IBM Patent Grants

Gate-all-around field effect transistor having multiple threshold voltages

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12015069
One example of an apparatus includes a conducting channel region. The conducting channel region includes a plurality of epitaxially grown, in situ doped conducting channels arranged in a spaced apart relation relative to each other. A source positioned at a first end of the conducting channel region, and a drain positioned at a second end of the conducting channel region. A gate surrounds all sides of the conducting channel region and fills in spaces between the plurality of epitaxially…

Stream integrity for artificial intelligence conversations

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12014836
A method, system, and computer program product to prevent misinterpretation of communications via artificial intelligence assistants. The method includes monitoring an artificial intelligence enabled communication. The method also includes analyzing messages, participants, and actions within the communication. The method also includes identifying critical data within the communication. The method also includes determining critical sequence data, where the critical sequence data is a…

Multi-sensor platform for health monitoring

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12014816
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system to implement a multi-sensor health monitoring platform. The mechanism applies a machine learning model to predict patient needs and patient activity trends based on physiological features and activity features of the patient. The mechanism applies the machine learning model to predict energy requirements for a plurality of medical sensors based on the predicted patient needs and patient activity trends. The mechanism schedules…

Process for forming tape media having synergistic magnetic recording layer and underlayer

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12014760
A method, according to one approach, includes forming an underlayer of a magnetic recording medium. The underlayer includes first encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a first magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by a first aromatic polymer, and a first polymeric binder binding the first encapsulated nanoparticles. A magnetic recording layer is formed above the underlayer. The magnetic recording layer includes second encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a second magnetic…

Side erasure control for track writing in a system

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12014755
In one aspect of the present disclosure, the degree of side erasure occurring in neighboring tracks is controlled by controlling the skew angle of the tape head, relative to the longitudinal direction of motion of the tape past the head as a track is written. In one embodiment, the tape head is rotated relative to the longitudinal direction of tape travel, and the trailing edge of the tape head which forms an acute angle with the edge of a track being written, is used for writing tracks…

Dynamic boundary creation for voice command authentication

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12014734
A computer-implemented method executes voice commands issued from within a command boundary. The method includes defining a command boundary for a VCD, where the command boundary is based on receiving an input from a user. The method further includes receiving, from the user and by the VCD, a voice command. The method also includes determining an origination location of the voice command. The method includes classifying the voice command into a command category. The method further…

Collaboration participant inclusion

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12014330
Participant inclusion determination can include generating a textual analysis of a draft of an electronic communication in response to a sender preparing the draft for conveyance over an electronic communications network. A word relevance score can be computed for each word of the draft based on the textual analysis. Probabilistically weighted distances between the sender, an initial recipient of the electronic communication, and more additional recipient candidates for additionally…

Electronic health record data synthesization

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12014293
The present disclosure relates to a method, system and computer program product for electronic health record (EHR) data synthetization. According to the method, an original EHR dataset X is captured. A latent space Z is generated from the original EHR dataset X, wherein dimensionality of Z is lower than that of X. A stochastic process prior module is applied to the latent space Z. Synthetic EHR dataset X? is reconstructed from the latent space Z after being applied with the stochastic…

Correlating usage to issues in application programming interfaces

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008366
Early indications of application programming interface (API) usage are identified by correlation to particular issues with the API including singular and mutual consistency, completeness, accuracy, and staleness. Analysis of API input and output along with data type and formatting information facilitates identification of the API issues. Establishing a correlation between API usage and issues supports early detection of potential usage reduction on a case-by-case level. Corrective action…

Conservative class preloading for real time java execution

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008386
A computer implemented method, a computer program product and a data processing system for executing an application written in a dynamic language are provided. An execution point of the application is loaded. A list of classes associated with the execution point is generated. The loading of each class in the list of classes is simulated. New execution points and new classes accessible from each execution point within each class in the list of classes are identified by recursively parsing…

Shared cache for multiple index services in nonrelational databases

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008041
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processing unit, from a first tenant, a query to retrieve data from a nonrelational database system. The method further includes determining, by the processing unit, that an index associated with the query is cached in a shared index cache, wherein the shared index cache stores indexes for a plurality of tenants. The method further includes retrieving, by the processing unit, a result of the query based on the index in the shared…

Delivering portions of source code based on a stacked-layer framework

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008363
Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system, and program product that perform the following operations: organizing a project having source code into a stacked-layer framework, the stacked-layer framework having: (i) a code layer including the source code of the project, (ii) a label layer including one or more label pages labelling the source code according to respective features of the source code, and (iii) a mask layer including one or more mask pages…

Transformation of a loop within computer code to minimize iterations

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008352
A loop within computer code is transformed to minimize loop iterations. A determination is made using statistical information relating to the loop whether the loop that has an early exit indication is to be transformed to minimize iterations of the loop. Based on determining that the loop is to be transformed, the loop is transformed.

Summarizing information from different sources based on personal learning styles

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008317
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for summarizing a piece of information based on a personal learning style of a user is provided. The present invention may include summarizing to the piece of information associated with at least one information source, wherein an output is generated from the summarized piece of information. The present invention may then include generating a summary of the piece of information based on the personal learning style of the user and…

Encrypted data processing design including cleartext register files

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008150
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to encrypted data processing (EDAP). Encrypted data from a cache to be loaded into a register file can be accessed. The encrypted data can be decrypted to receive cleartext data. The cleartext data can be written to the register file. The cleartext data can be processed using at least one functional unit to receive cleartext computation results. The cleartext computation results can then be written back to the register file.

Method and system for on demand control of hardware support for software pointer authentification in a computing system

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008149
A computer system, processor, computer program product, and method for executing instructions in a software application that includes a processor that can be dynamically controlled, in response to a value set in a control register, to operate in either a secure mode or a performance mode. In the secure mode, the processor: upon encountering a secure mode entry instruction, computes an entry hash value using a hash function and stores the entry hash value; and upon encountering a secure…

Data distribution and security in a multilayer storage infrastructure

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008120
Techniques are described relating to data distribution and security in a multilayer storage infrastructure. An associated computer-implemented method includes receiving file data associated with a user for storage in a managed services domain, applying an ensemble learning model to devise a data distribution technique for the file data based upon contextual information associated with the user, and encrypting the file data. The method further includes, based upon the data distribution…

Secure enablement of a removable security module on a logic board

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008101
Methods and systems for protecting a secure computing system. Aspects include connecting a pluggable security card to a motherboard of the secure computing system. Aspects also include activating a detection circuit to monitor a physical connection between the pluggable security card and the motherboard. Based on detecting that the physical connection between the pluggable security card and the motherboard has been interrupted, aspects include setting a tamper event flag, wherein the…

Image collection and labelling using computer system and analysis

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008081
A method, a computing system and a computer program product for collecting and labelling images includes capturing a video of an object with a camera. A movement trace of a pointer is recorded that outlines the object while capturing the video of the object. Further included is generating a labeled image based at least on the captured video of the object and the recorded movement trace of the pointer. The labeled image includes the object and a line that surrounds the object.

Training federated learning models

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008075
A computer system trains a federated learning model. A federated learning model is distributed to a plurality of computing nodes, each having a set of local training data comprising labeled data samples. Statistical data is received from each computing node that indicates the node's count of data samples for each label, and is analyzed to identify one or more computing nodes having local training data in which a label category is underrepresented beyond a threshold value with respect to…