Patents by Inventor Omar Abdul Aal

Omar Abdul Aal 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).

  • Access control rights assignment capabilities utilizing a new context-based hierarchy of data based on new forms of metadata
    Patent number: 11797702
    Abstract: One example method includes extracting content metadata from data, storing the content metadata in a data catalogue, receiving at the data catalogue, from a user, a request to access the data, transmitting, by the data catalogue to a security service provider, an access request that includes the extracted content metadata and metadata relating to the access request, accessing, by the security service provider, identity metadata concerning an identity of the user, and a data access policy, and transmitting, by the security service provider to the data catalogue, a decision as to whether or not access can be granted to the data, and the decision is based on the data access policy, the identity metadata, and the metadata in the access request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Reineke, Hanna Yehuda, Omar Abdul Aal, Farida Shafik, Joel Christner, Shary Beshara, Ahmad Refaat Abdel Fadeel Ahmad El Rouby
  • ACCESS CONTROL RIGHTS ASSIGNMENT CAPABILITIES UTILIZING A NEW CONTEXT-BASED HIERARCHY OF DATA BASED ON NEW FORMS OF METADATA
    Publication number: 20220292211
    Abstract: One example method includes extracting content metadata from data, storing the content metadata in a data catalogue, receiving at the data catalogue, from a user, a request to access the data, transmitting, by the data catalogue to a security service provider, an access request that includes the extracted content metadata and metadata relating to the access request, accessing, by the security service provider, identity metadata concerning an identity of the user, and a data access policy, and transmitting, by the security service provider to the data catalogue, a decision as to whether or not access can be granted to the data, and the decision is based on the data access policy, the identity metadata, and the metadata in the access request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Nicole Reineke, Hanna Yehuda, Omar Abdul Aal, Farida Shafik, Joel Christner, Shary Beshara, Ahmad Refaat Abdel Fadeel Ahmad El Rouby