Patents Assigned to International Business Machines
  • Patent number: 11975290
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: James L. Hedrick, Nathaniel H. Park, Luis M. Campos, Dino Wu, Daniel Malinowski
  • Patent number: 11980039
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a second magnetic tunnel junction stack aligned above a spin conductor layer above a first magnetic junction stack, a sidewall dielectric surrounding the second magnetic tunnel junction stack, a vertical side surface of the sidewall dielectric is aligned with vertical side surfaces of the spin conductor layer and the first magnetic junction stack. A method including forming a first magnetic tunnel junction stack, a spin conductor layer and a second magnetic tunnel junction stack, patterning the second magnetic tunnel junction stack, while not patterning the spin conductor layer and the first magnetic tunnel junction stack, forming a sidewall dielectric and a polymer layer on the sidewall dielectric. A method including patterning a second magnetic tunnel junction stack, while not patterning a spin conductor layer below the second magnetic tunnel junction stack nor a first magnetic tunnel junction stack below the spin conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan P. Marchack, Chandrasekharan Kothandaraman, Pouya Hashemi
  • Patent number: 11977813
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for sound management is provided. The present invention may include generating a multidimensional risk vector relating to a current contextual activity of a user. The present invention may include dynamically monitoring at least one sound generating device within a predefined threshold distance of a chatbot of the user. The present invention may include determining that an audio adjustment of the at least one sound generating device is warranted. The present invention may include performing the audio adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Jeremy R. Fox, Paul N. Krystek
  • Patent number: 11977837
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for consent and content template mapping are provided. The method identifies a content type within a content template. A set of content categories is identified that is associated with the content type. One or more consent templates are identified as associated with one or more of the content type and the set of content categories. The content template is mapped to the one or more consent templates to generate a consent template graph. The method provides a multimedia message to a user based on a consent template associated with the user and the content template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jignesh K Karia, Jitan S Chandanani, Vishal Awal, Dayama Pankaj Satyanarayan, Mukundan Sundararajan, Rahul Hundet, Neha Shah, Sudip Dutta
  • Patent number: 11979946
    Abstract: A system and a method for a transient gateway, including a storage device storing a set of data, and a gateway engine coupled to the storage device accessing and updating the set of data, the gateway engine configured to share bandwidth and resources, across a plurality of organizations. The transient gateway organizes the set of data to act as a broker amongst the plurality of organizations. The transient gateway is configured to provide resources as a monetized commodity. The transient gateway provides protocols handling capabilities of its connected devices of one organization to another organization from among the plurality of organizations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Amit Mohan Mangalvedkar, Shalini Kapoor
  • Patent number: 11979459
    Abstract: The embodiments herein describe configuring a data device that enables communication between a host and a shared network adapter. The data device can include data connections between the host and the shared network adapter. The data device can have both control queues in a control plane and data queues in a data plane. The control queues can be activated first in order to issue control commands to configure the data plane in the shared network adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Ratcliff, Dan Vangor, Stephen R. Valley, Margaret Dubowsky, Francis Gassert, Jerry Stevens, Richard P. Tarcza, Patricia G. Driever
  • Patent number: 11979411
    Abstract: A solution is proposed for controlling access to computing resources. A corresponding method comprises receiving and verifying an access request for accessing the computing resources by a secondary computing environment (isolated from the computing resources). A main computing environment (isolated from the secondary computing environment) detects an indication of a positive result of the verification of the access request; in response thereto, the main computing environment verifies an integrity condition of the secondary computing environment and then authorizes the secondary computing environment to access the computing resources accordingly. A computer program and a computer program product for performing the method are also proposed. Moreover, a system for implementing the method is proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roberto Ragusa, Remo Freddi, Chiara Conti, Alessandra Asaro
  • Patent number: 11979480
    Abstract: An integrated circuit communication architecture is provided and includes a clock lane, a clock divider, and a first de-skew circuit. The clock lane is configured to send a clock signal at a first rate from a first chip to a second chip. The clock divider is on the second chip and is configured to receive the clock signal sent via the clock lane and to create and send a first divided clock signal and a second divided clock signal from the received clock signal. The divided clock signals are sent at reduced rates compared to the first rate. The clock divider maintains current mode logic properties for the divided clock signals. The first de-skew circuit is configured to receive and process the divided clock signals to allow for sampling of data transmitted from the first chip to the second chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Sperling, Daniel Mark Dreps, Erik English, Jieming Qi
  • Patent number: 11978444
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus to generate an augmented voice command, including identifying a plurality of sounds from a respective plurality of transducers to a smart speaker device, generating a visualization of the sounds using an augmented reality device, wherein one or more of the sounds can be selected using the visualization, and generating the augmented voice command for the smart speaker device, wherein the augmented voice command comprises the one or more sounds selected using the visualization of the augmented reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clement Decrop, Tushar Agrawal, Jeremy R. Fox, Sarbajit K Rakshit
  • Publication number: 20240146746
    Abstract: A technique for threat response associated with an endpoint detection and response (EDR) system. The system uses a combination of automated observable detection, threat intelligence enrichment, graph analysis, and supervised machine learning to machine-predict analyst behavior in classifying (as ‘true’ or ‘false’ positives) the EDR alerts, and to support either (i) automated suppression of those alerts that the system classifies with sufficient confidence as either true or false, or (ii) for those alerts than cannot be so classified, the providing of recommendations to analysts to facilitate their activities. Auto-detection of observables for graph-based feature detection, together with the automated disposition of alerts where possible greatly reduces overall analyst workload for the EDR system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aankur Bhatia, Abhishek Basu, Luiz Marcel Arbos, Terry Liggett, Kyle Proctor
