Patents Assigned to International Business Machine Corporation
  • Patent number: 12147803
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to software development environments and, more particularly, to systems, computer program products, and methods of automating software development, security, and operations (DevSecOps). For example, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processor, a plurality of infrastructure as code files specifying a configuration of a runtime environment for a deployable image of source code in a continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline for a cloud platform; generating, by the processor, compliance code for at least one file of the plurality of infrastructure as code files; building, by the processor, the deployable image of the source code in the continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline according to the configuration specified by the plurality of infrastructure as code files and the compliance code; and deploying, by the processor, an instance of the image in the runtime environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Richard Daniel Gunjal, Tiberiu Suto, Pedro Andres Guzman Benavides, Nadiya Kochura
  • Patent number: 12147947
    Abstract: In an approach to provide consistent job descriptions for global entities, computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems for standardizing global entity job descriptions are described. The computer-implemented method for standardizing global entity job descriptions may include one or more processors configured for receiving first job identifier data corresponding to a job posting having a plurality of job descriptions, generating second job identifier data by removing duplicate job descriptions and outlier job descriptions from the plurality of job descriptions, determining job description intents for the plurality of job descriptions based at least on the second job identifier data, generating third job identifier data corresponding to job description similarity groupings based on the job description intents and the second job identifier data, and generating fourth job identifier data comprising a standard job description based on the third job identifier data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tanveer Akhter Khan, Madhusmita Guru, Parag Sanjay Mhatre, Karanam Rakesh, Renjith Koorumullamkattil Mathew, Prasanna Chandrasekharan Nair
  • Patent number: 12147931
    Abstract: Described is a method for logistic transport monitoring of an IoT device utilizing token generation for payload data for features and peripheral functionality associated with the IoT device being shipped between an origin location and a target location. The method include generating a pre-shipment token prior to loading of the IoT device onto a logistic transporter and regenerating a token subsequent to loading of the IoT device onto the logistic transporter, where a validated pre-shipment token and a matching regenerated token indicate a faultless operational status of the IoT device. The method includes iteratively regenerating tokens during the shipment of the IoT device, where a mismatch between an iteratively generated token and the regenerated token indicate an operational fault of the IoT device indicating the IoT device was damaged during the shipment between the origin location and the target location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Fang Lu, Logan Bailey, Zachary A. Silverstein
  • Patent number: 12148682
    Abstract: A memory cell in a backside of a wafer and methods of forming the memory cell are described. A buried metal structure can be formed through a frontside of a substrate. At least one device can be formed on the frontside of a substrate, where the at least one device can be connected to the buried metal structure in the substrate. A through silicon via (TSV) can be formed through a backside of the substrate, where the TSV can be connected to the buried metal structure. A memory cell can be formed on the backside of the substrate, where the memory cell can be connected to the TSV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Biswanath Senapati, Seiji Munetoh, Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Geoffrey Burr, Kohji Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 12147894
    Abstract: A method performs a Differentiable Point Process (DPP). Generate a first sample sk by sampling from a Poisson process with reference to an upper bound ? of a conditional intensity function representing the DPP given a first set of samples S. Determine whether sk>T, output a second set of samples and train a probabilistic model using when sk>T, and perform the next four steps (generate a second sample, add, add, update) and return to the first step (generate a first sample) when sk?T, where T denotes an observation length. Generate a second sample [ p k r k ] by sampling from a concrete distribution with reference to a parameter of the distribution defined by the conditional intensity function and a temperature ?, given a second set of samples . Add a pair of sk and pk to and discard rk. Add sk to S. Update k to k+1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kajino
  • Patent number: 12148699
    Abstract: A semiconductor component includes an area of dielectric material extending below an uppermost surface of a substrate. The semiconductor component further includes a trench formed so as to extend from above the uppermost surface of the substrate into the area of dielectric material. The semiconductor component further includes a non-metal liner coating interior surfaces of the trench. The semiconductor component further includes a metal liner coating interior surfaces of the non-metal liner. The semiconductor component further includes a power rail formed in the trench in direct contact with at least one of the metal liner or the non-metal liner such that the power rail extends into the area of dielectric material and above the uppermost surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sagarika Mukesh, Devika Sarkar Grant, Fee Li Lie, Hosadurga Shobha, Thamarai selvi Devarajan, Aakrati Jain
  • Patent number: 12147783
