Patents by Inventor Ali Y. Duale

Ali Y. Duale 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).

  • Patent number: 10262144
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes executing one or more tests on a computing device. The computing device has Instruction Execution Protection (IEP), and each test of the one or more tests includes selectively setting one or more IEP bits of one or more page tables, where each IEP bit prevents code in a respective storage block from being executed. During the one or more tests, an IEP exception is detected, by a computer processor, each time an attempt is made to execute code in a storage block for which a respective IEP bit is set. Test results of the one or more tests are determined based on the detecting. A remedial action is performed in response to the test results of the one or more tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, John L. Weber, Dennis Wittig
  • Publication number: 20180292881
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for display turn off override control. Aspects include receiving an indication of the launching of a mobile application on an electronic device. An override authorization is requested from a user of the electronic device. The automatic display turn off features of the electronic device is altered based at least in part on receiving an override authorization from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Louis P. Gomes, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20180295085
    Abstract: An approach for new recipient inclusion to e-mail chains. The approach determines inclusion authorizations for one or more include participants in a current e-mail chain distribution. Responsive to a determination that the one or more authorization results are passed, the approach creates one or more authorized include participants. The approach creates one or more participant notifications based, at least in part, on the one or more authorized include participants. The approach outputs an e-mail chain to the one or more authorized include participants, wherein outputting the email chain includes outputting the one or more participant notifications based, at least in part, on predetermined participant preferences of one or more current participants in the current email chain distribution. The approach creates a next e-mail chain distribution based, at least in part, on combining the one or more authorized include participants and the one or more current participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Muneeb Arshad, Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Louis P. Gomes, Vijai Kalathur, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20180276670
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for credit card authorization. Aspects include receiving, by a processor, credit card information for a consumer. A consumer profile is received that includes one or more spending categories. Each of the one or more spending categories is associated with one or more spending restrictions. A request to authorize a charge for the credit card is received and a spending category for the charge is determined. The charge is authorized based on a determination that the charge does not violate any of the one or more spending restrictions associated with the spending category for the charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Asmahan A. Ali, Ali Y. Duale, Mustafa Y. Mah
  • Patent number: 10078965
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for vehicular traffic control and vehicle routing includes receiving a request for a best route, at a central system. The request including a current location and a destination from a requesting vehicle. Travel factors from the current location to the destination are determined. The travel factors include road availability, traffic conditions, and real time feedback, using the central system in response to receiving the request. The best route is determined for the requesting vehicle from the current location to the destination based on the travel factors, and real time feedback of the traffic conditions. The method and system includes initiating a plurality of traffic control actions along the route for the requesting vehicle. The traffic control actions are initiated along the route simultaneously and in concert with the requesting vehicle to clear the best route for the requesting vehicle to travel unobstructed to the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Louis P. Gomes, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20180232291
    Abstract: Compare points are detected in a multi-threaded computing environment. One thread of the multi-threaded computing environment has reached a compare point for the one thread. The compare point for the one thread being a point at which results of executing a test case on the one thread is ready to be compared against expected results for that test case. A determination is made as to whether another thread of the multi-threaded computing environment has reached a compare point for the another thread. Execution of the another thread is continued, based on determining the another thread has not reached the compare point for the another thread. The test case of the one thread is, however, not re-executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Dennis Wittig
  • Patent number: 10044659
    Abstract: An approach for new recipient inclusion to e-mail chains. E-mail chain manager receives include participants associated with an e-mail chain, current participants in the current e-mail chain distribution and authorization rules associated with the e-mail chain. The e-mail chain manager determines inclusion authorizations for the include participants based on comparing the include participants with the authorization rules and creates authorization results associated with the include participants. In response to determining the authorization results are passed, the e-mail chain manager creates authorized include participants. The e-mail chain manager creates the participant notifications where the participant notifications are based on the authorized include participants and outputs the participant notifications based on predetermined participant preferences of the current participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Muneeb Arshad, Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Louis P. Gomes, Vijai Kalathur, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20180210816
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes executing one or more test programs on a computing device, where the computing device includes a Guarded Storage (GS) facility managing use of GS. Each test program of the one or more test programs comprises a respective GS event, and each respective GS event prompts execution of a respective garbage reclaim function associated with the GS. A memory storage is analyzed, by a computer processor, to verify expected operation of each of the one or more test programs. Test results of the one or more test programs are determined based on the analyzing the memory storage. A remedial action is performed in response to the test results of the one or more test programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Mohammed Shammas, Dennis W. Wittig
  • Publication number: 20180197028
    Abstract: A method for an enhanced vehicle monitoring system that utilizes cameras and other sensors to determine the state of the interior and/or exterior of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises detecting that a driver has exited a vehicle. The method further comprises monitoring a state of the vehicle. The method further comprises determining based, at least in part, on the monitoring, if an object has been left in the vehicle unintentionally or if the vehicle has been left running unattended. The method further comprises, upon determining that the object has been left in the vehicle or the vehicle has been left running unattended, sending a notification to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Asmahan A. Ali, Ali Y. Duale, Mustafa Y. Mah
  • Publication number: 20180197029
    Abstract: A method for an enhanced vehicle monitoring system that utilizes cameras and other sensors to determine the state of the interior and/or exterior of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises detecting that a driver has exited a vehicle. The method further comprises monitoring a state of the vehicle. The method further comprises determining based, at least in part, on the monitoring, if an object has been left in the vehicle unintentionally or if the vehicle has been left running unattended. The method further comprises, upon determining that the object has been left in the vehicle or the vehicle has been left running unattended, sending a notification to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Asmahan A. Ali, Ali Y. Duale, Mustafa Y. Mah
