SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURELY HOSTING APPLICATIONS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for securely loading application program code in an application hosting service comprising:
- installing an application on the application hosting service;
generating a process/thread map of processes/threads included in the application, the map including an identification of each process/thread and the hierarchical relationships between the processes/threads;
receiving a request to execute processes/threads of an application;
comparing the processes/threads to be executed with the process map to determine whether each process/thread to be executed is included in the map and that each process/thread is to be executed at a correct position in the hierarchy; and
executing the processes/threads of the application if the processes/threads to be executed are found within the process/thread map at a correct position in the hierarchy specified in the process/thread map; and
if the processes/threads to be executed are not found within the process/thread map at a correct position in the hierarchy specified in the process/thread map, then refraining from executing the application.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented system for providing a virtualized application hosting environment comprising: a plurality of application/game servers each having a memory for storing application program code and data and a processor for executing the application program code and processing the data on behalf of a client; a virtualization service executed on each of the application/game servers, the virtualization service comprising a file redirection module for redirecting file read/write operations generated by the application program code to one or more virtualized file locations; and a registry redirection module for intercepting registry operations generated by the application program code and executing the registry operations on behalf of the application program code at one or more virtualized registry locations.
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Citations
21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for securely loading application program code in an application hosting service comprising:
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installing an application on the application hosting service; generating a process/thread map of processes/threads included in the application, the map including an identification of each process/thread and the hierarchical relationships between the processes/threads; receiving a request to execute processes/threads of an application; comparing the processes/threads to be executed with the process map to determine whether each process/thread to be executed is included in the map and that each process/thread is to be executed at a correct position in the hierarchy; and executing the processes/threads of the application if the processes/threads to be executed are found within the process/thread map at a correct position in the hierarchy specified in the process/thread map; and if the processes/threads to be executed are not found within the process/thread map at a correct position in the hierarchy specified in the process/thread map, then refraining from executing the application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for securely loading application program code in an application hosting service, the system including a memory for storing program code and a processor for processing the program code to perform the operations of:
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installing an application on the application hosting service; generating a process/thread map of processes/threads included in the application, the map including an identification of each process/thread and the hierarchical relationships between the processes/threads; receiving a request to execute processes/threads of an application; comparing the processes/threads to be executed with the process map to determine whether each process/thread to be executed is included in the map and that each process/thread is to be executed at a correct position in the hierarchy; and executing the processes/threads of the application if the processes/threads to be executed are found within the process/thread map at a correct position in the hierarchy specified in the process/thread map; and if the processes/threads to be executed are not found within the process/thread map at a correct position in the hierarchy specified in the process/thread map, then refraining from executing the application. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine-readable medium for securely loading application program code in an application hosting service, the machine-readable medium having program code stored thereon which, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the operations of:
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installing an application on the application hosting service; generating a process/thread map of processes/threads included in the application, the map including an identification of each process/thread and the hierarchical relationships between the processes/threads; receiving a request to execute processes/threads of an application; comparing the processes/threads to be executed with the process map to determine whether each process/thread to be executed is included in the map and that each process/thread is to be executed at a correct position in the hierarchy; and executing the processes/threads of the application if the processes/threads to be executed are found within the process/thread map at a correct position in the hierarchy specified in the process/thread map; and if the processes/threads to be executed are not found within the process/thread map at a correct position in the hierarchy specified in the process/thread map, then refraining from executing the application. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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Specification