US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Oct. 6 for "Synchronization of data layers in container images" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,930, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Synchronization of data layers in container images" was invented by Xiao Ling Chen (Changping District, China), Jing Zhe Li (Beijing), Yan Huang (Shijingshan District, China) and Xinpeng Liu (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Synchronization of at least one source data layer of a source container image with a target container image includes receiving a command detecting the at least one source data layer associated with the source container image in a source repository. A system determines source manifest information associated wit...