Patents by Inventor Baraa Kahf

Baraa Kahf 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).

  • File attachment processing method and system
    Patent number: 8024800
    Abstract: A file attachment processing method and system. The method comprises generating by a first computing system, a configurable list comprising valid computer file types for computer files. The valid computer file types for the computer files comprising a low risk for comprising computer viruses. The first computing system comprises a memory device. The first computing system stores the configurable list in the memory device. The first computing system receives a computer file comprising a first file type. The first computing system compares the first file type to the list to determine if the first file type comprises a valid file type from the first list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Gregory Bednar, Jing-Tan T. Chen, Baraa Kahf, Gautam Majumdar
  • FILE ATTACHMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080077990
    Abstract: A file attachment processing method and system. The method comprises generating by a first computing system, a configurable list comprising valid computer file types for computer files. The valid computer file types for the computer files comprising a low risk for comprising computer viruses. The first computing system comprises a memory device. The first computing system stores the configurable list in the memory device. The first computing system receives a computer file comprising a first file type. The first computing system compares the first file type to the list to determine if the first file type comprises a valid file type from the first list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Gregory Bednar, Jing-Tan T. Chen, Baraa Kahf, Gautam Majumdar