Patents Assigned to International Business Machine
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Patent number: 10822923Abstract: A method for identifying a resource in a field using historic well data including vertical well logs for the resource and historic horizontal well production data for the resource, the method including extracting a plurality of features from the vertical well logs, performing a spatial interpolation of the plurality of features extracted from the vertical well logs onto coordinates of the horizontal well production data to determine a plurality of interpolated features, and building a model predicting production of the resource in the field by regressing the horizontal well production data onto the interpolated features, wherein the model is displayed as a visualization of the resource production predicted in the field.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Matthias Kormaksson, Marcos Rodrigues Vieira, Bianca Zadrozny
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Patent number: 10824504Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a memory module that includes a plurality of memory devices and a memory buffer device. Each of the memory devices are characterized as one of a high random bit error rate (RBER) and a low RBER memory device. The memory buffer device includes a read data interface to receive data read from a memory address on one of the memory devices. The memory buffer device also includes common error correction logic to detect and correct error conditions in data read from both high RBER and low RBER memory devices. The common error correction logic includes a plurality of error correction units which provide different complexity levels of error correction and have different latencies. The error correction units include a first fast path error correction unit for isolating and correcting random symbol errors.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James A. O'Connor, Jr., Barry M. Trager, Warren E. Maule, Marc A. Gollub, Brad W. Michael, Patrick J. Meaney
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Patent number: 10824646Abstract: An approach is provided to correlate transaction data occurring at two different domains running on a common operating system image without using static, or common, correlators. Request-type event records are collected at a first domain within the operating system image, with each of the request-type event records including execution identifiers and a unique token that indicates the order in which the corresponding request-type event occurred on the first domain. Similarly, response-type event records are collected at a second domain within the operating system image. The request-type event records are matched with the response-type event records based on the execution identifiers and an overall order that is indicated by unique tokens included in the records. The matching of request-type event records with response-type event records indicate a number of inter-domain transactions which are recorded in a correlation data store.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bret William Dixon, Scot Dixon, Simon Teverey Huband
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Patent number: 10824772Abstract: Aspects determine optimal physical attribute values for defining a grip form factor on a microfluidic grip panel of a digital pen as a function of a correlation of the optimal physical attribute values to an intended use of the digital pen, wherein the optimal physical attribute values include a width dimension, a surface texture attribute, and shape pattern attribute that is defined as a function of the width dimension; and drive the microfluidic grip panel into a grip form corresponding to the determined optimal physical attribute values during use of the digital pen by a user.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Martin G. Keen, John M. Ganci, Jr., James E. Bostick
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Patent number: 10826127Abstract: A thin film coating with inorganic/organic composite materials for application on a porous separator of a rechargeable metal battery cell is disclosed. The composite material, which is comprised of ion conductive ceramic particles mixed with, or embedded within a matrix of, at least one polymer comprising at least one anionic functional group and at least one metallic cation. The composite coating layer enhances the overall electrochemical performance of rechargeable metal batteries by preventing the formation of metal dendrites on the metallic anode of a metal battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Korea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyInventors: Yongku Kang, Jangwoo Kim, Young-Hye Na
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Patent number: 10824683Abstract: In a method of searching for cases, a list of topics is presented by a computer for selection of one of the topics by a user. The one selected topic relates to a first object and is associated with a goal. At least one second object is determined by the computer. The at least one second object differs from the first object but includes a same attribute as the first object. The computer searches for cases that teach solutions for achieving the goal for the at least one second object. Cases that resulted from the searching are presented by the computer to the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Priscilla M. Garhart, Douglas L. Lieberman, Sandra L. Steinruck, Richard C. Yarn
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Patent number: 10823512Abstract: A cold plate structure in a two-phase cooling system is provided. The cold plate, where the cold plate structure has at least one microchannel with a cross-sectional area along a radial direction, wherein the cross-sectional area expands in a first direction that is substantially tangential to the radial direction and expands in a second direction that is substantially tangential to the radial direction and substantially tangential to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy Joseph Chainer, Pritish Ranjan Parida, Fanghao Yang
