ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,127, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Red Hat Inc. (Raleigh, N.C.).
"Inheritance container service" was invented by Leigh Griffin (Waterford, Ireland) and Pierre-Yves Chibon (Saint-Pol-de-Leon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processing logic may provide a first container having a first software version. Processing logic may create a second container having a second software version within the first container. Processing logic may replace the first container with the second container, in response to testing of the second container satisfying one or more criteria."
The patent was filed on May 24, 2022, under Application No....