METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING VIRTUALIZED APPLICATIONS

• US 20170308367A1
• Filed: 04/18/2017
• Published: 10/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Data Accelerator Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Data Accelerator Ltd.
• Inventors: Clothier, Mathew P., Saxena, Priya, Karmarkar, Saurabh, Venieris, Odysseus, Keen, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 10,365,909 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44536 Selecting among different versions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45504 Abstract machines for programme code execution, e.g. Java virtual machine [JVM], interpreters, emulators

Abstract

Methods and systems for deploying virtualized applications are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method involves, at a client device, downloading a launcher from a virtualized application portal to the client device, running the launcher at the client device, wherein running the launcher comprises checking for a first dependency and downloading a file of the first dependency if the first dependency is not installed on the client device, after checking for the first dependency, downloading an apploader from the virtualized application portal, and running the apploader at the client device. Running the apploader involves determining a configuration of the client device and downloading virtualized application components dependent on the configuration, determining specific needs of the virtualized application and downloading components dependent on the specific needs, and starting the virtualized application on the client device.

Claims

1. A method for deploying virtualized applications, the method comprising:

at a client device,

downloading a launcher from a virtualized application portal to the client device;

running the launcher at the client device, wherein running the launcher comprises checking for a first dependency and downloading a file of the first dependency if the first dependency is not installed on the client device;

after checking for the first dependency, downloading an apploader from the virtualized application portal;

running the apploader at the client device, wherein running the apploader comprises;

determining a configuration of the client device and downloading virtualized application components dependent on the configuration;

determining specific needs of the virtualized application and downloading components dependent on the specific needs; and

starting the virtualized application on the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the launcher is written in C.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the launcher is an executable file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein checking for a first dependency comprises checking to see if the .NET framework is installed on the client device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a configuration of the client device involves determining whether the client device is a 32-bit machine or a 64-bit machine and downloading a virtualized application component based whether the client machine is a 32-bit machine or a 64-bit machine.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the virtualized application components are application binaries.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific needs of the virtualized application are runtime requirements.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising, at the client device, navigating to the virtualized application portal using a browser and initiating a launch button from within the browser to trigger downloading of the launcher.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising, at the client device, running a push agent or an executable file that triggers downloading of the launcher.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein running the apploader at the client device comprises applying a workflow using client environment information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein running the apploader at the client device comprises applying a workflow using custom fields.

12. A method for deploying virtualized applications, the method comprising:

at a client device,

downloading a launcher from a virtualized application portal to the client device, wherein the launcher is written in C and wherein the launcher file is an executable file;

running the launcher at the client device, wherein running the launcher comprises checking to see if the .NET framework is installed at the client device and downloading and installing a version of the .NET framework if the .NET framework in not already installed at the client device;

after the .NET framework is installed on the client device, downloading an apploader from the virtualized application portal, wherein the apploader is dependent on the .NET framework to run;

running the apploader at the client device, wherein running the apploader comprises;

determining a configuration of the client device and downloading virtualized application binaries dependent on the configuration; and

determining a runtime requirement of the virtualized application and downloading components dependent on the runtime requirement; and

after the runtime requirement is downloaded, executing at least one of the application binaries to start the virtualized application.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein determining a configuration of the client device involves determining whether the client device is a 32-bit machine or a 64-bit machine and downloading a virtualized application component based whether the client machine is a 32-bit machine or a 64-bit machine.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising, at the client device, navigating to the virtualized application portal using a browser and initiating a launch button from within the browser to trigger downloading of the launcher.

15. The method of claim 12, comprising, at the client device, running a push agent or an executable file that triggers downloading of the launcher.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein running the apploader at the client device comprises applying a workflow using client environment information.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein running the apploader at the client device comprises applying a workflow using custom fields.

18. A system for deploying virtualized applications, the system comprising:

a virtualized application portal having a plurality of virtualized applications;

a launcher; and

an apploader;

wherein the launcher is configured to check to see if the .NET framework is installed at a client device and to download and install a version of the .NET framework at a client device if the .NET framework in not already installed at the client device and, after the .NET framework is installed on the client device, to download the apploader, wherein the apploader is dependent on the .NET framework to run, and to run the apploader;

wherein the apploader is configured to determine a configuration of the client device and to download virtualized application binaries dependent on the configuration, to determine a runtime requirement of the virtualized application and to download components dependent on the runtime requirement, and after the runtime requirement is downloaded, to execute at least one of the application binaries to start the virtualized application.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein determining a configuration of the client device involves determining whether the client device is a 32-bit machine or a 64-bit machine.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the launcher is written in C and wherein the launcher is an executable file.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the virtualized application portal is configured to manage licenses of virtualized applications that are used by client devices.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the virtualized application portal is configured to provide reports on the usage of virtualized applications by client devices.