US 12,265,841 B2
Quality control system for quantum-as-a-service brokers
Brendan Burns Healy, Whitefish Bay, WI (US); and Benjamin Santaus, Somerville, MA (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/836,683.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401086 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06N 10/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 9/4843 (2013.01) [G06N 10/40 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a quantum job at a broker, wherein the quantum job is associated with a specified quantum processing unit;
performing the quantum job and a quality control job at a quantum processing unit;
determining whether the quantum processing unit that performed the quantum job is the specified quantum processing unit associated with the quantum job based on a comparison between characteristics of an output associated the quality control job and expected characteristics of the specified quantum processing unit; and
generating a confidence score that reflects a confidence that the quantum job was performed at the specified quantum processing unit.