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to elliptic curve cryptography scalar multiplications in a generic field with heavy pipelining between field operations. A bit width is determined of operands in data to be processed by a modular hardware block. It is checked whether the bit width of the operands matches a fixed bit width of the modular hardware block. In response to there being a match, the modular hardware block processes the operands. In response to there being a mismatch, the operands are modified to be accommodated by the fixed bit width of the modular hardware block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Rajat Rao
  • Patent number: 12148419
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for performing machine learning training of a computer model. A perturbation generator generates a modified training data comprising perturbations injected into original training data, where the perturbations cause a data corruption of the original training data. The modified training data is input into a prediction network of the computer model and processing the modified training data through the prediction network to generate a prediction output. Machine learning training is executed of the prediction network based on the prediction output and the original training data to generate a trained prediction network of a trained computer model. The trained computer model is deployed to an artificial intelligence computing system for performance of an inference operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong Cui, Brian E. D. Kingsbury, George Andrei Saon, David Haws, Zoltan Tueske
  • Patent number: 12147554
    Abstract: The present invention may include a computing device that receives root data, where the root data comprises a plurality of datasets. The computing device determines a context of each dataset within the plurality of datasets. The computing device identifies one or more users based on monitoring behavior of the one or more users related to each dataset. The computing device appends metadata associated with each dataset within the plurality of datasets with the determined context and the one or more identified users and setts access restrictions to each dataset in the metadata based on the context and the one or more identified users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fang Lu, Clement Decrop, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jeremy R. Fox, Pratyush Kumar
  • Patent number: 12148833
    Abstract: A semiconductor device fabrication method is provided. The semiconductor device fabrication method includes frontside semiconductor device processing on a frontside of a wafer, flipping the wafer, backside semiconductor device processing on a backside of the wafer and backside and frontside contact formation processing on the backside and frontside of the wafer, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Dae Suk, Somnath Ghosh, Chen Zhang, Junli Wang, Devendra K. Sadana, Dechao Guo
  • Patent number: 12148663
    Abstract: Tiered-profile contacts for semiconductor devices and techniques for formation thereof are provided In one aspect, a method for forming tiered-profile contacts to a semiconductor device includes: depositing a first oxide layer over the semiconductor device; depositing a second oxide layer on the first oxide layer; patterning contact trenches through the first/second oxide layer down to the semiconductor device; isotropically etching a top portion of the contact trenches selective to a bottom portion of the contact trenches based on the second oxide layer having a greater etch rate than the first oxide layer to make the top portion of the contact trenches wider than the bottom portion; and filling the contact trenches with a contact metal(s) to form the tiered-profile contacts. Other methods to form tiered-profile contacts using sacrificial spacers as well as structures including the present tiered-profile contacts are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kisik Choi, Kangguo Cheng
  • Patent number: 12148443
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for amplifying a single voice during an audio conversation. One embodiment of the method may comprise receiving, by a computing device, an audio sample of speech from a user, and generating, by the computing device, a user-specific acoustic model for enhancement of speech by the user based upon the audio sample. The method may further comprise receiving a live audiovisual stream, the live audiovisual stream including live speech by the user during an audio conversation, wherein the live audiovisual stream includes background noise, and using, by the computing device, the user-specific acoustic model to selectively amplify the live speech during the live audiovisual stream without amplifying the background noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rachel Ostrand, Sundar Saranathan, Fang Lu, Carla Paola Agurto Rios
  • Patent number: 12148617
    Abstract: A method of semiconductor manufacture comprising forming a plurality of first mandrels as the top layer of the multi-layered hard mask and forming a first spacer around each of the plurality of first mandrels. Removing the plurality of first mandrels and cutting the first spacer to form a plurality of second mandrels. Forming a second spacer around each of the plurality of second mandrels and forming a first self-aligned pattern that includes a plurality of third mandrels. Removing the plurality of second mandrels and the second spacer and etching the multi-layered hard mask to transfer the first-self aligned pattern to a lower layer of the multi-layered hard mask. Forming a second self-aligned pattern, wherein the second self-aligned pattern is intermixed with the first self-aligned pattern and etching the first self-aligned pattern and the second self-aligned pattern into the conductive metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chanro Park, Chi-Chun Liu, Stuart Sieg, Yann Mignot, Koichi Motoyama, Hsueh-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 12148457
    Abstract: A method, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, 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. 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Icko E. T. Iben, David Lee Swanson, Kevin Bruce Judd, Jason Liang
  • Patent number: 12148974
