Patents by Inventor Syed A. Ali

Syed A. Ali 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION AND TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE
    Publication number: 20150248595
    Abstract: A reconfigurable license plate recognition (LPR) processing apparatus and method for facilitating rapid development of LPR applications of various kinds and forms are disclosed. The LPR apparatus consists of processing hardware and software that can be configured manually or automatically into a plurality of operating modes that are designed to match the needs of various LPR applications. One or a plurality of appropriately configured LPR processing apparatuses along with LPR cameras and other required equipment can be assembled and operated in desired modes to build a variety of small-scale and large-scale LPR products. In addition, the LPR processing apparatus can be reconfigured when needed to match the changing requirements of an evolving LPR application, thereby eliminating the need to develop application-specific LPR hardware and software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: STREAMING NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Mohammad Ayub Khan, Syed Muhammad Ziauddin, Imran Ul Haq, Nasir Mehmood, Mehdi Hussain, Syed Ali Hassan, Moeen Tayyab
  • Gelled foam compositions and methods
    Patent number: 9103202
    Abstract: The invention provides a method made of steps of injecting into a wellbore, a composition comprising a solvent, a surfactant, a foaming gas, a foam enhancer, a crosslinkable polymer, and a crosslinking agent capable of crosslinking the polymer, wherein the foam enhancer increases the foam half-life of the gel composition compared to the gel composition without the foam enhancer; and allowing viscosity of the composition to increase and form a gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Emilio Jose Miquilena, Roberto Arangath, Arthur Milne, Pedro Saldungaray, Richard Donald Hutchins, Syed A. Ali, Baudel William Quintero, Leiming Li
  • SHARING CONTENT ON DEVICES WITH REDUCED USER ACTIONS
    Publication number: 20150172238
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for sharing content, and more particularly, to a method and system for sharing images, games, and/or other types of content. In one example, the method is implemented in a computing device, and includes activating a camera directly from a messaging session on the computing device, and sending an image to one or more recipients on at least one other computer device, directly from the messaging session. The system, method and computer program product further includes a one click photo messaging and one click video messaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Lutebox Ltd.
    Inventors: Syed Ali Ahmed, Owais Shaikh
  • COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION
    Publication number: 20150159081
    Abstract: A composition and method for performing a treatment of a subterranean formation. The composition includes an emulsified acid and a sulfobetaine surfactant. The emulsified acid and the sulfobetaine surfactant may be mixed to form a treatment composition, which may be injected into a subterranean formation as part of an acid fracturing or hydraulic fracturing treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur William Milne, Emilio Miquilena, Syed A. Ali
  • SWELLABLE POLYMER PARTICLES FOR PRODUCING WELL TREATMENTS
    Publication number: 20150152317
    Abstract: A method of treating a producing well that includes the introduction of a treatment fluid to the producing well from a surface above the subterranean formation, the treatment fluid comprised of at least PPG particles to enhance the oil rate and reduce the water rate of the producing well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Hutchins, Syed A. Ali, Yenny Christanti, Manuel Jose Lastre Buelvas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOTNET DETECTION
    Publication number: 20150135315
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus configured to use a Bayesian inference model for detecting botnets in a network is disclosed. The system and apparatus may include an event generator and a controller. The event generator may detect at least one event in received data, and provide information associated with the at least one event. The controller may receive the information associated with the at least one event, determine, using a Bayesian learning process, a Bayesian network model based on the information associated with the at least one event, and determine whether at least one host associated with the received data is a bot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
