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Application containers with updatable application programming interface layers

US10521242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 13, 2017
Grant dateDec 31, 2019
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/34
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In some examples, a method includes, receiving, by a supervisor component, a request to execute particular functionality of an application and, responsive to receiving the request, identifying, by an application container for maintaining installable sub-packages of the application, a minimum version of a library specified in an application definition of the application. The method may also include, responsive to determining that the application container does not include the minimum version of the library: retrieving an instance of the library with a version that is greater than or equal to the minimum version; installing the instance of the library in the container runtime of the application container; and executing the application using the instance of the library in the container.

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