number of parties for use in an IP telephony network having core components. A method according to one aspect of the disclosure comprises receiving an outbound audio and signaling stream from a first terminal device within the IP telephony network, determining call parameters of the outbound audio stream, storing the call parameters within the IP telephony network, and inserting a watermark into the outbound audio stream routed from the IP telephony core components to the second terminal device with an audio watermark using the determined call parameters within the IP telephony network, wherein the watermarked outbound audio stream can be used to identify unauthorized recordings of the outbound audio stream recorded at a second terminal device at which the watermarked outbound stream is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Magdina, Hussain A AlNasser, Kashif Khawaja, Abdullah AlMakki
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A UNIDIRECTIONAL WATERMARK FOR INFORMATION LEAK IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20200176003
    Abstract: Methods and systems for preventing information leaks in telephony communications involving any number of parties for use in an IP telephony network having core components. A method according to one aspect of the disclosure comprises receiving an outbound audio and signaling stream from a first terminal device within the IP telephony network, determining call parameters of the outbound audio stream, storing the call parameters within the IP telephony network, and inserting a watermark into the outbound audio stream routed from the IP telephony core components to the second terminal device with an audio watermark using the determined call parameters within the IP telephony network, wherein the watermarked outbound audio stream can be used to identify unauthorized recordings of the outbound audio stream recorded at a second terminal device at which the watermarked outbound stream is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Magdina, Hussain A. AlNasser, Kashif Khawaja, Abdullah AlMakki