ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,077, issued on May 26, was assigned to Red Hat LLC (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Bootable system image delta generator" was invented by Leigh Griffin (Waterford, Ireland) and Pierre-Yves Chibon (Puteaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A request is received from a fleet device to be provided with a delta system image that includes differences between a system image currently residing on the fleet device and a most recent revised system image. It is determined that a first revised system image has been generated, and a second revised system image has been generated, wherein the second revised system image is the most recent revised system im...