Intelligent network streaming and execution system for conventionally coded applications

• US 9,654,548 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2015
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Numecent Holdings Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Numecent Holdings Incorporated
• Inventors: Shah, Lacky Vasant, Holler, Anne Marie, Arai, Daniel T., Panwar, Sameer, Benitez, Manuel E.
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAW, PETER C
• Application Number:
  US14/819,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20150350311A1
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 726 9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1083 Partial license transfers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data

Abstract

Installation of an application on a test bed machine is monitored to generate a streamed application set of a stream enabled version of the application. Execution of the application on the test bed machine is monitored to generate the streamed application set of the stream enabled version of the application. Stream enabled application pages and a stream enabled application install block to form the streamed application set is generated based on the monitoring of the installation of the application and the monitoring of the execution of the application on the test bed machine. The stream enabled application install block is provided to a client device. A request for a stream enabled application page of the stream enabled application pages is received from the client device. The stream enabled application page is provided to the client device for continued execution of the stream enabled version of the application.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying changes to a test bed machine after an application is installed on the test bed machine, the changes to the test bed machine after the application is installed including files modified in a system directory of the test bed machine during installation of the application on the test bed machine;

identifying changes to the test bed machine as the application is executed on the test bed machine according to inputs, the changes to the test bed machine as the application is executed including sequences of file blocks accessed in executing the application according to the inputs;

generating stream enabled application pages and a stream enabled application install block to form a streamed application set based on the changes to the test bed machine after installation and execution of the application on the test bed machine, the application pages corresponding to the inputs and varying in size between the inputs based on the sequences of the file blocks accessed in executing the application according to the inputs;

receiving, at a software license management server, a request to execute the application at a client device;

providing, from an application server, the stream enabled application install block to the client device, the application install block used by the client device to prepare the client device to begin execution of a stream enabled version of the application at the client device;

providing, from the application server, a subset of the stream enabled application pages to the client device for use in execution of the stream enabled version of the application at the client device prepared to execute the stream enabled version of the application using the application install block.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the stream enabled application pages in a compressed form at the application server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining high likelihood of use stream enabled application pages of the stream enabled application pages;

sending the high likelihood of use stream enabled application pages to the client device before they are requested.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is subscribed to gain access to the stream enabled version of the application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at an application service provider server, a request to subscribe the client device to gain access to the stream enabled version of the application;

receiving, at the software license management server, a request for a token to access the stream enabled version of the application through the application server;

determining, from the application service provider server, if the client device is subscribed to access the stream enabled version of the application;

providing the token to the client device if it is determined that the client device is subscribed to access the stream enabled version of the application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the token is specifically associated with a user of the client device.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the token is invalidated by the software license management server.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the token is invalidated by the software license management server because the client device crashes or the application service provider server determines that a user of the client device is no longer subscribed access the stream enabled version of the application.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising informing a plurality of application servers, including the application server, that the token is invalid.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the streamed application set is stored in a read only format across a plurality of application servers, including the application server, for providing multiple client devices simultaneous access to the stream enabled version of the application.

11. A system comprising at least one hardware processor and memory implementing:

an application install monitor configured to identify changes to a test bed machine after an application is installed on the test bed machine, the changes to the test bed machine after the application is installed including files modified in a system directory of the test bed machine during installation of the application on the test bed machine;

an application profiler configured to identify changes to the test bed machine as the application is executed on the test bed machine according to inputs, the changes to the test bed machine as the application is executed including sequences of file blocks accessed in executing the application according to the inputs;

an application stream packager configured to generate stream enabled application pages and a stream enabled application install block to form a streamed application set based on the changes to the test bed machine after installation and execution of the application on the test bed machine, the application pages corresponding to the inputs and varying in size between the inputs based on the sequences of the file blocks accessed in executing the application according to the inputs;

a software license management server configured to receive a request to execute the application at a client device;

an application server configured to;

provide the stream enabled application install block to the client device, the application install block used by the client device to prepare the client device to begin execution of a stream enabled version of the application at the client device;

provide a subset of the stream enabled application pages to the client device for continued use in execution of the stream enabled version of the application at the client device prepared to execute the stream enabled version of the application using the application install block.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the stream enabled application pages are stored in a compressed form at the application server.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the application profiler is configured to determine high likelihood of use stream enabled application pages of the stream enabled application pages;

the application server further configured to send the high likelihood of use stream enabled application pages to the client device before they are requested.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the client device is subscribed to gain access to the stream enabled version of the application.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

an application service provider server configured to receive a request to subscribe the client device to gain access to the stream enabled version of the application;

the software license management server further configured to;

receive a request for a token to access the stream enabled version of the application through the application server;

determine, from the application service provider server, if the client device is subscribed to access the stream enabled version of the application;

provide the token to the client device if it is determined that the client device is subscribed to access the stream enabled version of the application.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the token is specifically associated with a user of the client device.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the software license management server is further configured to invalidate the token.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the software license management server is further configured to invalidate the token because the client device crashes or the application service provider server determines that a user of the client device is no longer subscribed to access the stream enabled version of the application.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the software license management server is further configured to inform a plurality of application servers, including the application server, that the token is invalid.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the streamed application set is stored in a read only format across a plurality of application servers, including the application server, for providing multiple client devices simultaneous access to the stream enabled version of the application.