    Inventors: Syed Affan Ahmed, Ayesha Binte Ashfaq, Naurin Rasheed Ramay, Syed Ali Khayam, Zainab Abaid, Muhammad Umar Aslam
  • WELL TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20150075797
    Abstract: Rapidly pulsed injection fracture acidizing. A method comprises rapidly pulsed injection of a high reactivity fracture treatment fluid mode or substage alternated with one or more low reactivity treatment fluid modes or substages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Li Jiang, Richard Hutchins, Murtaza Ziauddin, J. Ernest Brown, Syed A. Ali, Neil F. Hurley, John W. Still, Timothy G.J. Jones, Stephen Nigel Davies, Bruno Lecerf, Dmitriy Usoltsev
  • Prediction-based switch allocator
    Patent number: 8976802
    Abstract: An arbitration technique for determining mappings for a switch is described. During a given arbitration decision cycle, an arbitration mechanism maintains, until expiration, a set of mappings from a subset of the input ports to a subset of the output ports of the switch. This set of mappings was determined during an arbitration decision cycle up to K cycles preceding the given arbitration decision cycle. Because the set of mappings are maintained, it is easier for the arbitration mechanism to determine mappings from a remainder of the input ports to the remainder of the output ports without collisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Pranay Koka, Herbert D. Schwetman, Jr., Syed Ali Raza Jafri
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEMORY MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150067264
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of managing cache memory includes identifying a group of cache lines in a cache memory, based on a correlation between the cache lines. The method also includes tracking evictions of cache lines in the group from the cache memory and, in response to a determination that a criterion regarding eviction of cache lines in the group from the cache memory is satisfied, selecting one or more (e.g., all) remaining cache lines in the group for eviction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuko Eckert, Syed Ali Jafri, Srilatha Manne, Gabriel Loh
  • EARLY WRITE-BACK OF MODIFIED DATA IN A CACHE MEMORY
    Publication number: 20150067266
    Abstract: A level of cache memory receives modified data from a higher level of cache memory. A set of cache lines with an index associated with the modified data is identified. The modified data is stored in the set in a cache line with an eviction priority that is at least as high as an eviction priority, before the modified data is stored, of an unmodified cache line with a highest eviction priority among unmodified cache lines in the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed Ali Jafri, Yasuko Eckert, Srilatha Manne
  • Cement Slurry Compositions and Methods
    Publication number: 20150041134
    Abstract: A cement slurry composition is described as having cement, water, and organic polymer particles. The composition also includes non-ionic surfactants, which may contain ethoxylate groups or contain both ethoxylate groups and propoxylate groups in the hydrophilic part. The non-ionic surfactant acts to disperse the hydrophobic polymeric particles in the slurry, thereby reducing mixing time. The cement slurry composition is prepared and then pumped into the subterranean well and placed in a zone of the subterranean well. Time is then allowed for the cement slurry composition to set and form a solid mass in the zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Clara Carelli, Jesse C. Lee, Syed A. Ali, Isabelle Couillet, Claire Giraudeau
  • Social networking system and methods of implementation
    Patent number: 8943141
    Abstract: A social networking system that allows video chatting in combination with other interactive social activities such as, for example, shopping, picture sharing and viewing streaming videos, amongst others, is disclosed. A method implemented in a computing infrastructure includes initiating a user session by generating a unique user ID and group ID for the user session. The method further includes streaming at least one of music and video to a plurality of users on separate computing devices within the user session. The method further includes providing video chatting amongst the plurality of users on the separate computing devices, within the session, at the same time as the streaming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Lutebox Ltd.
