Patents by Inventor Zakir S. Patrawala

Zakir S. Patrawala 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).

  • Remote administration of computer access settings
    Patent number: 8166560
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling computer access. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide a control unit for controlling user access to a computer in accordance with a user profile. An administrator of the computer is enabled to remotely access and modify the user profile. The user profile is stored at least in a remote database that is accessible via a server. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Chebolu, Timothy A. Hill, Marie Louiise McMenamin, Zakir S. Patrawala, Samira S. Virani
  • Portal linking tool
    Patent number: 7599915
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for retrieving web documents. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes a web retrieval tool interface configured to display a context menu from any web page that is being viewed. The context menu displays at least one option for retrieving a document at a predetermined network address. The system further includes logic configured to retrieve the document corresponding to a selected option in the context menu. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Hill, Zakir S. Patrawala, Karthiksundar Sankaran
  • Controlling user-access to computer applications
    Patent number: 7577995
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling access to to computer applications. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of a system provide at least one computer application stored on a computer, and a control unit to regulate user-access to computer applications stored on the computer. In this way, the control unit prohibits the displaying of information from a computer application that has been prohibited. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Chebolu, Timothy A. Hill, Marie Louise McMenamin, Zakir S. Patrawala, Samira S. Virani
  • Time-based computer access controls
    Patent number: 7356703
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling computer access. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide an access control unit to regulate user-access to a computer according to time restrictions specified in a user profile of a current user of the computer. The user profile for the current user of the computer indicates access times that the respective user is authorized to access the computer. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Chebolu, Timothy A. Hill, Marie Louise McMenamin, Zakir S. Patrawala, Samira S. Virani
  • Remote administration of computer access settings
    Patent number: 7290129
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling computer access. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide a control unit for controlling user access to a computer in accordance with a user profile. An administrator of the computer is enabled to remotely access and modify the user profile. The user profile is stored at least in a remote database that is accessible via a server. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Chebolu, Timothy A. Hill, Marie Louise McMenamin, Zakir S. Patrawala, Samira S. Virani