ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,372, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NetApp Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Graph database storage optimization" was invented by Alex Xeong-Hoon Ough (Austin, Texas), Yun Shen (Bristol, Great Britain) and Azzedine Benameur (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing a process for graph database storage optimization, applicable to delta-based cloud asset tracking. In certain embodiments, a method may comprise implementing a delta-based graph storage optimization system for asset tracking in a cloud environment, including storing a graph database representing a configuration of a cloud e...