IBM Patent Grants

Boosting quantum artificial intelligence models

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039405
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that can facilitate a classical and quantum ensemble artificial intelligence model are described. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise an ensemble component that generates an ensemble artificial intelligence model…

Combined Dolan bridge and quantum dot Josephson junction in series

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12041859
A method of producing a quantum circuit includes forming a mask on a substrate to cover a first portion of the substrate, implanting a second portion of the substrate with ions, and removing the mask, thereby providing a nanowire. The method further includes forming a first lead and a second lead, the first lead and the second lead each partially overlapping the nanowire. In operation, a portion of the nanowire between the first and second leads forms a quantum dot, thereby providing a…

Encryption key hybrid deployment management

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12041164
A system, method, and computer program product for implementing encryption key management is provided. The method includes connecting a hardware device to a keystore agent comprising a system configured to manage one or more keystores holding one or more cryptographic key instances. A key template is configured to define an attribute for generating cryptographic keys. The key template is modified such that the keystore component is added to the key template and instances of associated…

Redactable blockchain

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12041160
In some embodiments, a processor may store a value and a hash of the value in a ledger associated with a blockchain network. The processor may construct a block hash from the hash of the value. The processor may validate a transaction by identifying that the hash of the value matches the hash of the value from a previous transaction. The processor may maintain integrity of the block hash. In some embodiments, a processor may provide a redact transaction for a blockchain network. The…

Efficiently batching pre-encrypted data for homomorphic inference

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12041157
Privacy-preserving homomorphic inferencing utilizes batch processing on encrypted data records. Each data record has a private data portion of interest against which the inferencing is carried out. Batch processing is enabled with respect to a set of encrypted data records by techniques that ensure that each encrypted data record has its associated private data portion in a unique location relative to the other data records. The set of encrypted data records are then summed to generate a…

Wireless power transmission signal based authentication

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12041050
A method for authenticating a device based on a wireless power transmission signal includes receiving, at an authenticating device, a wireless power transmission signal for authentication of a user device attempting to accessing a resource, where the wireless power transmission signal includes a unique identifier for the user device. The method further includes translating, at the authenticating device, the wireless power transmission signal, wherein the unique identifier for the user…

Mitigating stray-coupling via multi-junction qubits

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12040789
Systems and techniques that facilitate mitigating stray-coupling via multi junction qubits are provided. In various embodiments, a device can comprise a first qubit having a plurality of Josephson junctions respectively between a plurality of capacitor pads. In various aspects, the device can further comprise a plurality of second qubits respectively coupled to different ones of the plurality of capacitor pads, such that no two of the plurality of second qubits can be coupled to a same…

Liner-free resistance contacts and silicide with silicide stop layer

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12040373
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including designated source or drain (source/drain) regions. An active source/drain is in the designated source/drain regions, and a source/drain cap liner is on an upper surface of the active source/drain. The semiconductor device further includes trench silicide regions completely filed with a silicide material.

Incremental learning through reverse data distribution

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039418
A method, system, and computer program product for reconstructing training data and building a new incremental learning model with the reconstructed training data that can be further trained. The method may include receiving new data to be inputted into a previously trained machine learning model, where the previously trained machine learning model has inaccessible training data. The method may also include generating simulated training data using a reverse form of the previously trained…

Estimation of an expected energy value of a Hamiltonian

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039408
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate estimation of an expected energy value of a Hamiltonian based on data of the Hamiltonian, the quantum state produced by a quantum device and/or entangled measurements are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can…

Intelligent expansion of reviewer feedback on training data

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039011
An embodiment generates an initial set of training data from monitoring data. The initial set of training data is generated by combining outputs from a plurality of pretrained classifiers. The embodiment trains a new classification model using the initial set of training data to identify anomalies in monitoring data. The embodiment performs a multiple-level clustering of the data samples resulting in a plurality of clusters of sub-clusters of data samples, and generates a review list of…

Semi-active magnetic shielding for qubit unit components of quantum computing apparatuses

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039403
A computer-implemented method of reducing an impact of stray magnetic fields on components of a quantum computing chip is disclosed. The computer implemented method includes applying a first current signal to a first component of a quantum computing chip, whereby the first component generates a stray magnetic field impacting an operation of a second component of the quantum computing chip. The computer implemented method further includes applying a compensation current signal to a…

Color-map method to eliminate qubit frequency crowding in a quantum computing chip

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039402
A method of frequency allocation in a quantum device having a plurality of qubits includes determining a plurality of frequency groups based on a configuration of the plurality of qubits; determining, for each of the plurality of qubits, a qubit frequency; assigning a frequency group from the plurality of frequency groups to each of the plurality of qubits based on each respective qubit frequency; determining for at least one qubit of the plurality of qubits whether a frequency collision…

Program context migration

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039365
A collection of code fragments loaded in an interactive development platform for running on a first processor can be received. A candidate fragment in the collection of code fragments can be determined for migration to a second processor based on characterizing the collection of code fragments. Based on a location of the candidate fragment in the collection of code fragments, a spot can be identified in the collection of code fragments to inject a code for saving program context. The…

Image optimization for pipeline workloads

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039321
A computer implemented method, apparatus, system, and computer program product manages updates to images. A computer system determines shared layers present between the images selected for update management. The images comprise executable code that are run to create containers. The computer system detects a change in a shared layer in the shared layers for an image in the images. The computer system updates the shared layer in the shared layers in a set of the images having the shared…

Computer process management

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039299
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises identifying a theme of a process based on a set of communication information. The set of communication information is generated corresponding to performing the process. The method further comprises determining a plurality of roles in the process at least partly based on the set of communication information. The plurality of roles performs respective actions during performing the process. The method further comprises generating a…

Feature vector generation for probabalistic matching

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039273
A computer-implemented method increases the efficiency of matching records from two sources. The method includes identifying a first source and a second source wherein each of the sources include one or more records and each record includes one or more attributes. The method further includes determining, based on a corpus, the one or more attributes and generating, based on the attributes, a set of feature vectors which vectors represent the one or more attributes. The method includes…

Methods and system for the extraction of properties of variables using automatically detected variable semantics and other resources

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039266
A computer-implemented method of extracting properties of one or more variables of a mathematical transformation in a document identified by automatic feature engineering (AFE) is provided. The document is parsed to extract at least one of a mathematical formula including identifying data, a textual description of the one or more variables of the mathematical transformation, or a category identifier to which the document belongs. Constraints are determined to apply to the one or more…

Enhancing data in a screenshot

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039254
A computer-implemented method of enhancing data in a screenshot can include capturing a screenshot of content presented on a display and identifying within the content at least a first element comprising first semantic data. A first semantic representation of the first semantic data can be generated and the first semantic representation can be associated with the first element. The first semantic representation and the screenshot can be output.

Inferring the state of a write-only device by mapping control register values and feedback signal values

Granted: July 16, 2024
Patent Number: 12039204
Techniques facilitating write-only device state inferences. In one example, a system can comprise a processor that executes computer executable components stored in memory. The computer executable components comprise: a monitor component; and a state component. The monitor component can compare a property of a feedback signal output by a write-only device with a reference signal. The state component can determine a state of the write-only device based on a comparison between the property…