Systems and methods for reducing application startup times for physics modeling applications

A simulation system configured to receive data corresponding to one or more instances of physics modeling applications determined according to an expected usage of the physics modeling applications, the expected usage determined based on at least one statistical model executed on a server system communicatively coupled to the simulation system, the server system configured to pre-launch one or more inactive application servers and pre-load one or more inactive instances of physics modeling applications onto one or more of the pre-launched application servers in response to determining that the expected usage meets a pre-determined usage criteria, the simulation system comprising:

• one or more physical memory devices;
• one or more display devices;
• one or more user input devices;
• a communications interface configured to be coupled to a computer network;
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• one or more physical processors configured to execute instructions stored on at least one of the one or more physical memory devices, the instructions causing at least one of the one or more physical processors to perform the acts of:
• generating, via the one or more input device, an input signal indicative of a user request to initiate a physics modeling application;
• sending, via the communications interface, a first output signal to the computer network, the first output signal indicative of the user request to initiate an instance of the physics modeling application;
• in response to sending the output signal, receiving from the computer network, via the communications interface, data corresponding to at least a portion of the one or more pre-launched instances of physics modeling applications including data corresponding to a user interface;
• displaying the user interface on at least one of the one or more display devices;
• sending, via a communications interface communicatively coupled to a license server, a second output signal indicative of one or more licenses for the one or more instances of physics modeling applications requested to be initiated;
• receiving a second input signal indicative of a response from the license server, the second input signal indicating an available license and further allowing a transitioning of at least one of the one or more physics modeling applications from an inactive mode to an active mode;
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• generating a third input signal via the user interface indicative of a user request to:
• (i) stop using at least one of the one or more physics modeling applications, (ii) transition the at least one of the one or more physics modeling applications from an active mode to a hibernation mode, and (iii) send a third output signal to the license server indicative of a request to release at least one license corresponding to the at least one physics modeling application transitioned to the hibernation mode.

A computer-implemented method for hibernating one or more instances of physics modeling applications, the method implemented on a server system remote from the user(s) of the modeling system, the server system including one or more physical processors and one or more memory devices, the one or more physical processors being configured to implement the acts of:

• launching one or more application servers operating on a server system;
• receiving, from a computer network communicatively coupled to the server system, an input signal indicative of a user request to initiate one or more instances of physics modeling applications;
• in response to receiving the input signal, loading at least one of the one or more instances of the physics modeling applications associated with the user request onto one or more of the launched application servers;
• sending, to the computer network via the communications interface, at least a portion of the one or more instances of physics modeling applications associated with the user request;
• upon receiving the input signal indicative of the user request, sending via a communications interface communicatively coupled to a license server a first output signal indicative of one or more licenses for the one or more instances of physics modeling applications associated with the user request and receiving a second input signal indicative of a response from the license server, the second input signal indicating an available license and the second input signal further initiating at least one of the one or more physics modeling applications;
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• receiving a third input signal indicative of a user request to:
• (i) stop using at least one of the one or more physics modeling applications, (ii) transition the at least one of the one or more physics modeling applications from an active mode to a hibernation mode, and (iii) send a second output signal to the license server indicating a request to release at least one license corresponding to the at least one physics modeling application transitioned to the hibernation mode.