INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION patent applications on May 8th, 2025
Patent Applications by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on May 8th, 2025
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION: 48 patent applications
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION has applied for patents in the areas of H01L29/786 (3), H01L29/06 (3), H01L27/092 (3), H01L29/423 (3), H01L29/775 (3) G06N5/022 (2), G06F3/011 (2), G06N20/00 (2), G11B5/5526 (2), A01G15/00 (1)
With keywords such as: data, computer, user, based, object, provided, include, semiconductor, device, and layer in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor(s): Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata IN for international business machines corporation, Jagabondhu Hazra of Bangalore IN for international business machines corporation, Manikandan Padmanaban of Chennai IN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): A01G15/00, G06Q10/0635
CPC Code(s): A01G15/00
Abstract: according to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for flood mitigation is provided. the present invention may include detecting cloud formation; projecting a path of the formed cloud; determining a risk of a flood event in a city based on the projected cloud path and the detected cloud formation; performing a cost-benefit analysis based on the determined risk; and, based on the cost-benefit analysis, deploying cloud seeding at one or more regions.
Inventor(s): Diego Monserrat Lopez of Zurich CH for international business machines corporation, Emanuel Marc LĂśrtscher of Hedingen CH for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): B01L3/00, B81B1/00, B81C3/00
CPC Code(s): B01L3/502715
Abstract: a microfluidic device is disclosed. the microfluidic device includes a silicon layer having a first channel formed in a first side of the silicon layer and a second channel formed in a second side of the silicon layer. the silicon layer has a vertical connection extending through the silicon layer. the microfluidic device further includes a bottom wafer bonded to the first side of the silicon layer to cover the first channel. the microfluidic device further includes a glass wafer bonded to the second side of the silicon layer to cover the second channel. the microfluidic device further includes an electronic component integrated into the silicon layer.
Inventor(s): Laura Wynter of Singapore SG for international business machines corporation, Penny Chong of Singapore SG for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): B23K31/12, G10L21/10, G10L25/27
CPC Code(s): B23K31/125
Abstract: according to at least one embodiment, a method, a computer system, and a computer program product for multi-resolution audio defect detection in welding is provided. the present invention may include receiving unlabeled and labeled audio data; formatting the received unlabeled and labeled audio data; training a foundation model using the formatted unlabeled audio data in a self-supervised manner with a reconstruction loss; training the foundation model using the formatted labeled audio data with a classification loss; and performing multi-resolution audio defect detection on welding audio data using the trained foundation model.
Inventor(s): SILVIA CRISTINA SANTA ANA VELASCO of Guadalajara MX for international business machines corporation, Carolina Garcia Delgado of Zapopan MX for international business machines corporation, Perla Guadalupe Reyes Ramirez of Zapopan MX for international business machines corporation, Paul Llamas Virgen of Guadalajara MX for international business machines corporation, Jeremy R. Fox of Georgetown TX US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): B29C64/386, B33Y50/00
CPC Code(s): B29C64/386
Abstract: a method, computer system, and a computer program product are provided for multi-dimensional printing. a printing request for printing tan object with at least one component is received. information is obtained about the specifics of the object from a knowledgebase corpus database including at least a material requirement for printing of the object. the number of associated components and material and geometric requirements of each component and the object is analyzed. an output model is generated using at least one machine learning optimization model. the output model is generated based on the information obtained about the object and the analysis of the object's geometry and material requirements. the output model is stored in the knowledgebase corpus database.
Inventor(s): RAFAELA FROTA of POUGHKEEPSIE NY US for international business machines corporation, FAEZEH GHOLAMI of RIDGEWOOD NJ US for international business machines corporation, JOHN S. WERNER of FISHKILL NY US for international business machines corporation, ANDREW C. M. HICKS of HIGHLAND NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G01J5/061, H04B10/80
CPC Code(s): G01J5/061
Abstract: methods, apparatus, and systems for cooling optical interconnects using light include monitoring an output power of a transceiver, where the transceiver includes an alkali activated geopolymer (aagp) coating, and cooling, based on a determination that the output power has decreased below a threshold value, the transceiver by directing infrared light towards the transceiver.
Inventor(s): SHO AYUBA of Tokyo JP for international business machines corporation, CHISA KORIYAMA of Bunkyo-ku JP for international business machines corporation, Kazuki Matsumaru of Higashimurayama-shi JP for international business machines corporation, AKINOBU MORISHIMA of Tokyo JP for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06T19/00, G06T19/20, G06V10/75, G06V20/64
CPC Code(s): G06F3/011
Abstract: according to at least one embodiment, a method, a computer system, and a computer program product for virtual reality is provided. the present invention may include detecting a selection of a real-world object via a passthrough function of a virtual reality headset; analyzing a contour of the selected real-world object via a contour approximation method; creating a first layer that maintains passthrough function within the analyzed contour of the selected real-world object; creating a second layer that comprises a virtual simulated environment and one or more virtual objects; and displaying the first layer on top of the second layer by overwrapping the first layer and the second layer.
