System for downloading and executing virtualized application files identified by unique file identifiers

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor implement a virtual process manager configured to receive commands from a client application, the virtual process manager being configured to:

• receive a plurality of first commands from the client application to download a plurality of virtualized application files used to execute a virtual application, each of the plurality of first commands identifying at least one of the plurality of virtualized application files and instructing the virtual process manager to download the at least one virtualized application file;
• in response to receiving the plurality of first commands:
• automatically determine that a first portion of the plurality of virtualized application files identified by the plurality of first commands were fully downloaded previously, each virtualized application file in the first portion being associated with a previously generated unique file identifier,
• automatically determine that a second portion of the plurality of virtualized application files identified by the plurality of first commands were not fully downloaded previously,
• automatically generate a new unique file identifier for each virtualized application file in the second portion of the plurality of virtualized application files, and associate the new unique file identifier with the virtualized application file for which the new unique file identifier was generated, the previously generated and new unique file identifiers being a plurality of unique identifiers,
• send the plurality of unique identifiers to the client application, and
• automatically download the second portion of the plurality of virtualized application files;
• receive status inquiries from the client application in response to sending the plurality of unique identifiers to the client application and during the downloading of the second portion of the plurality of virtualized application files, each of the status inquiries including one of the plurality of unique identifiers;
• provide download statuses to the client application in response to the status inquiries, the client application being configured to determine when the plurality of virtualized application files have finished downloading based on the download statuses and to send a plurality of second commands to the virtual process manager after the client application determines that the plurality of virtualized application files have finished downloading, the plurality of second commands instructing the virtual process manager to execute the virtual application;
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• automatically execute the virtual application in response to receiving the plurality of second commands.

A method of downloading a plurality of virtualized application files used to execute a virtual application, the method being performed by a first computing device in communication with a second computing device over a network, the first computing device having a client application and a virtual process manager executing thereon, the second computing device storing the plurality of virtualized application files, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the virtual process manager, a plurality of first commands from the client application to download the plurality of virtualized application files, each of the plurality of first commands identifying at least one of the plurality of virtualized application files and instructing the virtual process manager to download the at least one virtualized application file;
• in response to receiving the plurality of first commands, the virtual process manager:
• automatically determining that a first portion of the plurality of virtualized application files identified by the plurality of first commands were fully downloaded previously, each virtualized application file in the first portion being associated with a previously generated unique file identifier,
• automatically determining that a second portion of the plurality of virtualized application files identified by the plurality of first commands were not fully downloaded previously,
• automatically generating a new unique file identifier for each virtualized application file in the second portion of the plurality of virtualized application files, and associating the new unique file identifier with the virtualized application file for which the new unique file identifier was generated, the previously generated and new unique file identifiers being a plurality of unique identifiers,
• sending the plurality of unique identifiers to the client application, and
• automatically downloading the second portion of the plurality of virtualized application files;
• receiving, by the virtual process manager, status inquiries from the client application in response to sending the plurality of unique identifiers to the client application and during the downloading of the second portion of the plurality of virtualized application files, each of the status inquiries including one of the plurality of unique identifiers;
• providing, by the virtual process manager, download statuses to the client application in response to the status inquiries, the client application being configured to determine when the plurality of virtualized application files have finished downloading based on the download statuses and to send a plurality of second commands to the virtual process manager after the client application determines that the plurality of virtualized application files have finished downloading, the plurality of second commands instructing the virtual process manager to execute the virtual application;
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• automatically executing, by the virtual process manager, the virtual application in response to receiving the plurality of second commands.