    Abstract: Fabrication of superconducting devices that combine or separate direct currents and microwave signals is provided. A method can comprise forming a direct current circuit that supports a direct current, a microwave circuit that supports a microwave signal, and a common circuit that supports the direct current and the microwave signal. The method can also comprise operatively coupling a first end of the direct current circuit and a first end of the microwave circuit to a first end of the common circuit. The direct current circuit can comprise a bandstop circuit and the microwave circuit can comprise a capacitor. Alternatively, the direct current circuit can comprise a bandstop circuit and the microwave circuit can comprise a bandpass circuit. Alternatively, the microwave circuit can comprise a capacitor and the direct current circuit can comprise one or more quarter-wavelength transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Baleegh Abdo, Markus Brink
  • Patent number: 12149551
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for log anomaly detection. A computer receives a windowed log of incoming raw log messages. A computer compares statistical distribution metrics of entities in the windowed log with a statistical distribution extracted from a real-time statistical model for the entities. In response to the statistical distribution metrics being statistically different from the statistical distribution extracted from the real-time statistical model for the entities, a computer tags the windowed log as an entity anomaly. A computer computes a distance between an average word embedding vector in the windowed log and a statistical distribution extracted form a real-time statistical model for word embeddings. In response to the distance being greater than a predetermined threshold, a computer tags the windowed log as a word embedding anomaly. A computer sends to a user an alert with an anomaly severity level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lu An, An-Jie Andy Tu, Xiaotong Liu, Anbang Xu, Rama Kalyani T. Akkiraju, Neil H. Boyette
  • Patent number: 12149401
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a computer system for identifying persistent anomalies for failure prediction. The computer system receives a time series data stream. The computer system received a predetermined number N and a predetermined number M which is a fraction of N. The computer system segments the time series data stream into N consecutive sliding windows. The computer system performs supervised persistent anomaly detection to determine whether anomalies across the N consecutive sliding windows are persistent, by using a binary classification model. The computer system performs unsupervised persistent anomaly detection to determine whether the anomalies across the N consecutive sliding windows are persistent. The computer system combines results of the supervised persistent anomaly detection and results of the unsupervised persistent anomaly detection to determine persistent anomalies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Seema Nagar, Pooja Aggarwal, Dipanwita Guhathakurta, Rohan R Arora, Amitkumar Manoharrao Paradkar, Larisa Shwartz, Bing Zhou, Noah Zheutlin
  • Patent number: 12149568
    Abstract: In an approach to meeting summarization for disconnected participants, one or more computer processors detect a start of a collaborative meeting. One or more computer processors monitor a connection to the collaborative meeting of each of one or more participants. One or more computer processors determine a first participant of the one or more participants has disconnected from the collaborative meeting. One or more computer processors record the collaborative meeting. One or more computer processors determine the first participant has re-connected with the collaborative meeting. One or more computer processors synthesize, a first summary of a portion of the collaborative meeting missed by the first participant. One or more computer processors to synthesize, a second summary of a portion of the collaborative meeting recorded after the first participant re-connected with the collaborative meeting. One or more computer processors present the first summary and the second summary to the first participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Raghuveer Prasad Nagar, Saurabh Yadav, Sushain Pandit
  • Patent number: 12149607
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for fully homomorphic encryption enabled graph embedding. An encrypted graph data structure, having encrypted entities and predicates, is received and, for each encrypted entity, a corresponding set of entity ciphertexts is generated based on an initial embedding of entity features. For each encrypted predicate, a corresponding predicate ciphertext is generated based on an initial embedding of predicate features. A machine learning process is iteratively executed, on the sets of entity ciphertexts and the predicate ciphertexts, to update embeddings of the entity features of the encrypted entities and update embeddings of predicate features of the encrypted predicates, to generate a computer model for embedding entities and predicates. A final embedding is output based on the updated embeddings of the entity features and predicate features of the computer model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Allon Adir, Ramy Masalha, Eyal Kushnir, Omri Soceanu, Ehud Aharoni, Nir Drucker, Guy Moshkowich
  • Patent number: 12150389
    Abstract: A system comprises a superconducting quantizing inductor and superconducting control circuitry, which is coupled to the superconducting quantizing inductor to form a superconducting loop, and which is configured to selectively inject a quantized amount of positive or negative current into the superconducting loop to generate a quantized circulating current in the superconducting loop. The quantized circulating current comprises a time-varying or static circulating current. The superconducting control circuitry comprises first and second current generator circuits which comprise a first and second plurality of Josephson junctions, respectively, which are configured to inject quantized amounts of positive current and negative current into the superconducting loop in response to single flux quantum pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Beck, Raphael Peter Robertazzi, John Francis Bulzacchelli