Inventor(s): Aaron K. Baughman of Cary NC US for international business machines corporation, Chandankumar Johakhim Patel of Fairborn OH US for international business machines corporation, Eduardo Morales of Key Biscayne FL US for international business machines corporation, Rahul Agarwal of Jersey City NJ US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01
CPC Code(s): G06F3/011
Abstract: creating movement in a physical environment includes extracting, by computer hardware, digital features from interactions of a user with a digital environment that models a physical environment. physical features are extracted by the computer hardware from sensor data generated from detected interactions of the user with the physical environment. a recommendation is generated by the computer hardware for the user within the physical environment based on a correlation of the digital features with the physical features. the recommendation is provided to the user. providing the recommendation may include generating haptic signals by decoding, using a decoder stage executed by the computer hardware, the physical features and the recommendation, wherein the haptic signals specify a movement of the user within the physical environment in furtherance of the recommendation.
Inventor(s): Corneliu Nicolae Barbulescu of Otopeni RO for international business machines corporation, Ciprian Constantinescu of Bucharest RO for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F8/76, G06F8/36
CPC Code(s): G06F8/76
Abstract: updating calls or operations in a database management system includes mapping, by a computer processor, application programming interface (api) types associated with a legacy server and a new server. the legacy server recognizes request signatures of a first api type and the new server recognizes request signatures of a second api type that is distinct from the first api type. a request is received from a system of engagement, addressed to a system of records resident on a legacy server. the request is intercepted by a coexistence layer module. a determination is made of whether the intercepted request uses a request signature recognized by the first api type. the coexistence layer module converts the intercepted request to a format using the request signature of the second api type. the converted intercepted request is sent to the new server. the converted intercepted request is performed by the new server.
Inventor(s): Sanmitra Sarkar of Kolkata IN for international business machines corporation, Mukundan Sundararajan of Bangalore IN for international business machines corporation, Sumitro Ghatak of Kolkata IN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F11/07
CPC Code(s): G06F11/0793
Abstract: one embodiment of the invention provides a computer-implemented method for an interactive embedded conversational artificial intelligence (ai) agent on an electronic device. the method comprises obtaining a diagnostic report for the electronic device, establishing a communication channel with a remote chatbot, and sending, to the remote chatbot over the communication channel, the diagnostic report. the method further comprises receiving, from the remote chatbot over the communication channel, instructions for resolving at least one potential fault of the electronic device. the instructions are indicative of at least one potential fault of the electronic device and at least one preventative measure to resolve the at least one potential fault. the method further comprises dynamically taking at least one action to automatically resolve the at least one potential fault if the at least one potential fault is resolvable without human intervention. the at least one action is based on the instructions.
Inventor(s): Christopher Daniel Filachek of Lagrangeville NY US for international business machines corporation, Mark Richard Gambino of Brewster NY US for international business machines corporation, Michael J. Shershin of Poughkeepsie NY US for international business machines corporation, Daniel Howard Jacobs of Poughkeepsie NY US for international business machines corporation, Steven Edwin Roach of Lagrangeville NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F16/23
CPC Code(s): G06F16/2358
Abstract: according to at least one embodiment, a method, a computer system, and a computer program product for minimizing i/o operations when validating databases are provided. the present invention may include creating a corresponding system-managed chain database for an application database, the chain database comprising a list of one or more dynamically allocated records, if present, for one or more fixed entries in the application database, wherein each of the fixed entries comprises a respective chain database array item in the chain database; scanning, via a validation utility, one or more chain database array items; marking each of the one or more dynamically allocated records listed in the chain database for the fixed entries as found; and checking, via an indicator with various states, if the one or more dynamically allocated records for the one or more fixed entries are listed in the respective chain database array item.
Inventor(s): Ming Jin CHEN of Ningbo CN for international business machines corporation, Yuan LI of Ningbo CN for international business machines corporation, Tong LIU of Xi'an CN for international business machines corporation, Yuan Yuan LI of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation, Yuan ZHANG of Ningbo CN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F16/33, G06F16/901
CPC Code(s): G06F16/3344
Abstract: a method for conversational query resolution includes receiving a query input from a user. the query input is decomposed into a plurality of tasks. a knowledge graph is queried to identify one or more relevant entities based on at least one of the plurality of tasks. a vector database is searched to identify one or more text chunks that correspond to the one or more relevant entities. content relevant to at least one of the plurality of tasks is identified from the one or more text chunks. an answer is generated based on the identified content.
Inventor(s): Sara E Berger of Beaverton OR US for international business machines corporation, Marc P. Yvon of Antony FR for international business machines corporation, NEIL DELIMA of Scarborough CA for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F21/62, G06F1/16
CPC Code(s): G06F21/6245
Abstract: a method, system, and computer program product detect and react to neural signals. the method includes monitoring the neural signals, which are collected from a user by a neural-computer interface (nci) device. the method further includes detecting, based on the monitoring, an inhibitory signal in the neural signals and determining, in response to the detecting, that the inhibitory signal is aligned with an emotionally salient signal. additionally, the method includes generating a notification in response to the determining that the inhibitory signal is aligned with the emotionally salient signal. the notification is displayed at an output device.
