Patents by Inventor Christopher James Wood

Christopher James Wood has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11720812
    Abstract: Systems and methods that address an optimized method to have a visual representation of qubit stochastic errors. A visual representation is generated of qubit stochastic errors that provides a platform to analyze impact on performance of a quantum circuit to facilitate understanding how noise and error impacts circuit results. Stochastic errors accumulated throughout a circuit are visualized using a gradient overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Julianna E. Murphy, Douglas Templeton McClure, III, Christopher James Wood
  • Publication number: 20230206101
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of gate-fusion transpilation for a simulation operation includes receiving a quantum circuit data representing a quantum circuit. A first quantum gate manipulates a state of a qubit in the quantum circuit. A measure gate is configured to measure the state of the qubit. The quantum circuit data is compiled into a format compatible with the simulated operation of the quantum circuit. A gate-fusion transpilation procedure based on a configuration of the quantum circuit is retrieved and executed by a computing device when pre-stored in a cache, or is created and executed by the computing device when it is determined there is no pre-storage in cache. The simulated operation of the quantum circuit is performed and a result is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horii, Christopher James Wood
  • Publication number: 20230177232
    Abstract: Techniques for circuit serialization for parameterized-circuit simulation are described. In one example, a system is provided that comprises a processor that executes computer executable components stored in memory. The computer executable components comprise a determination component that determines a first path of computational nodes and a second path of computational nodes of a parameter tree comprising a plurality of computational nodes, wherein the first path of computational nodes and the second path of computational nodes share one or more computational nodes at the beginning of the first path of computational nodes and the second path of computational nodes. The computer executable components further comprise a serialization component that creates a serialized path of computational nodes from the first path of computational nodes and the second path of computational nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horii, Jun Doi, Christopher James Wood
  • Patent number: 11544614
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate sampling of an operator in a quantum system 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 cache component that caches a probability distribution and a quantum state of one or more Kraus operators in a quantum circuit. The computer executable components can further comprise a simulator component that simulates one or more shots of the quantum circuit based on the probability distribution and the quantum state of the one or more Kraus operators. The one or more shots are indicative of one or more algorithm execution instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horii, Hitomi Chiba, Christopher James Wood
  • Publication number: 20210383267
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate sampling of an operator in a quantum system 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 cache component that caches a probability distribution and a quantum state of one or more Kraus operators in a quantum circuit. The computer executable components can further comprise a simulator component that simulates one or more shots of the quantum circuit based on the probability distribution and the quantum state of the one or more Kraus operators. The one or more shots are indicative of one or more algorithm execution instances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horii, Hitomi Chiba, Christopher James Wood
  • Publication number: 20210216898
    Abstract: Systems and methods that address an optimized method to have a visual representation of qubit stochastic errors. A visual representation is generated of qubit stochastic errors that provides a platform to analyze impact on performance of a quantum circuit to facilitate understanding how noise and error impacts circuit results. Stochastic errors accumulated throughout a circuit are visualized using a gradient overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Joel Russell Huffman, Julianna E. Murphy, Douglas Templeton McClure, III, Christopher James Wood
  • Patent number: 10371767
    Abstract: In some aspects, polarization of a spin ensemble can be increased using cavity-based techniques. A cavity is coupled with a spin ensemble, and a drive field generates an interaction between the cavity and the spin ensemble. In some cases, the interaction increases the polarization of the spin ensemble faster than the thermal (T1) relaxation process or any other thermal polarizing process affecting the spin ensemble. In some cases, polarization is increased by iteratively acting on angular momentum subspaces of the spin ensemble, and mixing the angular momentum subspaces, for example, by a dipolar interaction, a transverse (T2) relaxation process, application of a gradient field, or a combination of these and other processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Quantum Valley Investment Fund LP
    Inventors: Troy Borneman, David G. Cory, Christopher James Wood
  • Patent number: 10197641
    Abstract: In some aspects, polarization of a spin ensemble can be increased using cavity-based techniques. A resonator applies drive field to a spin ensemble in a static magnetic field. The drive field couples the spin ensemble with a cavity, and the coupling increases the polarization of the spin ensemble. In some cases, the cavity is detuned from the spin- resonance frequency, and the Rabi frequency associated with the drive field can be matched to the cavity detuning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Quantum Valley Investment Fund LP
