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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2023
Ncr Voyix Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Simon Richard Waterman, Somerset, GB;
NCR Voyix Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods, server computers, and computer programs are disclosed. An example method is disclosed that includes inputting, into an update module, a first version of a predefined modular image file and a delta encoded image file defining differences between the first version and a second, updated, version of the predefined modular image file, and outputting, from the update module, the second, updated, version of the predefined modular image file, where each version of the predefined modular image file includes at least one layer defining executable instructions and is one of a plurality of predefined modular image files that can be assembled as an executable image file for execution as a software container element.