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Patent number: 10825720Abstract: Techniques for single trench damascene interconnect formation using TiN HMO are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming interconnects on a substrate includes: forming an underlayer on the substrate; forming a hardmask on the underlayer; patterning trenches in the hardmask that extend down to the underlayer; forming the interconnects in the trenches; removing the hardmask; and burying the interconnects in an ILD. The trenches can be patterned in the hardmask using a process such as sidewall image transfer. An interconnect structure is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yann Mignot, Yongan Xu, Muthumanickam Sankarapandian
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Patent number: 10825071Abstract: Embodiments relate to an intelligent computer platform to compute visual similarity across image objects. An object detection algorithm is utilized to identify image objects and to produce a tensor representation of the identified object. Multi-visual contextual similarity of the object is conducted to assess and determine related object images. A re-assessment of similarity is dynamically conducted in response to a product image selection. The re-assessment utilizes the tensor representations of the related object images, thereby conducting a mathematical assessment of similarity and object image identification. A final product is identified and selected based on the dynamic re-assessment and convergence on a directed outcome with minimal iterations of object interaction.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mohit Sewak, Sachchidanand Singh
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Patent number: 10825013Abstract: Methods and arrangements for processing face-to-face mobile phone transactions. An agreed-upon price for a product is accepted from a buyer mobile phone and a seller mobile phone. Distinct random numbers are assigned to each of the buyer and seller mobile phones. The random number assigned to the seller mobile phone is received from the buyer mobile phone, and the random number assigned to the buyer mobile phone is received from the seller mobile phone. A match is ascertained between the buyer and seller mobile phones based on receipt from the buyer mobile phone the random number assigned to the seller mobile phone and receipt from the seller mobile phone the random number assigned to the buyer mobile phone.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Toru Aihara, Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Noboru Kamijo, Koichi Kamijo, Kiran Appasaheb Kate, Alwyn R. Lobo, Masana Murase
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Patent number: 10825917Abstract: A method is presented for forming a bulk fin field effect transistor (FinFET) with uniform fin channel height. The method includes recessing a semiconductor substrate to form a plurality of fins, forming sacrificial spacers adjacent the plurality of fins, recessing the semiconductor substrate to form a stepped configuration shallow trench isolation (STI) defining a plurality of trenches, removing the sacrificial spacers, and depositing a conformal dielectric to pinch off a bottom portion of plurality of trenches defined by the stepped configuration STI.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Kangguo Cheng
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Patent number: 10825890Abstract: The disclosure is directed to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) capacitor structures and methods of manufacture. The method includes: forming at least one gate structure; removing material from the at least one gate structure to form a trench; depositing capacitor material within the trench and at an edge or outside of the trench; and forming a first contact in contact with a first conductive material of the capacitor material and a second contact in contact with a second conductive material of the capacitor material.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Veeraraghavan S. Basker, Kangguo Cheng, Theodorus E. Standaert, Junli Wang
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Patent number: 10824952Abstract: Various implementations of a method, system, and computer program product for pattern matching using a reconfigurable array processor are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor array manager of the reconfigurable array processor receives an input data stream for pattern matching and generates a tokenized input data stream from the input data stream. A different portion of the tokenized input data stream is provided to each of a plurality of processing elements of the reconfigurable array processor. Each processing element can compare the received portion of the tokenized input data stream against one or more reference patterns to generate an intermediate result that indicates whether the portion of the tokenized input data stream matches a reference pattern. The processor array manager can combine the intermediate results received from each processing element to yield a final result that indicates whether the input data stream includes a reference pattern.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bulent Abali, Ganesh Balakrishnan, Bartholomew Blaner, Peter A. Sandon, Jeffrey A. Stuecheli
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Patent number: 10824302Abstract: A computer system provides a user interface for selecting intervals on a touchscreen device. A user interface is generated with a plurality of interval elements each representing an interval within a sequence. Contact is detected on the screen by a user at a location corresponding to the interval element and associated with a selected interval. A plurality of adjustment elements are generated proximate to the selected interval, wherein the adjustment elements enable modification of a span of the selected interval and a position of the selected interval in the sequence. A selection of one or more adjustment elements is received. One or more from a group of the span and position of the selected interval are modified based on the selected one or more adjustment elements. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for providing a user interface for selecting intervals on a touchscreen device in substantially the same manner described above.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Jin Leem