Inventor(s): Aladin Djuhera of Dachau DE for international business machines corporation, Fernando Luiz Koch of Palm Beach Gardens FL US for international business machines corporation, Martin Junghans of Karlsruhe DE for international business machines corporation, Alecio Pedro Delazari Binotto of Munich DE for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N3/098
CPC Code(s): G06N3/098
Abstract: aspects of the present invention, determine, by a specific first computer system of the first computer systems, a need to fine-tune a first artificial intelligence model for performing a specific task; perform a federated learning for a set of trained second artificial intelligence models for generating a combined artificial intelligence model, the second artificial intelligence models being configured to perform the specific task, each second artificial intelligence model having a structure which is at least a substructure of the first artificial intelligence model; and use learnable parameters of the combined artificial intelligence model for fine-tuning at the specific first computer system the first artificial intelligence model.
Inventor(s): Partho Ghosh of Kolkata IN for international business machines corporation, Shailendra Moyal of Pune IN for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata IN for international business machines corporation, Saraswathi Sailaja Perumalla of Visakhapatnam IN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N5/022
CPC Code(s): G06N5/022
Abstract: embodiments receive ride data, user data which comprises user information and other user data, and crowd-sourced historical data, train a machine learning model using a knowledge corpus which includes the ride data, the user data, and the crowd-sourced historical data, and dynamically adjust at least one ride recommendation based on the trained machine learning model.
Inventor(s): Jesus Manuel Olivera of New York NY US for international business machines corporation, Avery Tate of Newport RI US for international business machines corporation, Mahalakshmi Lakshminarayanan of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N5/022
CPC Code(s): G06N5/022
Abstract: a method, computer system, and a computer program product are provided for evaluating content moderation by training an artificial intelligence (ai) engine. a plurality of data is obtained to be used for training the ai engine. a plurality of current labels are generated using an associated category and topic. any past labeled data similar to the plurality of data obtained is collected. it is then determined if the current labels or the past labelled data have one or more associated biases based on a bias criteria. a fairness weight score is calculated for each current label based on the associated number of biases and whether the current label is associated with any past label data with one or more biases. a final label is generated for the plurality of current labels based on the fairness weight score. the final label is used to train the ai engine.
Inventor(s): Russell A. Budd of North Salem NY US for international business machines corporation, Eric Zhang of Sleepy Hollow NY US for international business machines corporation, Jared Barney Hertzberg of Yorktown Heights NY US for international business machines corporation, Jason S. Orcutt of Katonah NY US for international business machines corporation, Sami Rosenblatt of White Plains NY US for international business machines corporation, James B Hannon of Mahopac NY US for international business machines corporation, Yves Martin of Ossining NY US for international business machines corporation, Bucknell C. Webb of Ossining NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G02B27/28, G02B21/00, G02B27/30, H10N60/12
CPC Code(s): G06N10/00
Abstract: a method comprises performing a pattern recognition process to determine a geometry of a superconducting quantum device comprising one or more josephson junctions, determining, based on the geometry determined by the pattern recognition process, a laser beam illumination pattern for laser annealing the one or more josephson junctions of the superconducting quantum device, and configuring a laser microscope to generate the laser beam illumination pattern.
Inventor(s): Eric Zhang of Sleepy Hollow NY US for international business machines corporation, Jared Barney Hertzberg of Yorktown Heights NY US for international business machines corporation, Jason S. Orcutt of Katonah NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N10/40, G06N10/20, G06N10/60
CPC Code(s): G06N10/40
Abstract: with a computerized frequency plan generator, for each node in a quantum lattice: determine a list of possible frequencies subject to at least one of nearest neighbor and next nearest neighbor collision constraints; and assign a highest possible frequency; apply a collision cleaning routine to the quantum lattice with the assigned frequencies until at least one of a condition where there are no remaining collisions and a condition where collision count ceases to improve; and apply a frequency perturbation routine to the collision-cleaned quantum lattice to move apart at least one of a high-risk nearest neighbor collision and a high risk next nearest neighbor collision.
Inventor(s): Takashi Ido of Bunkyo-ku JP for international business machines corporation, NAOKI KANAZAWA of Yokohama JP for international business machines corporation, Jared Barney Hertzberg of Yorktown Heights NY US for international business machines corporation, Eric Zhang of Sleepy Hollow NY US for international business machines corporation, Sami Rosenblatt of White Plains NY US for international business machines corporation, Jason S. Orcutt of Katonah NY US for international business machines corporation, Malcolm Scott Carroll of Cranbury NJ US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N10/60, G06F17/11
CPC Code(s): G06N10/60
Abstract: define a plurality of qubit collision types and a plurality of constraints. for a group of qubits, use a computerized mixed-integer programming solver to, subject to the constraints, iteratively minimize collisions by minimizing a sum of products of weights multiplied by an amount of frequency collisions for given ones of the constraints of each one of the collision types. output a frequency tuning plan for the group of qubits, based on the iterative minimization. facilitate tuning physical qubits in accordance with the frequency tuning plan.