  • Publication number: 20240143297
    Abstract: An embodiment searches source for callable units, and scans the contents of the callable units, and generates a set of unit groups that each include one or more of the callable units. The embodiment preprocesses the callable units and then generates hashes of each of the callable units. The embodiment generates a data structure comprising unit identifiers associated with the hashes and their corresponding callable units. The embodiment generates statistical data using a callable-unit metric and updates the data structure by prioritizing the callable units based on the statistical data. The embodiment compares hashes of the callable units and identifies first and second callable units as redundant callable units. The embodiment updates the data structure by identifying the second callable unit as being redundant to the first callable unit. The embodiment generates a report of redundant callable units based on the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: FUMIHIKO KITAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11972623
    Abstract: An approach for enhancing a video stream. The approach processes a video stream and identifies frames comprising text. The approach marks text extraction locations and extracts the text from the frames. The approach determines if a mirroring effect should be applied to the text and applies if applicable, creating enhanced text. The approach inserts the enhanced text and smooths the edges of the inserted enhanced text. The approach merges the frames with the enhanced text into the video stream, creating an enhanced video stream and sends the enhanced video stream to requesting users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mohamed Zouhaier Ramadhane, Juan Manuel Avalos Vega, Daniela Ofelia Rojas Barrientos, Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo
  • Patent number: 11972682
    Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for displaying information to a pedestrian using a visual indicator. A processor may detect that a vehicle is approaching a pedestrian. The processor may determine that the pedestrian is unable to see the approaching vehicle. The processor may display an indication that the vehicle is approaching the pedestrian on an object the pedestrian can currently view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Atul Mene, Tushar Agrawal, Jeremy R. Fox, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Martin G. Keen
  • Patent number: 11971691
    Abstract: A processor may receive instructional information. The instructional information may be associated with an instructional media. A processor may analyze the instructional information for one or more instructions. A processor may identify a target device from the one or more smart devices in the smart environment that are associated with the one or more instructions. A processor may perform the one or more instructions with the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Saraswathi Sailaja Perumalla, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Sekhar Reddy Dandu Reddy
  • Patent number: 11972259
    Abstract: A machine instruction to find a condition location within registers, such as vector registers. The machine instruction has associated therewith a register to be examined and a result location. The register includes a plurality of elements. In execution, the machine instruction counts a number of contiguous elements of the plurality of elements of the register having a particular value in a selected location within the contiguous elements. Other locations within the contiguous elements are ignored for the counting. The counting provides a count placed in the result location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael K. Gschwind, Markus Kaltenbach, Jentje Leenstra, Brett Olsson
  • Patent number: 11972525
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object via execution of a machine learning model on one or more images of the object, capturing a plurality of snapshots of the 3D model of the object at different angles to generate a plurality of snapshot images of the object, fusing a feature into each of the plurality of snapshots to generate a plurality of fused snapshots of the 3D model of the object, and storing the plurality of fused snapshots of the 3D model of the object in memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kun Yan Yin, Zhong Fang Yuan, Yi Chen Zhong, Lu Yu, Tong Liu
  • Patent number: 11973141
    Abstract: A nanosheet semiconductor device includes a first ferroelectric region between a channel nanosheet stack and a gate contact. The channel nanosheet stack includes a plurality of channel nanosheets each connected to a source and connected to a drain and a gate surrounding the plurality of channel nanosheets and connected to the source and connected to the drain. The nanosheet semiconductor device may further include a second ferroelectric region upon a sidewall of the channel nanosheet stack. Sidewalls of the first ferroelectric region may be substantially coplanar with or inset from underlying sidewalls of the channel nanosheet stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jingyun Zhang, Reinaldo Vega, Miaomiao Wang, Takashi Ando
  • Patent number: 11969828
    Abstract: An injection apparatus for injection material is disclosed. The injection apparatus includes a tank for storing material. The injection apparatus further includes a head body that has a surface for contacting a substrate and an opening part opened at the surface for discharging the material in fluid-communication with the tank. The injection apparatus further includes a member connected to the opening part, in which the member allows gas to flow into and flow out from the opening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toyohiro Aoki, Eiji Nakamura, Takashi Hisada
  • Patent number: 11973058
    Abstract: A semiconductor die package that has a substrate with one or more substrate layers with one or more substrate connections. A substrate layer can include one or more redistribution layers (RDLs). One or more dies (e.g., multiple dies) are disposed on a top substrate layer. The dies have one or more die external connections. Some of the die external connections are electrically connected to one or more substrate connections. One or more metallic dam stiffeners form into a dam enclosure that is disposed on and physically connected to the top substrate layer. The dam enclosure encloses one or more of the dies. The metallic dam enclosure has one or more electrically connected regions where the metallic dam enclosure is electrically connected to one or more of the substrate horizontal connections and one or more electrically insulated regions where the metallic dam enclosure is electrically insulated from one or more of the substrate horizontal connections and the substrate via connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Sakuma, Mukta Ghate Farooq, John Knickerbocker
  • Patent number: 11972290
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods and/or computer program products are provided for facilitating time management of a quantum program at one or more nodes of a system, such as a hybrid classical/quantum system. A system, such as a classic portion of the hybrid 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 a time management component that can communicate with a node to trigger the node to execute one or more quantum program instructions relative to a counter of the node that is advanced by the communicating. The time management component can advance the counter at the node based upon a combination of time of another node and of a determined actual propagation time for the communicating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeffrey Joseph Ruedinger