System and method of partitioning software components of a monolithic component-based application program to separate graphical user interface elements for local execution at a client system in conjunction with remote execution of the application program at a server system

In a network including a client system in communication with a server system, a method of partitioning a software component for dividing execution of the software component between the client and server systems, the method comprising:

• analyzing a first software component to determine whether the first software component is to be partitioned;
• if the first software component is to be partitioned:
• (a) dynamically generating a plurality of new software components corresponding to the first software component and a protocol to be used by the dynamically generated new software components for communicating with each other, and (b) transmitting one of the dynamically generated new software components to the client system for execution at the client system and for communication with another of the generated new software components at the server system using the dynamically generated protocol;
• otherwise, executing the first software component at the server and communicating with the client system using a remote graphics protocol.

In a network including a client system in communication with a server system, a method of executing an application program comprised of a user-interface software component and a non-user-interface software component, the method comprising:

• (a) generating a plurality of new software components corresponding to the user-interface software component of the application program;
• (b) wrapping the user-interface software component with one of the new software components;
• (c) transmitting one of the new software components to the client system;
• (d) communicating with the new software component at the client system using a dynamically generated protocol when the user-interface software component is executed;
• and
• (e) communicating with the client system using a remote graphics protocol when the non-user-interface software component is executed.

In a computer network, a computer system hosting an application program, the computer system comprising:

• a software component analyzer identifying a first one of the software components of the application program as a candidate for partitioning;
• a software component generator generating a plurality of new software components corresponding to the identified software component candidate and a protocol to be used by the new software components for communicating with each other over the network;
• and
• a transmitter transmitting one of the new software components to a client system over the network for execution at the client system and for communication with another of the new software components at the computer system using the generated protocol when the application program is executed.