Inventor(s): Jiang Bo Kang of Xi'an CN for international business machines corporation, Dong Hai Yu of Xi'an CN for international business machines corporation, Jun Wang of Xi'an CN for international business machines corporation, Yao Dong Liu of Xi'an CN for international business machines corporation, Bo Song of Xi'an CN for international business machines corporation, Xiao Ming Ma of Xi'an CN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N20/00
CPC Code(s): G06N20/00
Abstract: one or more systems, devices, computer program products and/or computer-implemented methods of use provided herein relate to determining time series model stability and robustness in refreshment. the computer-implemented system can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. the computer-implemented system can further comprise a processor that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components can comprise a computation component that can employ weighted model evaluation to compute stability of time series pipelines over respective holdout datasets and a determination component that can select, based on the computed pipeline stabilities, a most stable time series pipeline.
Inventor(s): Abhin Shah of Boston MA US for international business machines corporation, Maohao Shen of Cambridge MA US for international business machines corporation, Jongha Ryu of Cambridge MA US for international business machines corporation, Subhro Das of Cambridge MA US for international business machines corporation, Prasanna Sattigeri of Acton MA US for international business machines corporation, Yuheng Bu of Philadelphia PA US for international business machines corporation, Gregory Wornell of Wellesley MA US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06N20/00
CPC Code(s): G06N20/00
Abstract: a computer-implemented method and system for generating a predictive model include a computation engine learning a predictive model having missing or crippled data. a processor applies a formulated problem of missing or crippled data based learning to the predictive model. the computation engine reduces one or more tasks associated with the predictive model to a quadratically constrained quadratic problem (qcqp). the computation engine characterizes one or more solutions associated with the qcqp, where each of the one or more solutions is a loss function value.
Inventor(s): Peng Hui Jiang of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation, Su Liu of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation, Guang Han Sui of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation, Shunguo Yan of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/0631, G06F40/40, G06Q10/0639, G06Q10/1091
CPC Code(s): G06Q10/063114
Abstract: provided are a computer program product, system, and method for analyzing user activity data to generate activity information for use by generative artificial intelligence (ai) to generate reports. activity data includes information on an activity in which a monitored user engages, including a time period during which the monitored user was engaged in the activity and a description of the activity. an activity categorizer comprising a machine learning model classifier processes the time period and the description of the activity; to output an activity category. a status report generator generates a status report for the activity category, including the activity category of the activity and key attributes of the activity category including the time spent on the activity category and information on the activity. the status report is updated to a database.
Inventor(s): Rujuta Rohan Tondulkar of Mumbai IN for international business machines corporation, Sujoy Kumar Roy Chowdhury of Kolkata IN for international business machines corporation, Kartikeya Vats of Dehradun IN for international business machines corporation, Ashish Rao of Bangalore IN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T7/00, G06T7/13, G06T15/00, G06V10/25, G06V10/46, G06V10/764
CPC Code(s): G06T7/0008
Abstract: provided are a computer program product, system, and method for detecting contiguous defect regions of a physical object from captured images of the physical object. images are received of a physical object from different perspectives capturing different views of the physical object. defect regions in the images are detected containing defects on surfaces of the physical object. a determination is made of categories of the defect regions. a determination is made as to whether defect regions of a category have a common boundary to form at least one contiguous defect region for the category. a determination is made of total spatial metric of any contiguous defect regions and non-contiguous defect regions for each of the categories. information on the total spatial metric for the categories is provided to a quality assurance module to determine a quality of the physical object.
Inventor(s): Sathya Santhar of Ramapuram IN for international business machines corporation, Sridevi Kannan of Chennai IN for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata IN for international business machines corporation, Samuel Mathew Jawaharlal of Chennai IN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T9/00, G06T3/40
CPC Code(s): G06T9/002
Abstract: an embodiment for transmitting and regenerating compressed media is provided. the embodiment may include receiving an image selected by a sender to be transmitted. the embodiment may also include sending the image to a pre-trained generative adversarial network (gan) model. the embodiment may further include identifying a first set of one or more pixels in the image assigned to one or more high priority class of service (cos) groups and a second set of one or more pixels in the image assigned to one or more low priority cos groups. the embodiment may also include compressing the one or more pixels in the second set. the embodiment may further include transmitting the one or more pixels in the first set and the compressed one or more pixels in the second set to a recipient in an order from a highest priority cos group to a lowest priority cos group.
Inventor(s): Raymund Lin of Taipei City TW for international business machines corporation, Nan Chen of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation, Li Na Wang of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation, Ye Chuan Wang of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation, Ju Ling Liu of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06T17/00, G06T5/50, G06T7/11, G06T7/20, G06V10/764
CPC Code(s): G06T17/00
Abstract: according to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for physical object tracking in virtual reality is provided. the present invention may include receiving input from a user identifying a specific physical object during a virtual reality session in a virtual reality environment; identifying the specific physical object in the physical proximity of the user; tracking the location of the specific physical object relative to the user; and responsive to receiving a command from the user, displaying the specific physical object to the user through a portal in the virtual reality environment.