  • Publication number: 20180197027
    Abstract: A method for an enhanced vehicle monitoring system that utilizes cameras and other sensors to determine the state of the interior and/or exterior of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises detecting that a driver has exited a vehicle. The method further comprises monitoring a state of the vehicle. The method further comprises determining based, at least in part, on the monitoring, if an object has been left in the vehicle unintentionally or if the vehicle has been left running unattended. The method further comprises, upon determining that the object has been left in the vehicle or the vehicle has been left running unattended, sending a notification to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Asmahan A. Ali, Ali Y. Duale, Mustafa Y. Mah
  • Patent number: 10021518
    Abstract: Determining an individual exceeds a time-distance from a point. Locations for a set of individuals are monitored and an alert is transmitted if an individual exceeds a time-distance from a point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Louis P. Gomes, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 10021056
    Abstract: An approach for new recipient inclusion to e-mail chains. E-mail chain manager receives include participants associated with an e-mail chain, current participants in the current e-mail chain distribution and authorization rules associated with the e-mail chain. The e-mail chain manager determines inclusion authorizations for the include participants based on comparing the include participants with the authorization rules and creates authorization results associated with the include participants. In response to determining the authorization results are passed, the e-mail chain manager creates authorized include participants. The e-mail chain manager creates the participant notifications where the participant notifications are based on the authorized include participants and outputs the participant notifications based on predetermined participant preferences of the current participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Muneeb Arshad, Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Louis P. Gomes, Vijai Kalathur, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20180173880
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes executing one or more tests on a computing device. The computing device has Instruction Execution Protection (IEP), and each test of the one or more tests includes selectively setting one or more IEP bits of one or more page tables, where each IEP bit prevents code in a respective storage block from being executed. During the one or more tests, an IEP exception is detected, by a computer processor, each time an attempt is made to execute code in a storage block for which a respective IEP bit is set. Test results of the one or more tests are determined based on the detecting. A remedial action is performed in response to the test results of the one or more tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, John L. Weber, Dennis Wittig
  • Publication number: 20180147449
    Abstract: A method for scheduling and reserving in real-time the use of exercise equipment at a fitness center. One or more processors receive a user profile including data, wherein the data includes medical data, schedule preferences, and fitness goal data of a user. One or more processors compare the user profile to a plurality of profiles included in a repository, wherein individual profiles of the plurality of profiles include medical data, schedule preferences, fitness goal data, and a corresponding workout plan. One or more processors determine whether the user profile matches, to a predetermined degree of similarity, to at least one individual profile. Having determined that the first user profile matches, one or more processors generates a workout plan for the user based on at least one individual profile and the corresponding workout of the profile. One or more processors create a schedule for the workout plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Louis P. Gomes, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20180137471
    Abstract: A method of scheduling appointments based on a location of a user includes identifying a geographic location of a user, receiving, through a processor, a new appointment request for a selected day, determining a location of the new appointment, determining, through the processor, whether an additional appointment exists for a selected time period including the selected day and adjacent days, identifying, through the processor, a location of the additional appointment, determining, through the processor, whether a geographic conflict exists between the location of the new appointment and the location of the additional appointment when receiving the new appointment request, and providing an alert to the user through a user interface if a geographic conflict exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Louis P. Gomes, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20180137254
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for minimizing errors in prescription medication dispensing. Aspects include obtaining, by a processor, a prescription of a medication for a patient. Then, aspects include obtaining, by the processor, a patient profile associated with the patient and obtaining, by the processor, medication details for the medication. Aspects also include displaying to the patient, by a first device, the medication details.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Asmahan A. Ali, Ali Y. Duale, Mustafa Y. Mah
  • Patent number: 9971662
    Abstract: Compare points are detected in a multi-threaded computing environment. One thread of the multi-threaded computing environment has reached a compare point for the one thread. The compare point for the one thread being a point at which results of executing a test case on the one thread is ready to be compared against expected results for that test case. A determination is made as to whether another thread of the multi-threaded computing environment has reached a compare point for the another thread. Execution of the another thread is continued, based on determining the another thread has not reached the compare point for the another thread. The test case of the one thread is, however, not re-executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Dennis Wittig
  • Publication number: 20180126222
    Abstract: A method for scheduling and reserving in real-time the use of exercise equipment at a fitness center. One or more processors receive a user profile including data, wherein the data includes medical data, schedule preferences, and fitness goal data of a user. One or more processors compare the user profile to a plurality of profiles included in a repository, wherein individual profiles of the plurality of profiles include medical data, schedule preferences, fitness goal data, and a corresponding workout plan. One or more processors determine whether the user profile matches, to a predetermined degree of similarity, to at least one individual profile. Having determined that the first user profile matches, one or more processors generates a workout plan for the user based on at least one individual profile and the corresponding workout of the profile. One or more processors create a schedule for the workout plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Ali Y. Duale, Shailesh R. Gami, Louis P. Gomes, Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 9959201
    Abstract: Embodiments for automated testing of a virtualization management system are described. According to one aspect, a method includes generating a test case including a plurality of instances of commands and sending the test case to a plurality of interfaces supported by the virtualization management system. The method also includes generating a response file corresponding to each command in the test case. The method also includes comparing results from each interface to an instance of a command and in response to the results from each interface being identical, storing, the results in the response file corresponding to the command. The method also includes reporting an error in response to the results from each interface of the virtualization management system not being identical. The present document further describes examples of other aspects such as systems, computer products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohammad Abdirashid, Ali Y. Duale, Tariq Hanif