ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,263, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Red Hat Inc. (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Scaling out automation distributions using a publication-subscription message system" was invented by Pierre-Yves Chibon (Saint-Pol-de-Leon, France) and Adam John Miller (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for distributing automation packages are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a playbook that includes a task to be performed by a set of target devices. The method also includes generating an automation package that includes the task included in the playbook. The method also includes encapsulating the automation package in one ...