Patents Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent number: 11973842Abstract: An overloaded period of a first service is forecast. A first transaction is predicted to arrive at the first service during the overloaded period. At a second service, a transaction sequence including the first transaction is delayed, the delaying resulting in a delayed transaction sequence, the delayed transaction sequence delaying arrival of the first transaction at the first service until after the overloaded period.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Sudheesh S. Kairali, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Patent number: 11972321Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate quantum computing job scheduling are provided. According to an embodiment, a 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 scheduler component that can determine a run order of quantum computing jobs based on one or more quantum based run constraints. The computer executable components can further comprise a run queue component that can store the quantum computing jobs based on the run order. In an embodiment, the scheduler component can determine the run order based on availability of one or more qubits comprising a defined level of fidelity.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: John A. Gunnels, Mark Wegman, David Kaminsky
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Patent number: 11972330Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for quantifying physical qualities of a ball returned by a player using a loop drive technique, such as in table tennis, and generating a corresponding quantitative summary of the overall quality of the loop drive technique based on the quantified physical qualities. Image processing techniques are applied to historical video recordings of balls returned using loop drive techniques to quantify physical properties of said balls. A machine learning model is generated using the quantified physical properties to determine relative significance of specific qualities and their corresponding quantified values to the overall quality or success of loop drive techniques, such as in table tennis matches.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chuan Ran, Junhui Wang, Guandong Zhu, Yongchang Cui, Shuyan Lu, Yang Yang
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Identifying and replacing logically neutral phrases in natural language queries for query processing
Patent number: 11971887Abstract: An embodiment for identifying and replacing logically neutral phrases in natural language queries may include receiving a natural language query. The embodiment may also identify one or more logically neutral or non-logically neutral anchors in the natural language query. The embodiment may also identify boundaries containing one or more logically neutral phrases. The embodiment may further include detecting semantic and logical relations between verbal phrases and functional language between and adjacent to the one or more logically neutral and non-logically neutral anchors to reintroduce non-logically neutral language back into a non-logically neutral portion of the natural language query. The embodiment may also include generating a modified natural language query by automatically removing the boundaries and optionally replacing the one or more logically neutral phrases in the natural language query.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Octavian Popescu, Vadim Sheinin, Ngoc Phuoc An Vo, Elahe Khorasani, Hangu Yeo -
Patent number: 11972368Abstract: Methods, systems, computer program products for determining the source of activity during interaction with a user interface are provided. The method comprises selecting one or more input devices from a plurality of available input devices coupled to the user interface and receiving respective measurements for the selected one or more input devices. Based on the received respective measurements, respective feature vectors for the one or more input devices are generated and then inputted to a pre-defined regression model. Then, the source of activity is determined based on a result received from the regression model.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Liang LL Lu, Sun Chun Hua, Jian Ling Shi, Yi Yang Ren
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Patent number: 11972623Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mohamed Zouhaier Ramadhane, Juan Manuel Avalos Vega, Daniela Ofelia Rojas Barrientos, Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo
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Patent number: 11972481Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of changing a status of a current blockchain to a closed and retired status based on expiration of a limited time window, creating a genesis block associated with a new blockchain, storing a world state of the current blockchain in the genesis block, creating one or more smart contracts, storing the one or more smart contracts on the new blockchain, and initiating an open stage on the new blockchain, and the open stage permits one or more potential blockchain transactions to be written to the new blockchain.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Donald S. Bell, Michael J. Hudson
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Patent number: 11972682Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Atul Mene, Tushar Agrawal, Jeremy R. Fox, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Martin G. Keen
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Patent number: 11971691Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Saraswathi Sailaja Perumalla, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Sekhar Reddy Dandu Reddy
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Patent number: 11971141Abstract: Techniques facilitating low thermal conductivity support systems within cryogenic environments are provided. In one example, a cryostat can comprise a support rod and a washer. The support rod can couple first and second thermal stages of the cryostat. The washer can intervene between the support rod and the first thermal stage. The washer can thermally isolate the support rod and the first thermal stage.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Patryk Gumann, Valerio A. Grendanin, Jerry M. Chow
