ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,569, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAP SE (Walldorf, Germany).

"Container-based software update for multi-version software" was invented by Stefan Butscher (Sandhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and methods that facilitate the upgrade of multiple versions of a software application within a containerized environment. In one example, the method may include importing a software update of a software application into a prior version of the software application in a containerized environment, executing a test of the prior version of the software application with the software update included therein vi...