Patents by Inventor Amir Mehmood SHEIKH

Amir Mehmood SHEIKH 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).

  • Method and system for providing permission-based access to sensitive information
    Patent number: 8769621
    Abstract: A method provides for permission-based access to personal information over a communication network. The method includes entering specified owner personal information in an owner terminal, by an owner, to establish a secure owner profile, which is stored in an owner database. The method also includes entering specified user personal information in a user terminal, by a user, to establish a secure user profile, which is stored in a user database. The method further includes entering a user request in the user terminal requesting permission to receive a designated piece of the owner personal information from the secure owner profile. A server determines whether to approve the user request; and provides permission to use the designated piece of the owner personal information to the user over the communication network after the user request is approved by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Chesla Catherine Wechsler, Gerald Maziarski, Earle H. West, Amy Susan Miller, John Arthur Feaver, David Chen, Amir Mehmood Sheikh
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERMISSION-BASED ACCESS TO SENSITIVE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20120185921
    Abstract: A method provides for permission-based access to personal information over a communication network. The method includes entering specified owner personal information in an owner terminal, by an owner, to establish a secure owner profile, which is stored in an owner database. The method also includes entering specified user personal information in a user terminal, by a user, to establish a secure user profile, which is stored in a user database. The method further includes entering a user request in the user terminal requesting permission to receive a designated piece of the owner personal information from the secure owner profile. A server determines whether to approve the user request; and provides permission to use the designated piece of the owner personal information to the user over the communication network after the user request is approved by the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Chesla Catherine WECHSLER, Gerald MAZIARSKI, Earle H. WEST, Amy Susan MILLER, John Arthur FEAVER, David CHEN, Shankaran NARAYANAN, William Roberts CHESWICK, Anup D. KARNALKAR, Amir Mehmood SHEIKH, David G. MUELLER