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Patent number: 11972525Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kun Yan Yin, Zhong Fang Yuan, Yi Chen Zhong, Lu Yu, Tong Liu
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Patent number: 11970904Abstract: A flexible curtain defines a major surface and is configured to repeatedly actuate to move between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration. Two sensors are configured to detect different condition and are removably attached to two sensor attachment locations. The major surface extends across an operational surface of a target system such that the sensors detect the conditions of the target system when the flexible curtain defines the deployed configuration. The flexible curtain and the sensors converge at a predetermined edge of the flexible curtain to expose the operational surface of the target system when the flexible curtain defines the stowed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christian Eggenberger, Jens Rathgeber, Toby Zenerino, Michael Egger
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Patent number: 11972256Abstract: A system for determining code ancestry. The system includes: a memory; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to perform a method comprising: receiving a source code file; parsing a plurality of functions out of the source code file; generating fuzzy fingerprints from the plurality of functions; and storing the fuzzy fingerprints in a graph database.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yash Kedia, Siddharth Mehta, Matthias Seul, Michael Wang
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Patent number: 11971895Abstract: A determination is made as to whether a data type associated with a received logical table definition associated with a database query within a distributed database system differs from a data type associated with a local logical table definition. A data conversion is performed on data retrieved from a locally-stored physical table referenced by the local logical table definition in response to determining that the data types differ. Local data conversion information is created identifying the data conversion performed on the retrieved data in response to performing the data conversion. At least one of the retrieved data and the converted data with the created local data conversion information is forwarded to at least one of a distributed database node and an application-level module.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Adrian Lee
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Patent number: 11972319Abstract: Techniques regarding qubit coupling structures that enable RIP gates are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise an apparatus that can include a coupling structure coupled to a first qubit and a second qubit. The coupling structure can have a plurality of coupling pathways. A coupling pathway from the plurality of coupling pathways can be a resonator. Also, the first qubit can be coupled to a first end of the resonator, and the second qubit can be coupled to a point along a length of the resonator.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Muir Kumph, David C. Mckay, Oliver Dial
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Patent number: 11972299Abstract: A sharable resource of a first user's environment is identified. The sharable resource is configured as sharable in a shared computer environment. A matching resource that is sufficiently similar to the sharable resource is located. The matching resource is used by pre-existing users of the shared computer environment. Agreement from the pre-existing users for the first user to access the matching resource is obtained. The first user is then provided access to the matching resource.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jingdong Sun, Roger Mittelstadt, Rafal Konik, Jessica R. Eidem
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Patent number: 11969828Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Toyohiro Aoki, Eiji Nakamura, Takashi Hisada
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Patent number: 11972004Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of splitting, by a document server, a document provided by a document owner node into a plurality of segments to be stored on a ledger of a blockchain, detecting, by the document server, a change to the document made by an authorized participant node, updating, by the document server, a segment of the plurality of segments stored on the ledger based on the change to the document, collecting, by the document server, votes on the change to the document from a plurality of participant nodes, and committing the updated segment to the blockchain based on the votes.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Igor S. Ramos, Marc Dickenson, Sumabala Nair
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Patent number: 11972267Abstract: Tasks are selected for hibernation by recording user preferences for tasks having no penalty for hibernation and sleep; and assigning thresholds for battery power at which tasks are selected for a least one of hibernation and sleep. The assigning of the thresholds for battery power include considering current usage of hardware resources by a user and battery health per battery segment. A penalty score is determined for tasks based upon the user preferences for tasks having no penalty, and task performance including at least one of frequency of utilization, memory utilization, task dependency characteristics and task memory hierarchy. The penalty performance is a value including both the user preference and the task performance. Tasks can then be put into at least one of hibernation mode and sleep mode dictated by their penalty performance during the thresholds for battery power.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Madhu Pavan Kothapally, Rajesh Kumar Pirati, Bharath Sakthivel, Sarika Sinha
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Patent number: D1025205Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Reena M. Jana, Elizabeth H. Wood
