Virtualization system and method for hosting applications
First Claim
1. 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 for a client that is connected to at least one of the plurality of application/game servers over the Internet;
a virtualization service executed on each of the application/game servers, the virtualization service including,a file redirection module for redirecting file system operations generated by the application program code to a base file system or one or more virtualized file locations; and
a registry redirection module for intercepting registry operations generated by the application program code and servicing the registry operations on behalf of the application program code at one or more virtualized registry locations,the application program code includes an online video game and the application/game servers execute the online video game and responsively generate an audio/video output in response to video game control commands received from the client, the audio/video output being compressed for streaming to the client over the Internet;
wherein the application program code and data is stored within an encrypted application container specific to a user of the client, wherein the encrypted application container is read into memory and decrypted prior to execution of the application program code.
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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 system 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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17 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented system for providing a virtualized application hosting environment comprising:
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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 for a client that is connected to at least one of the plurality of application/game servers over the Internet; a virtualization service executed on each of the application/game servers, the virtualization service including, a file redirection module for redirecting file system operations generated by the application program code to a base file system or one or more virtualized file locations; and a registry redirection module for intercepting registry operations generated by the application program code and servicing the registry operations on behalf of the application program code at one or more virtualized registry locations, the application program code includes an online video game and the application/game servers execute the online video game and responsively generate an audio/video output in response to video game control commands received from the client, the audio/video output being compressed for streaming to the client over the Internet; wherein the application program code and data is stored within an encrypted application container specific to a user of the client, wherein the encrypted application container is read into memory and decrypted prior to execution of the application program code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for providing a virtualized application hosting environment comprising:
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executing application program code on a game server on behalf of a client; redirecting file system operations generated by the application program code to one or more virtualized file locations; and intercepting registry operations generated by the application program code and redirects to a registry hive for executing the registry operations on behalf of the application program code, wherein the registry hive is configured to store registry keys that have been modified during the execution of the program code for the client; wherein the application program code and data is stored within an encrypted application container specific to a user of the client, wherein the encrypted application container is read into memory and decrypted prior to execution of the application program code. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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