Formation of nanosheet transistor channels using epitaxial growth
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11984493
A semiconductor structure comprises a plurality of gate structures alternately stacked with a plurality of channel layers, and a plurality of epitaxial source/drain regions connected to the plurality of channel layers. The plurality of channel layers are connected to the plurality of epitaxial source/drain regions via a plurality of epitaxial extension regions. Respective pairs of adjacent channel layers of the plurality of channel layers are connected to a given one of the plurality of…
Forward secrecy in transport layer security (TLS) using ephemeral keys
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11985239
Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection establishment between a client and a server for a new session is enabled using an ephemeral (temporary) key pair. In response to a request, the server generates a temporary certificate by signing an ephemeral public key using the server's private key. A certificate chain comprising at least the temporary certificate that includes the ephemeral public key, together with a server certificate, is output to the client by the server, which acts as a…
Concurrent masterkey changes for redundant HSMs
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11985230
A method for updating a current master key (MK) with a new MK, protected by an HSM, while a software component using a key is active, is disclosed. The method comprises signaling that a new master key has been loaded to the HSMs, re-encrypting the key encrypted with the current MK, storing the re-encrypted key as respective newKey component of a key object, wherein a current key is stored in a curKey component of the key object, and setting the new MK in a first HSM, and signaling to the…
Automatic information exchange between personal electronic devices upon determination of a business setting
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11985183
Methods, systems, and computer program products includes, for example, detecting a first personal electronic device associated with a first user in the presence of a second personal electronic device associated with a second user, determining the first personal electronic device in the presence of the second personal electronic device being associated with the first user and the second user being in a business setting, receiving user data regarding the second user in response to the…
Detecting web resources spoofing through stylistic fingerprints
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11985165
A method of detecting deceptive web activity is implemented in an intermediary located between a requesting client device, and a server that hosts a web application. Following a bootstrap phase used to generate a database of information identifying characteristics of clients, the method begins by receiving a page directed to the client from the server. The server injects an invisible DOM element having a set of style properties associated therewith, with one of the set of style…
Device step-up authentication system
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11985128
Embodiments of the present invention provide computer-implemented methods, computer program products and computer systems. Embodiments of the present invention can monitor user activity for one or more user interactions performed while connected to a Virtual Private Network. Embodiments of the present invention can then identify potential risks associated with a user and respective user interactions. Embodiments of the present invention can then, in response to determining a respective…
Multi-agent chatbot with multi-intent recognition
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11985097
A method for automatically detecting and processing a computer input event comprising one or more intents is provided. The method may include, in response to receiving the computer input event, automatically generating a parse tree comprising nodes including a possible interpretation of the received computer input event and at least one determined intent. The method may further include performing a confidence evaluation for the nodes and receiving one or more first scores from one or…
Smarter collaborative conferences
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11984999
A computer-implemented method for automatically recommending an online meeting reconnection time for one or more online meeting participants that are disconnected. The method collects disconnection information for one or more online meeting participants over time as historical data. The method constructs a predictive model for the one or more online meeting participants based on the historical data and predicts a reconnection time for the one or more online meeting participants based on…
Scalable interconnected quantum architecture
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11984890
A quantum circuit includes a quantum signal unit. There is a first quantum chip comprising a plurality of qubit devices and bi-directionally coupled to the quantum signal unit. A first quantum entangling unit is bi-directionally coupled to the quantum signal unit and configured to generate an entanglement between a first and a second qubit device on the first quantum chip via the quantum signal unit.
Power cable embedded floor panel
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11984716
A floor system in a server room includes a main panel and a sub-panel. The main panel includes main panel inlaid cables and main panel connectors where the main panel inlaid cables connect a first set of the main panel connectors to a second set of the main panel connectors. The sub-panel includes sub-panel inlaid cables and sub-panel connectors where the sub-panel inlaid cables connect the sub-panel connectors to one another. The floor system provides an operating floor via the main…
Stacked FET integration with BSPDN
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11984401
A semiconductor device including a hybrid contact scheme for stacked FET is disclosed with integration of a BSPDN. A double-sided (both frontside and backside of the wafer) contact scheme with buried power rail (BPR) and backside power distribution network (BSPDN) provides optimum contact and interconnect. The stacked FET could include, for example, FINFET over FINFET, FINFET over nanosheet, or nanosheet over nanosheet.
