US Patent Issued to PayPal on Oct. 28 for "Systems and methods for moving network containers in a computer network" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,194, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to PayPal Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for moving network containers in a computer network" was invented by Sharad Murthy (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The systems and methods that maintain an IP address of a container when the container is moved from a first node to a second node in a data center are provided. Each node includes a local controller which is communicatively coupled to the central controller. The local controller generates an IP address for a container that executes on the first node. A label unique to the container is also generated on the first ...