Inventor(s): Yuan Yuan Ding of Shanghai CN for international business machines corporation, Yang Liu of Zhong Xin City CN for international business machines corporation, Jing Zhang of Shanghai CN for international business machines corporation, Yu Pan of Shanghai CN for international business machines corporation, Shi Yun Liang of Shanghai CN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G06V10/44
CPC Code(s): G06V10/454
Abstract: methods, apparatus, and computer program products for multimodal artificial intelligence-based communication systems are provided herein. a computer-implemented method includes generating, using a first set of one or more artificial intelligence techniques, identifying information for one or more objects detected in image data associated with at least one user query; generating at least one updated version of the at least one user query by processing, using a second set of one or more artificial intelligence techniques, at least a portion of the at least one user query in conjunction with at least a portion of the identifying information for the one or more objects; generating at least one response to the at least one updated version of the at least one user query; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the at least one response.
Inventor(s): Ali Y. Duale of Poughkeepsie NY US for international business machines corporation, Akil Khamisi Sutton of Poughkeepsie NY US for international business machines corporation, Edward C. McCain of Campbell Hall NY US for international business machines corporation, KENNEDY CHERUIYOT of Gardiner NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G08B21/04, G08B25/01, G08B29/18
CPC Code(s): G08B21/0407
Abstract: according to at least one embodiment, a method, a computer system, and a computer program product for notifying emergency personnel is provided. the present invention may include continuously monitoring a dependent using one or more dependent devices wherein the continuous monitoring of the dependent comprises monitoring a location of the dependent or a presence of one or more abnormal conditions; and automatically initiating a dependent alert sos call to emergency personnel using the dependent devices, wherein the automatically initiating the dependent alert sos call to the one or more emergency personnel occurs upon receiving a guardian activated sos signal from one or more guardian devices or upon the presence of the one or more abnormal conditions. additionally, the present invention may include detecting whether one or more guardian devices initiated the guardian-activated sos signal and detecting of the presence of the one or more abnormal conditions.
Inventor(s): Icko E.T. Iben of Santa Clara CA US for international business machines corporation, David Lee Swanson of Tucson AZ US for international business machines corporation, Kevin Bruce Judd of Tucson AZ US for international business machines corporation, Jason Liang of Campbell CA US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G11B5/55
CPC Code(s): G11B5/5526
Abstract: a method, in accordance with one aspect, includes writing, by a tape drive, data tracks to a data band of a magnetic tape having servo bands flanking the data band, the writing being performed using a magnetic head that is not designed for a format of the magnetic tape. the writing includes overwriting a portion of each of the servo bands with the data tracks. a method, in accordance with another aspect, includes writing data tracks to a data band using a magnetic head that is not designed for a format of the magnetic tape. an effective pitch of servo readers of the magnetic head used simultaneously during the writing matches a servo reader pitch specification of the format of the magnetic tape. an average effective pitch of write transducers of the magnetic head is greater than a data track pitch specification of the format of the magnetic tape.
Inventor(s): Icko E.T. Iben of Santa Clara CA US for international business machines corporation, Jason Liang of Campbell CA US for international business machines corporation, David Lee Swanson of Tucson AZ US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G11B5/55
CPC Code(s): G11B5/5526
Abstract: an apparatus, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, includes a magnetic head having an array of transducers, the transducers comprising data elements, at least two first servo readers positioned toward a first end of the array and at least two second servo readers positioned toward a second end of the array. the array is symmetrical about a centerpoint of the array, such that a distance between a center of an innermost one of the first servo readers and a center of the data element closest thereto is the same as a distance between a center of an innermost one of the second servo readers and a center of the data element closest thereto, and such that a distance between a center of an outermost one of the first servo readers and the center of the data element closest thereto is the same as a distance between a center of an outermost one of the second servo readers and the center of the data element closest thereto.
Inventor(s): Icko E. T. Iben of Santa Clara CA US for international business machines corporation, David Lee Swanson of Tucson AZ US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G11B5/584, G11B5/008
CPC Code(s): G11B5/584
Abstract: provided are a computer program product, device, system, and method for single data band data storage. in one embodiment, a tape head module has an array of four servo transducer elements for each servo band of a tape and an array of reader/writer transducer elements extending over most of the width of the tape. in another embodiment, a data storage tape has a top servo band positioned adjacent a top edge guard band of the tape, a bottom servo band positioned adjacent a bottom edge guard band of the tape, and a single data band positioned between the top and bottom servo bands and configured to receive tracks of data written by a tape head wherein the single data band width extends over most of the tape width.
Inventor(s): Icko E. T. Iben of Santa Clara CA US for international business machines corporation, David Lee Swanson of Tucson AZ US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G11B5/592, G11B5/187, G11B5/48
CPC Code(s): G11B5/5928
Abstract: provided are a computer program product, device, system, and method for single data band data storage. in one embodiment, a tape head module has an array of four servo transducer elements for each servo band of a tape and an array of reader/writer transducer elements extending over most of the width of the tape. in another embodiment, a data storage tape has a top servo band positioned adjacent a top edge guard band of the tape, a bottom servo band positioned adjacent a bottom edge guard band of the tape, and a single data band positioned between the top and bottom servo bands and configured to receive tracks of data written by a tape head wherein the single data band width extends over most of the tape width.
