Snowflake was granted a patent for secure database-hosted container images

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    "patent_abstract": "The subject technology receives a first set of statements to create an image repository, the first set of statements comprising a set of Structured Query Language (SQL) statements. The subject technology creates the image repository, the creating including generating a uniform resource locator (URL), the URL associated with a location for storing data. The subject technology performs a domain name service (DNS) mapping of the URL to an image registry service. The subject technology receives a first command to tag a container image to an alias corresponding to the URL. The subject technology assigns the alias to the container image. The subject technology receives a second command to push the tagged container image to the image repository. The subject technology sends the tagged container image to the location to store the tagged container image.",
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