ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,661, issued on March 31, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Container mode management engine in a security management system" was invented by Jonathan Gazit (Tel Aviv, Israel), Dotan Patrich (Kfar Saba, Israel) and Idan Gutman (Givatayim, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing container secure computing modes using a container mode management engine of a security management system. A container secure computing mode can include a secure state in which a container operates to prioritize security measures and practices. A container secure compu...