    Inventors: Owais Shaikh, Syed Ali Ahmed
  • COATED ICE MELTING COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20150014576
    Abstract: Ice melting compositions, methods for manufacturing ice melting compositions, and methods for melting ice are disclosed. The ice melting compositions can include a coarse deicing particle nucleus and a fine deicing particle coating substantially surrounding the coarse deicing particle nucleus. The fine particle coating can be attached or bonded to the coarse particle nucleus with a binder. The coarse particle nucleus and the fine particle coating can have a variety of particle sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Matuszczak, Syed Ali Shah, Kurt John Waatti
  • Compositions and methods for treating AIDS or cancer by inhibiting the secretion of microparticles
    Patent number: 8871708
    Abstract: Novel peptides that inhibit the release of microparticles from cells are disclosed. The peptide contains at least one VGFPV motif at the N-terminal and has a length of 10-100 amino acids. Also disclosed is polynucleotide encoding the peptide, expression vectors carrying the polynucleotide, and methods for treating AIDS and tumors using the novel peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventors: Vincent Craig Bond, Michael Powell, Ming Bo Huang, Syed Ali, Andrea D. Raymond, Martin Neville Shelton, Francois Jean Villinger
  • PREDICTION-BASED SWITCH ALLOCATOR
    Publication number: 20140269751
    Abstract: An arbitration technique for determining mappings for a switch is described. During a given arbitration decision cycle, an arbitration mechanism maintains, until expiration, a set of mappings from a subset of the input ports to a subset of the output ports of the switch. This set of mappings was determined during an arbitration decision cycle up to K cycles preceding the given arbitration decision cycle. Because the set of mappings are maintained, it is easier for the arbitration mechanism to determine mappings from a remainder of the input ports to the remainder of the output ports without collisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pranay Koka, Herbert D. Schwetman, JR., Syed Ali Raza Jafri
  • CEMENT SLURRY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140238676
    Abstract: A cement slurry composition is described as having cement, water, and organic polymeric particles. The composition also includes non-ionic surfactants, which may contain ethoxylate groups or contain both ethoxylate groups and propyxlate groups in the hydrophilic part. The non-ionic surfactant acts to disperse the hydrophobic polymeric particles in the slurry and to reduce or prevent foaming. The cement slurry composition is prepared and then pumped into the subterranean well and placed in a zone of the subterranean well. Time is then allowed for the cement slurry composition to set into a solid mass in the zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clara Carelli, Jesse C. Lee, Syed A. Ali
  • Method and system for adaptive anomaly-based intrusion detection
    Patent number: 8800036
    Abstract: The input characteristics of a real-time IDS change continuously with time therefore setting a rigid (time and behavior invariant) classification threshold limits the accuracy that the IDS can potentially achieve. A generic threshold tuning method and system is proposed which can adaptively tune the detection threshold of a real-time IDS in accordance with varying host and network behavior. The method and system perform statistical and information-theoretic analysis of network and host-based IDSs' anomaly based intrusions to reveal a consistent time correlation structure between benign activity periods which is used to predict future anomaly scores and to adapt an IDS' detection threshold accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
    Inventors: Syed Ali Khayam, Muhammad Qasim Ali
  • Treatment fluids made of halogenisocyanuric acid and its salts for operations in a well
    Patent number: 8772206
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method comprising providing a fluid comprising a viscosifying agent in an aqueous medium; contacting the fluid with a halogenisocyanuric acid or halogenisocyanurate component; whereby the viscosity of the fluid with the halogenisocyanuric acid or halogenisocyanurate component is reduced compared to the viscosity of the fluid alone; and introducing the fluid into a well. The halogenisocyanuric acid component can be mono chloroisocyanuric acid, dichloroisocyanuric acid or trichloroisocyanuric acid. The halogenisocyanurate component can be an alkali metal monochloroisocyanurate, alkali metal dichloroisocyanurate or alkali metal trichloroisocyanurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andrey Mirakyan, Syed A. Ali, Curtis L. Boney, Kevin W. England, Michael D. Parris, Kristel A. Blow
  • Compositions and methods for cleaning a wellbore prior to cementing
    Patent number: 8763705
    Abstract: Wellbore-cleaning compositions comprising microemulsions are useful during cementing operations. The microemulsion solvent may be selected from the group comprising methyl esters and ethoxylated alcohols. The microemulsion surfactants comprise a water-wetting surfactant, a cleaning surfactant, an emulsifying surfactant, a non-ionic surfactant and a non-ionic co-surfactant. The wellbore-cleaning compositions may be pumped alone, ahead of a conventional spacer fluid or scavenger slurry and behind a conventional spacer fluid or scavenger slurry. In addition, the wellbore-cleaning composition may be incorporated into a carrier fluid such as (but not limited to) a conventional spacer fluid or scavenger slurry. The resulting fluid mixture may be pumped as a spacer fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Syed Ali, Juan Carrasquilla, Bruno Drochon
  • ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140155319
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for treating microbial infection using an antimicrobial composition comprises antimicrobial peptide which contains at least one VGFPV motif.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: VINCENT CRAIG BOND, MICHAEL POWELL, MING BO HUANG, SYED ALI, MARTIN NEVILLE SHELTON