Inventor(s): Nandhini RAJAIAH of Bangalore IN for international business machines corporation, Manoj DUSANAPUDI of Bangalore IN for international business machines corporation, Larry LEITNER of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation, Shakti KAPOOR of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): G11C29/10
CPC Code(s): G11C29/10
Abstract: a cache coherency test process is provided which includes deterministically generating a test program to test cache coherency in a computing environment including at least one processing unit. the deterministically generating includes producing cache state test sequences using graph traversal, where the cache state test sequences include closed paths of cache-affecting operations, and where using graph traversal includes traversing one or more state graphs with nodes representing cache states and edges representing operations producing respective cache state transitions in the at least one processing unit. further, the deterministically generating includes pruning the cache state test sequences, using closed-path graph analysis, to generate the test program, where the test program has a selected cache coherence test coverage using chosen cache state test sequences obtained from pruning the cache state test sequences. further, the process includes initiating executing of the test program in the computing environment to test the cache coherency.
Inventor(s): Nicholas Alexander POLOMOFF of Hopewell Junction NY US for international business machines corporation, RAVI K. BONAM of Albany NY US for international business machines corporation, Huai Huang of Clifton Park NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H01L23/00
CPC Code(s): H01L23/562
Abstract: a semiconductor structure includes an upper semiconductor build having an upper crackstop structure along its periphery, an upper semiconductor build insulator layer, and a plurality of upper semiconductor build electrical contact bonding pads within the insulator layer. the upper semiconductor build crackstop structure includes first and second upper semiconductor build crackstop portions ending in first and second upper semiconductor build non electrical contact bonding pads within the insulator layer. a lower semiconductor build is generally similar to the upper semiconductor build, and the two builds are connected by a hybrid bond joining interface including metal-to-metal bonding of the bonding pads, and dielectric bonding of the insulator layers. a continuous structural element is located between the first and second upper semiconductor build crackstop portions and corresponding first and second lower semiconductor build crackstop portions, passing through the hybrid bond joining interface and sealing around the semiconductor build peripheries.
Inventor(s): Duixian Liu of Scarsdale NY US for international business machines corporation, Alberto Valdes Garcia of Chappaqua NY US for international business machines corporation, Christian Wilhelmus Baks of Peasant Valley NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H01Q9/04, H01L23/66, H01P7/06, H01Q1/22, H01Q1/42, H01Q3/36, H01Q21/00
CPC Code(s): H01Q9/0485
Abstract: scalable and easily manufactured cavity resonator radiator arrays for millimeter wave or terahertz phased array antenna applications are provided. in one aspect, an antenna device includes: a first component including a substrate having antenna feedlines within a first dielectric and a ground plane disposed on the first dielectric; a second component, coupled to the first component, including a metallic grid having a plurality of cavities filled with a second dielectric to provide an array of cavity resonator radiators, where the ground plane includes aperture slots between the antenna feedlines and the cavity resonator radiators. the antenna feedlines can include first and second antenna feedlines for dual-polarization, located in different layers, for enhanced port isolation. a method of forming an antenna device is also provided where the metallic grid having the plurality of cavities filled with the second dielectric can be formed using 3d printing, metal stamping and/or laser cutting.
Inventor(s): Marc Henri Coq of Hopewell Junction NY US for international business machines corporation, Brian Charles Tucker of Clinton Corners NY US for international business machines corporation, Enver Candan of Fishkill NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H02J3/00
CPC Code(s): H02J3/003
Abstract: a computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product verify electrical power distribution system suitability. the method includes obtaining power consumption characteristics from a computer server. the method also includes generating a test power load based on the power consumption characteristics. the method further includes identifying a power source and applying the test power load to the power source. in addition, the method includes determining a connection suitability for the power source based on a response of the power source to the test power load. lastly, the method includes displaying the connection suitability for the power source on a device.
Inventor(s): Allon Adir of Kiryat Tivon IL for international business machines corporation, Hayim Shaul of Kfar Saba IL for international business machines corporation, Ehud Aharoni of Kfar Saba IL for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L9/00, H04L9/06
CPC Code(s): H04L9/008
Abstract: a method, apparatus and computer program product for homomorphic computation enables secure computation of determinants of a matrix under fully homomorphic encryption (fhe). according to this disclosure, encrypted data that contains the values of a matrix is received at a server. the matrix is separated into at least a first portion, and a second portion. each portion is configured as a square. a first data vector of ciphertext is computed for the first portion, and a second data vector of ciphertext is computed for the second portion. under fhe, determinants of the first and second data vectors are computed as single instruction multiple data (simd) operations to generate a set of results. the set of results are then used to compute a determinant of the matrix. the determinant may then be used for fhe-based analytics.
