Standardized QBM Container Format for Secure Cross-Vendor Interoperability
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is no standardized container file format for storing and transmitting Quadratic Binary Models (QBMs) such as QUBO or Ising models, leading to issues with interoperability, security, and privacy, as well as inefficient use of network and storage resources.
Innovation Solution
A new standardized file format is developed that encapsulates QBM variables and coefficients with metadata, including mandatory and optional fields, to ensure interoperability and security, using a format like BSON or protocol buffers, with features like cryptography and compression.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If no standardized container file format is used for QBM data, then flexibility in data storage is maintained, but interoperability between different QA vendors is poor and security is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal container file format that can store multiple types of QBM data (QUBO, Ising models, constraints, variables, coefficients) in a single standardized structure. This universal format enables different QA vendors to interchange problem instances without format conversion, directly improving interoperability while maintaining a manageable level of complexity through standardized field definitions.
2Productivity
If traditional file formats like JSON or CSV are used for QBM data, then ease of implementation is maintained, but network and storage resources are used inefficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges previously separate data structures (problem definition, constraints, variables, coefficients) into a single integrated container file format. This consolidation eliminates redundant data representation across multiple files, reducing both storage requirements and network transmission bandwidth while maintaining implementation simplicity through a unified structure with clear field definitions.
3Reliability
If no standardized format with security features is used, then simplicity is maintained, but data integrity, secrecy, and authenticity are not guaranteed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates security features (cryptographic algorithms, checksums, digital signatures) directly into the container file format structure itself, rather than adding them as separate post-processing steps. This preliminary integration ensures data integrity, secrecy, and authenticity are built-in from the start, while the standardized structure keeps implementation complexity manageable through predefined security fields and algorithms.
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AI summary
Techniques for implementing a standardized file container format for a QBM problem instance are disclosed. Initially, a QBM problem instance comprising a defined objective function is accessed. The QBM problem instance is compiled. A file is generated, and this file is structured in accordance with a standardized container file format. The standardized container file format defines one or more fields for compiled QBM problem instance data and one or more fields for QBM problem instance data. The file is populated by (i) populating the fields for the compiled QBM problem instance data with a composite data structure generated during the compilation process and (ii) populating the fields for the QBM problem instance data with metadata describing the composite data structure.