Patents by Inventor Khalid H. Qahtani

Khalid H. Qahtani 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: 11979408
    Abstract: In an example method, a system obtains a data record indicating an anticipated change in an employment status of a user at an organization, including a data field indicating an effective time of the anticipated change. At a first time prior to the effective time, the system modifies an access privilege of the user with respect to computer resources of the organization, including (i) allowing the user to perform first operations using the computer resources between the first time and a second time subsequent to the first time, and (ii) preventing the user from performing second operations using the computer resources starting at the first time. At the second time, the system further modifies the access privilege of the user, including preventing the user from performing the operations using the computer resources starting at the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdullah Tariq Al-Essa, Khalid H. Qahtani, Norah A. Yousif, Waleed A. Alamri, Tariq S. Alshlash, Lamia M. Mugla, Fahd S. Alghamdi
  • Publication number: 20240064148
    Abstract: A system and method is described that reduces a likelihood that a privileged account at a system (e.g., device, network, and/or application) for a user is compromised. For example, the privileged account for the user at the system is disabled in response to being created. The user can provide a request for at least one elevated right at the system corresponding to a request to use the privileged account at the system. An identity of the user is authenticated in response to receiving the request to confirm that the user is requesting the privileged account at the system. The privileged account for the user is enabled at the system to allow the user to perform at least one action that the user was not previously allowed to perform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdullah T. AL-ESSA, Khalid H. QAHTANI, Taher A. ALWUSAIBIE, Anthony Graham MURDOCH, Tariq S. ALSHLASH, Osamah A. ALBUGEAEY
  • Publication number: 20230156009
    Abstract: In an example method, a system obtains a data record indicating an anticipated change in an employment status of a user at an organization, including a data field indicating an effective time of the anticipated change. At a first time prior to the effective time, the system modifies an access privilege of the user with respect to computer resources of the organization, including (i) allowing the user to perform first operations using the computer resources between the first time and a second time subsequent to the first time, and (ii) preventing the user from performing second operations using the computer resources starting at the first time. At the second time, the system further modifies the access privilege of the user, including preventing the user from performing the operations using the computer resources starting at the second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Abdullah Tariq Al-Essa, Khalid H. Qahtani, Norah A. Yousif, Waleed A. Alamri, Tariq S. Alshlash, Lamia M. Mugla, Fahd S. Alghamdi
  • Patent number: 11495105
    Abstract: A system for monitoring efficiency and security of a solar array includes a voltage-based monitoring circuit and a photoelectric sensor. The system detects a voltage across the solar array and compares the voltage to changes in light detected by the photoelectric sensor. In response to reduced light detected at the photoelectric sensor, the system generates a low-efficiency alarm. In response to reduced voltage while light detected by the photoelectric sensor remains constant, the system generates a security alarm signal. The system may also include a PIR sensor, an RFID reader, and a solar panel circuit including the solar panels of the solar array. In response to an infrared alarm at the PIR sensor, an unauthorized alarm at the RFID reader, and an open circuit alarm signal of the solar panel circuit, and the security alarm signal, the system may transmit a master alarm to a monitoring center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayed A Ruwaili, Abdulaziz H Saiyari, Khalid H Qahtani, Abdulaziz A Alonazi, Muath M Khaldi
  • Publication number: 20220284784
    Abstract: A system for monitoring efficiency and security of a solar array includes a voltage-based monitoring circuit and a photoelectric sensor. The system detects a voltage across the solar array and compares the voltage to changes in light detected by the photoelectric sensor. In response to reduced light detected at the photoelectric sensor, the system generates a low-efficiency alarm. In response to reduced voltage while light detected by the photoelectric sensor remains constant, the system generates a security alarm signal. The system may also include a PIR sensor, an RFID reader, and a solar panel circuit including the solar panels of the solar array. In response to an infrared alarm at the PIR sensor, an unauthorized alarm at the RFID reader, and an open circuit alarm signal of the solar panel circuit, and the security alarm signal, the system may transmit a master alarm to a monitoring center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayed A. Ruwaili, Abdulaziz H. Saiyari, Khalid H. Qahtani, Abdulaziz A. Alonazi, Muath M. Khaldi