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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2021
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Paulo Abelha Ferreira, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Pablo Nascimento Da Silva, Niterói, BR;
Tiago Salviano Calmon, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Roberto Nery Stelling Neto, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Vinicius Michel Gottin, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, TX (US);
Abstract
Method for model updating in a federated learning environment, including distributing a current model to client nodes; receiving a first set of gradient sign vectors, wherein each gradient sign vector of the first set of gradient sign vectors is received from one client node; generating a first updated model based on the first set of gradient sign vectors; distributing the first updated model to the plurality of client nodes; storing a first shape parameter and a second shape parameter; receiving, in response to distributing the first updated model, a second set of gradient sign vectors, wherein each gradient sign vector of the second set of gradient sign vectors is received from one client node; generating a second updated model based on the second set of gradient sign vectors, the first shape parameter, and the second shape parameter; and distributing the second updated model to the plurality of client nodes.