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Patent number: 10826694Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for using a secret key for cryptographically processing a data item in an enclave enabled system. The method comprises: computing a first set of shares of the secret key and storing them in an encrypted format. Each encrypted share may be sent to respective component in a first set of components. In response to sending the encrypted shares, a modified encryption of the respective share may be received from each of the first set of components. Each of the received modified encryptions may be encrypted and the resulting modified share is sent to the respective first set of components. In response to sending the decrypted modified shares, a data item cryptographically processed using the respective share may be received from each of the first set of components. The received data items may be combined to obtain a cryptographically processed data item.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jan L. Camenisch, Manu Drijvers, Anja Lehmann, Kai Wilhelm Samelin
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Patent number: 10822922Abstract: A method for identifying a resource in a field using historic well data including vertical well logs for the resource and historic horizontal well production data for the resource, the method including extracting a plurality of features from the vertical well logs, performing a spatial interpolation of the plurality of features extracted from the vertical well logs onto coordinates of the horizontal well production data to determine a plurality of interpolated features, and building a model predicting production of the resource in the field by regressing the horizontal well production data onto the interpolated features, wherein the model is displayed as a visualization of the resource production predicted in the field.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Matthias Kormaksson, Marcos Rodrigues Vieira, Bianca Zadrozny
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Patent number: 10825921Abstract: A method of forming a lateral bipolar junction transistor (LBJT) that includes providing a germanium containing layer on a crystalline oxide layer, and patterning the germanium containing layer stopping on the crystalline oxide layer to form a base region. The method may further include forming emitter and collector extension regions on opposing sides of the base region using ion implantation, and epitaxially forming an emitter region and collector region on the crystalline oxide layer into contact with the emitter and collector extension regions. The crystalline oxide layer provides a seed layer for the epitaxial formation of the emitter and collector regions.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Karthik Balakrishnan, Pouya Hashemi, Tak H. Ning, Alexander Reznicek
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Patent number: 10827328Abstract: A vehicle-embedded digital assistant interacts with mobile devices using an in-vehicle mobile hotspot. The in-vehicle mobile hotspot is managed according to a method that is, in one embodiment, performed in whole or in part by the digital assistant. For example, the digital assistant detects an engagement from/by a mobile device. The digital assistant determines that responding to the engagement requires use of a network connection. The digital assistant determines that at least one mobile device is capable of providing a mobile hotspot to share its network connection. The digital assistant connects to the hotspot of the at least one mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Lisa Seacat DeLuca
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Patent number: 10824777Abstract: Techniques for employing natural language processing (NLP) to facilitate geospatial analysis are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, input information in a natural language format indicating a change to a state of a system comprising different nodes through which physical elements flow, wherein the system is associated with a state model that characterizes movement of the physical elements through the different nodes based on one or more flow parameters. The computer-implemented method further comprises, determining, by the device based on the input information, a subset of the one or more flow parameters associated with the change, determining, by the device based on the input information, one or more constraints to the subset that account for the change, and modifying, by the device, the state model based on the one or more constraints, resulting in a modified state model.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Stefano Braghin, Vincent Petrus Anthonius Lonij, Rahul Nair, Rana E. Novack, Paulito Pedregosa Palmes
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Patent number: 10827640Abstract: A product according to one embodiment includes a first bracket for coupling to a rail of a computer rack, and a bezel having a lock for selectively locking the bezel to the first bracket. A method according to another embodiment includes coupling a first bracket to a rail of a computer rack, and coupling a bezel to the first bracket. A system according to yet another embodiment includes a computer rack, a first bracket coupled to a rail of the computer rack, and a bezel having a lock for selectively locking the bezel to the first bracket.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Paula Besterman, Aaron R. Cox, Camillo Sassano, Kevin L. Schultz