Inventor(s): Binoy Thomas of Kozhikode IN for international business machines corporation, Sudheesh S. Kairali of Kozhikode IN for international business machines corporation, Hans W. Uhlig of San Jose CA US for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata IN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L47/36, H04L43/16
CPC Code(s): H04L47/365
Abstract: an embodiment establishes a transmission performance database that comprises performance data related to transmission of data across a plurality of data channels of a network. the embodiment defines an initial data chunk size for a first data object transmitted across a first data channel of the plurality data channels of the network. the embodiment transmits the first data object across the first data channel according to the initial data chunk size. the embodiment collects performance data for the first data channel. the embodiment evaluates transmission performance of the first data channel based at least in part on the performance data of the first data channel. the embodiment generates a recommendation to adjust the initial data chunk size of the first data object based on the transmission performance of the first data channel. the embodiment adjusts the initial data chunk size based at least in part on the recommendation.
Inventor(s): Peng Hui Jiang of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation, Biao Chai of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation, Wei Wu of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation, Xinpeng Liu of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation, Yue Wang of BEIJING CN for international business machines corporation, Liang Wang of Beijing CN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L47/762, H04L67/10
CPC Code(s): H04L47/762
Abstract: methods for managing a connection pool for cloud-based applications accessing databases are provided. aspects include establishing a plurality of connections to one or more databases, receiving connection requests from a plurality of cloud-based applications to access the one or more databases, and allocating the connection requests to among the plurality of connections, where the allocation is determined based at least in part on one or more connection pool parameters. aspects also include monitoring a usage of the plurality of connections by the plurality of applications and updating the one or more connection pool parameters based on an analysis of the usage of the plurality of connections by the plurality of applications.
Inventor(s): Joseph W. Cropper of Round Rock TX US for international business machines corporation, Julio Oliva of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation, Ping Chen of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation, Daniel Nhiem Nguyen of Cedar Park TX US for international business machines corporation, Corradino D. Jones of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation, Hariganesh Muralidharan of B. Narayanapura IN for international business machines corporation, John B. Carter of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation, Shayma Venugopal of Hyderabad IN for international business machines corporation, Paul Bernell Finley, JR. of Austin TX US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L67/10, G06F9/50, H04L67/51
CPC Code(s): H04L67/10
Abstract: described are techniques for a control plane. the techniques include receiving, at the control plane hosted on a service-provider data center, a request to perform a computing resource operation at a remote data center, where the control plane is used to manage computing resources located at the remote data center. the techniques further include creating a data object at the service-provider data center to represent a status of the computing resource operation, and updating the data object in response to receiving indications of events associated with performance of the computing resource operation at the remote data center. the techniques further include receiving, at the control plane, a status request for the computing resource operation, querying the data object maintained at the service-provider data center for the status of the computing resource operation, and providing the status of the computing resource operation represented by the data object.
20250150511. ARTICLE PROVISIONING_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)
Inventor(s): Jennifer M. HATFIELD of Portland OR US for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. RAKSHIT of Kolkata IN for international business machines corporation, Aaron K. BAUGHMAN of CARY NC US for international business machines corporation, Tushar AGRAWAL of West Fargo ND US for international business machines corporation, Vinod A. VALECHA of PUNE IN for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H04L67/52, H04L67/56
CPC Code(s): H04L67/52
Abstract: methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. the method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: with a user engaged in a user session within a first environment, examining historical data of the user, wherein the examining historical data of the user includes examining historical data of a previously recognized article of the user previously recognized in a second environment; and provisioning an article of the user within the first environment to include a functional behavior.
Inventor(s): Allen Vi Cuong Chan of Markham CA for international business machines corporation, Yazan Obeidi of Markham CA for international business machines corporation, Sebastian Carbajales of Mississauga CA for international business machines corporation, Benjamin Luong of Toronto CA for international business machines corporation, Will Wu of North York CA for international business machines corporation, Paul Ferski of Markham CA for international business machines corporation, Hua Huang of Markham CA for international business machines corporation, Lionel Wu of ONTARIO CA for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N7/15
CPC Code(s): H04N7/152
Abstract: one or more systems, devices, computer program products and/or computer-implemented methods of use provided herein relate to teleconferencing and, more specifically, to the gathering and conveying of information over a teleconference by a digital delegate. a computer-implemented system can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. the computer-implemented system can further comprise a processor that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components can comprise a digital delegate component that accesses a teleconference via a computer application as a teleconference participant and an analysis component that analyzes teleconference monitoring information of the teleconference to determine responses to one or more defined points of interest determined by a meeting invitee.
Inventor(s): Samuel R. Connor of Apex NC US for international business machines corporation, Arthur J. Higby of Cottekill NY US for international business machines corporation, John S. Werner of Fishkill NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H05K9/00
CPC Code(s): H05K9/002
Abstract: an emc scattering shield apparatus and method of use is provided. the emc scattering shield apparatus includes a mounting feature that permits the emc scattering shield apparatus to attach to an external component. the emc scattering shield apparatus includes an emc scattering shield to scatter energy that may be emitted from the product and to provide immunity by scattering energy within the environment. the emc scattering shield apparatus an extension arm configured to position the emc scattering shield at a desired distance away from the external component. the emc scattering shield apparatus can include a rotation hinge that permits the emc scattering shield to rotate away from the external component
Inventor(s): Chen Zhang of Santa Clara CA US for international business machines corporation, Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY US for international business machines corporation, Shay Reboh of Guilderland NY US for international business machines corporation, Junli Wang of Slingerlands NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H01L29/06, H01L21/8238, H01L27/092, H01L29/423, H01L29/66, H01L29/775, H01L29/786
CPC Code(s): H10D62/116
Abstract: embodiments of present invention provide a semiconductor structure. the structure includes a first group of field-effect-transistors (fets); a second group of fets on top of the first group of fets; a first half-single-diffusion-break (h-sdb) underneath and being separated from one of the fets of the second group by a middle-dielectric-insulator (mdi) layer; and a second h-sdb on top of and being separated from one of the fets of the first group by the mdi layer, where the first h-sdb insulates a source/drain (s/d) region of a first fet of the first group of fets from a s/d region of a second fet of the first group of fets, and the second h-sdb insulates a s/d region of a first fet of the second group of fets from a s/d region of a second fet of the second group of fets. a method of forming the same is also provided.