    Inventors: Troy Borneman, David G. Cory, Christopher James Wood
  • Publication number: 20160109540
    Abstract: In some aspects, polarization of a spin ensemble can be increased using cavity-based techniques. A resonator applies drive field to a spin ensemble in a static magnetic field. The drive field couples the spin ensemble with a cavity, and the coupling increases the polarization of the spin ensemble. In some cases, the cavity is detuned from the spin- resonance frequency, and the Rabi frequency associated with the drive field can be matched to the cavity detuning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: QUANTUM VALLEY INVESTMENT FUND LP
    Inventors: Troy Borneman, David G. Cory, Christopher James Wood
  • Publication number: 20160069966
    Abstract: In some aspects, polarization of a spin ensemble can be increased using cavity-based techniques. A cavity is coupled with a spin ensemble, and a drive field generates an interaction between the cavity and the spin ensemble. In some cases, the interaction increases the polarization of the spin ensemble faster than the thermal (T1) relaxation process or any other thermal polarizing process affecting the spin ensemble. In some cases, polarization is increased by iteratively acting on angular momentum subspaces of the spin ensemble, and mixing the angular momentum subspaces, for example, by a dipolar interaction, a transverse (T2) relaxation process, application of a gradient field, or a combination of these and other processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: QUANTUM VALLEY INVESTMENT FUND LP
    Inventors: Troy Borneman, David G. Cory, Christopher James Wood
  • Patent number: 8442997
    Abstract: A remote server is arranged to respond to a request from a user terminal for the download of a media file to cause a unique water-marked copy of a media file to be generated and sent to the user terminal. At the same time the remote server is arranged to access a seal server, which causes an electronically sealed record of the transaction to be generated and stored in a download database. Subsequently, if a suspect media file is identified the sealed record provides evidence of the original transaction which led to the water-marked copy of the media file being issued and hence the original source of the unauthorised copy of the file. Control of distributed media files can be enforced by imposing penalties in the event that unauthorised copies corresponding to the distributed water-marked media files are identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Media Mark Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Guy Charles Tipper, Christopher James Wood
  • Publication number: 20120215811
    Abstract: A remote server is arranged to respond to a request from a user terminal for the download of a media file to cause a unique water-marked copy of a media file to be generated and sent to the user terminal. At the same time the remote server is arranged to access a seal server, which causes an electronically sealed record of the transaction to be generated and stored in a download database. Subsequently, if a suspect media file is identified the sealed record provides evidence of the original transaction which led to the water-marked copy of the media file being issued and hence the original source of the unauthorised copy of the file. Control of distributed media files can be enforced by imposing penalties in the event that unauthorised copies corresponding to the distributed water-marked media files are identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: MEDIA MARK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: GUY CHARLES TIPPER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES WOOD
  • Patent number: 7562388
    Abstract: Supporting the implementation and collaboration of a variety of security modules in a distributed computing network. A security interface provides a universal platform for coupling security modules to the network. The various security modules are linked to and provide identifying information to the security interface. The security interface also receives subscription requests used to coordinate which security modules will communicate. When a security event occurs, a message can be generated by the relevant security module. The security interface shares the message with those security modules that have subscribed to the relevant security module. The sharing of security information enables better performance by the entire network security system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Frank Hackenberger, Randy Jay Hendry, Christopher James Wood
  • Publication number: 20020184532
    Abstract: Supporting the implementation and collaboration of a variety of security modules in a distributed computing network. A security interface provides a universal platform for coupling security modules to the network. The various security modules are linked to and provide identifying information to the security interface. The security interface also receives subscription requests used to coordinate which security modules will communicate. When a security event occurs, a message can be generated by the relevant security module. The security interface shares the message with those security modules that have subscribed to the relevant security module. The sharing of security information enables better performance by the entire network security system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Internet Security Systems
    Inventors: William Frank Hackenberger, Randy Jay Hendry, Christopher James Wood