Photo-capacitance sensor
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11983954
A photo-capacitance sensor includes an input surface and one or more light sources arranged to illuminate a portion of the input surface. The photo-capacitance sensor also includes an array of photo-capacitors arranged to receive light from the one or more light sources which is reflected from an object in contact with, or proximate to, the illuminated portion of the input surface. The array of photo-capacitors is configured for detecting a reflective pattern of the object.
Unified framework for multigrid neural network architecture
Granted: May 14, 2024
Patent Number:
11983920
A method including: receiving, as input, an image; providing a neural network structure including a plurality of multilayer multi-scale neural networks, wherein the plurality of multilayer multi-scale neural networks are arranged sequentially, by laterally connecting corresponding scale-level layers between each two adjoining multilayer multi-scale neural networks in the sequence; and at a training stage, training the neural network structure on a training dataset, to obtain a trained…
Cyclopropeneimines for capture and transfer of carbon dioxide
Granted: May 7, 2024
Patent Number:
11975290
A process, composition, and apparatus for carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration are disclosed. The process includes passing air containing the CO2 through a cyclopropeneimine (CPI)-functionalized material. The composition includes a CPI-functionalized material that reacts with CO2 when mixed with air containing the CO2. The apparatus includes a component for providing a CPI-functionalized material and mixing the material with CO2 gas.
Log record identification using aggregated log indexes
Granted: May 7, 2024
Patent Number:
11977532
Aggregated log index-based log record identification is provided by maintaining log files of a database system on a plurality log storage devices, the log files including log records of changes to database objects, indexing the log files to obtain a collection of log indexes, where the indexing includes, for each log storage device, indexing log records stored on the log storage device to obtain a respective log index, then based on a request, identifying log storage devices that store…
Recovering from a pending uncompleted reorganization of a data set
Granted: May 7, 2024
Patent Number:
11977520
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for recovering from a pending uncompleted reorganization of a data set managing data sets in a storage. In response an initiation of an operation to access a data set, an operation is initiated to complete a pending uncompleted reorganization of the data set in response to the data set being in a pending uncompleted reorganization state and no other process currently accessing the data set.
Shadow pointer directory in an inclusive hierarchical cache
Granted: May 7, 2024
Patent Number:
11977486
A computer system includes a processor core and a memory system in signal communication with the processor core. The memory system includes a first cache and a second cache. The first cache is arranged at a first level of a hierarchy in the memory system and is configured to store a plurality of first-cache entries. The second cache is arranged at a second level of the hierarchy that is lower than the first level, and stores a plurality of second-cache entries. The first cache maintains…
Maintaining data in a first level memory and buckets representing regions of memory devices to extend data cache
Granted: May 7, 2024
Patent Number:
11977483
Provided are a computer program product, integrated cache manager, and method for maintaining data in a first level memory and buckets representing regions of memory devices to extend data cache. A plurality of buckets represent distinct regions of memory devices. The buckets are associated with different threshold access count ranges. Data having an access count is stored in one of the buckets associated with a threshold access count range including the access count of the data to…
Automated configuration of flow cytometry machines
Granted: May 7, 2024
Patent Number:
11977017
Computer based methods, systems, and computer readable media are provided for intelligently sorting cells using machine learning. A biological cell analysis sorting machine, wherein the biological cell analysis sorting machine comprises a flow cytometry system and a cell analytics sorting system, may be configured to detect configuration issues by analyzing results of a sorting experiment performed by the biological cell analysis sorting machine. An analysis of a history of prior sorting…
Managing a manufacturing process based on heuristic determination of predicted damages
Granted: May 7, 2024
Patent Number:
11976391
A method, system and computer program product for a heuristic determination of in-process damage class control to manage expected output product category. The heuristic technique determines the predicted damages and their ranges while keeping the initial expected defects, the respective classes and range of defect and mitigation. The method dynamically computes a damage mitigation range of operation while being within the overall constraints and completes the computation in smaller…