Inventor(s): Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY US for international business machines corporation, Dureseti Chidambarrao of Weston CT US for international business machines corporation, John Christopher Arnold of North Chatham NY US for international business machines corporation, Julien Frougier of Albany NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H01L29/06, H01L23/48, H01L27/092, H01L29/417, H01L29/423, H01L29/775, H01L29/786
CPC Code(s): H10D62/121
Abstract: a semiconductor device is provided including ns-fets in which the active area module, the shallow trench isolation module and the gate module are eliminated from the processing of the semiconductor device. the elimination of these modules makes the overall process easier and aids in reducing the cost of manufacturing the semiconductor device.
Inventor(s): Tsung-Sheng Kang of Ballston Lake NY US for international business machines corporation, Sagarika Mukesh of Albany NY US for international business machines corporation, Alexander Reznicek of Troy NY US for international business machines corporation, Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H01L21/8238, H01L27/092, H01L29/06, H01L29/423, H01L29/66, H01L29/775, H01L29/786
CPC Code(s): H10D84/038
Abstract: a semiconductor device includes a first-type transistor, a second-type transistor, and a t-shaped backbone. the first-type transistor includes a first-type source/drain and the second-type transistor includes a second-type source/drain. the t-shaped backbone includes a wall and a sub-wall. the wall separates the first-type transistor and the second-type source/drain. the sub-wall extends from the wall and into the second-type source/drain.
Inventor(s): Lijuan Zou of Slingerlands NY US for international business machines corporation, Tao Li of Slingerlands NY US for international business machines corporation, Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY US for international business machines corporation, Nicolas Jean Loubet of Guilderland NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H01L27/12, H01L27/02
CPC Code(s): H10D86/60
Abstract: a semiconductor structure includes a transistor device at a first side of the semiconductor structure, a control circuit at the first side of the semiconductor structure, and a resistor-capacitor circuit including a resistor and a capacitor. the resistor is in a power delivery network at a second side of the semiconductor structure and the capacitor is at the first side of the semiconductor structure. a first electrode of the capacitor is coupled to a first power rail in the power delivery network at the second side of the semiconductor structure. a second electrode of the capacitor is coupled to a second power rail in the power delivery network at the second side of the semiconductor structure. an input of the control circuit is coupled to the resistor. a gate of the transistor device is coupled to an output of the control circuit.
Inventor(s): Markus Scherrer of Zurich CH for international business machines corporation, Kirsten Emilie Moselund of Ruschlikon CH for international business machines corporation, Preksha Tiwari of Zurich CH for international business machines corporation, Noelia Vico Trivino of Zurich CH for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H10F77/14, H01L21/02
CPC Code(s): H10F77/1433
Abstract: the invention relates to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. the method includes steps of providing a cavity structure, the cavity structure including a seed area including a seed material. the method further includes growing, within the cavity structure, a first embedding layer in a first growth direction from a seed surface of the seed material. the method includes further steps of removing the seed material, growing, in a second growth direction, from a seed surface of the first embedding layer, a quantum dot structure and growing, within the cavity structure, on a surface of the quantum dot structure, a second embedding layer in the second growth direction. the second growth direction is different from the first growth direction. the invention further relates to devices obtainable by such a method.
Inventor(s): Eric Zhang of Sleepy Hollow NY US for international business machines corporation, James B Hannon of Mahopac NY US for international business machines corporation, Jared Barney Hertzberg of Yorktown Heights NY US for international business machines corporation, Russell A. Budd of North Salem NY US for international business machines corporation, Sami Rosenblatt of White Plains NY US for international business machines corporation, Jason S. Orcutt of Katonah NY US for international business machines corporation
IPC Code(s): H10N60/12, H10N60/01
CPC Code(s): H10N60/12
Abstract: a calibration process comprises performing laser annealing calibration operations on first josephson junctions using different combinations of at least laser power settings and anneal times, determining junction resistance shifts of the first josephson junctions as a result of the laser annealing calibration operations, and utilizing the determined junction resistance shifts of the first josephson junctions to determine calibration data for configuring laser annealing operations for bidirectional laser tuning of second josephson junctions corresponding to the first josephson junctions.
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- CPC H04L47/762
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- H01L29/786
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- H01L29/417
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