Compensation for conductance drift in analog memory in crossbar array
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272422
A system can compensate for activation drift in analog memory-based artificial neural networks. A set of input activation vectors can be input, at a first point in time, to a crossbar array. The first set of output activation vectors can be read from the output lines of the crossbar array. At a second point in time, which is a later time than the first point in time, the input set of activation vectors can be input to the crossbar array. A second set of output activation vectors can be…
Vibration isolation fastener system
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12274017
A fastener system includes a bar, a knob, a bushing, and a washer. The bar extends along an axis and includes a catch at one end and a head at the other end, where the head includes an inclined face. The knob is configured to engage with the catch to prevent relative rotation between the knob and the bar and to prevent separation of the knob and the bar along the axis. The bushing is comprised of an elastomeric material that is positioned around the bar between the catch and the head,…
Crypto-erasure of data stored in a key per IO-enabled device via internal action
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12273451
Device-implemented methodology for enabling and/or performing crypto-erase via internal action and/or external action in a Key per IO-enabled system. In various approaches, crypto-erasure of the data stored in a Key per IO scheme is enabled by implementing an internal key, which is combined with an external key to generate a media encryption key, which is in turn used to encrypt/decrypt data. By restricting access to the internal key, destruction of the internal key and all media…
Smart SDN for intrusion prevention
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12273389
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for smart SDN is provided. The present invention may include recording and clustering a pod's behavior to generate a behavior transition model for the pod. The present invention may include watching a behavior of the pod and comparing the behavior to the generated behavior transition model. The present invention may include triggering a network policy change based on determining that the behavior of the pod is a misbehavior.
Mutual identity verification
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12273341
A method, system, and computer program product for frictionless mutual authentication of unsolicited communications may detect an incoming communication. A verification interface may be displayed on a consumer device. On the consumer device, a first valid verification may be received via the verification interface. In response to receiving the first valid verification, a challenge interface may be presented to an enterprise device. On the enterprise device, a second valid verification…
Altering automated conversation systems
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12273304
Altering an automated conversation system by receiving automatic conversation log data, generating a decision tree from the data, summarizing child node data for a node of the decision tree, generating node response variations according to the child node data of the node, and altering the automatic conversation according to the node response variations.
Orchestration of workloads involving an AI model
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12273278
The present disclosure relates to a method comprising receiving a request to execute a workload using an artificial intelligence model. A current resource utilization status in the distributed system may be determined. The current resource utilization status may be used to define a deployment configuration of the artificial intelligence model, wherein the deployment configuration is defined by: a number and structure of input blocks, a number and structure of output blocks and the…
RRAM filament location for physically unclonable function
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272657
A method for system authentication includes subjecting a system to a challenge. The method further includes receiving a response from the system. The received response is dependent upon a location of a filament in a resistive random-access memory device of the system. Additionally, the response is also a unique identifier.
Embedded metal contamination removal from BEOL wafers
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272545
A novel bevel etch sequence for embedded metal contamination removal from BEOL wafers is provided. In one aspect, a method of processing a wafer includes: performing a bevel dry etch to break up layers of contaminants with embedded metals which, post back-end-of line metallization, are deposited on a bevel of the wafer, which forms a damaged layer on surfaces of the wafer, and then performing a sequence of wet etches, following the bevel dry etch, to render the bevel of the wafer…
Reverse recall notification system
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272450
Aspects of this disclosure include a recall notification method, a method for communicating an action to be performed by a device, and a method of operating a relay service by a network device. One embodiment of the recall notification method may comprise periodically transmitting, by a network interface of a medical device implanted in a user's body, a poll request to a recall service endpoint. The method may further comprise receiving, by the network interface in response to the poll…
Extending secure guest metadata to bind the secure guest to a hardware security module
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271469
A method, system, and computer program product implement a three-factor authorization in a trusted computing environment. The method includes triggering, by a hypervisor, a start of a secure guest by passing control regarding an image of the secure guest and metadata of the secure guest to a trusted firmware, where the secure guest is designed to access a hardware security module (HSM). Upon a successful integrity check of the metadata of the secure guest by the trusted firmware, the…
Feature detection based on neural networks
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12272046
A plurality of different images of a same region of interest in an object are input into a set of neural networks, wherein each image of the region has been captured under a different value of a variable condition. A classification for each image is generated by the set of neural networks, wherein each classification includes a confidence score in a prediction of whether a feature is present in the region. The image classifications are ensembled to generate a final classification for the…
Automated system for customer support
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271908
In an approach for building an automated customer support system, a processor receives a set of sentences extracted from a natural language conversation occurring between an IT support system and a user. A processor extracts an initial state and a goal state from the set of sentences using a Natural Language Classifier. A processor extracts one or more actions from the set of sentences. A processor creates a formal planning model. A processor determines the one or more formal actions are…
Computer-based risk analysis and mitigation
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271851
In an approach to improve risk assessment and management, embodiments monitor a predetermined area by collecting, by one or more sensing devices, data related to environmental conditions and spatial relationships between one or more objects in the predetermined area. Further, embodiments determine, based on a model and the monitoring, that an accidental event is likely to occur within a predetermined distance or within the predetermined area. Additionally, embodiments identify a…
Interpretable model changes
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271789
In a method for interpreting output of a machine learning model, a processor receives a first interpretable rule set. A processor may also receive a second interpretable rule set generated from a dataset and model-predicted labels classifying the dataset. A processor may also generate a difference metric and mapping between the first interpretable rule set and the second interpretable rule set.
Hybrid user contributed rules and machine learning framework
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271788
A machine learning model can be run with a first input data to obtain a first output from the machine learning model. A first rule representing an interpretable explanation for the machine learning model predicting the first output can be obtained. A modified rule can be received, which changes the first rule. A transformation function can be generated, which transforms a given input data for inputting to the machine learning model to a new input data based on decision boundaries of the…
Preparation of a CZ state for quantum computation
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271786
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method, system, and computer program product for preparing a CZ state for use in magic state distillation. The embodiment may include initializing a code state across data qubits. The embodiment may include measuring a CZ operator of the codes state on at least one ancilla qubit proximal to the data qubits. The embodiment may include performing additional quantum operations with the CZ state based on the measurement of the at least…
Identifying slow nodes in a computing environment
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271756
A first operation in a computing environment with a set of nodes is monitored. A subset of nodes that are utilized by the first operation is identified. The subset of nodes is a subset of the set of nodes. For each node in the subset of nodes, an operation counter for the respective node is incremented and an operation time for the first operation is added to a total operation timer for the respective node. For each node in the subset of nodes, the respective total operation timer is…
Detection of veracity of responses in machine comprehension question and answer models
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271704
One or more systems, devices, computer program products and/or computer-implemented methods provided herein relate to determining veracity of answers generated by machine comprehension question and answer models. According to an embodiment, a machine comprehension component can generate a first answer to a query by extracting the first answer from a passage of text corpus. The text corpus alteration component can alter the text corpus one or more times to produce one or more altered text…
Virtual dialog system dynamic context collection
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271690
A system, computer program product, and a computer implemented method are provided for interfacing with a virtual dialog environment to dynamically and optimally collected context for problem diagnosis and resolution. A context model is leveraged to identify context entities, and one or more corresponding context collection mechanisms. The context model is implemented in real-time to facilitate dynamic selection of one or more of the identified context collection mechanisms, which are…
