System and method for on-demand delivery of operating system and/or applications

A method for streaming one or more operating system images and one or more application images, the method comprising:

• receiving a selection of at least one operating system to stream to the remote device;
• providing a representation of a set of available applications based on the selected at least one operating system;
• receiving a selection of at least one application from the set of available applications to stream to the remote device;
• facilitating streaming, to a remote device, at least one operating system image comprising the selected at least one operating system;
• facilitating streaming, to the remote device, a first portion of at least one application image comprising the selected at least one application to allow the selected at least one application to initially run;
• and
• facilitating streaming, on-demand to the remote device, a second portion of the at least one application image in response to the selected at least one application initially running.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, the instructions executable by one or more processors to perform one or more operations, the instructions comprising:

• code for causing one or more processors to receive a selection of at least one operating system to stream to a remote device;
• code for causing one or more processors to provide a representation of a set of applications compatible with the selected at least one operating system;
• code for causing one or more processors to receive a selection of at least one application from the set of compatible applications to stream to the remote device;
• code for causing one or more processors to facilitate streaming a first portion of at least one application image comprising the selected at least one application to allow the selected at least one application to initially run;
• and
• code for causing one or more processors to facilitate streaming a second portion of the at least one application image.

A hardware apparatus, comprising:

• a module configured to permit a selection of at least one operating system and a selection of at least one application;
• a streaming service configured to facilitate streaming a first portion of at least one application to allow the at least one application to initially run, and configured to facilitate streaming, on-demand, a second portion of the at least one application after streaming the first portion;
• and
• a network interface to facilitate streaming,
• wherein the at least one application is compatible with the at least one operating system.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, the instructions executable by one or more processors to perform one or more operations, the instructions comprising:

• code for causing one or more processors to permit a selection of at least one application based on at least one operation system;
• code for causing one or more processors to facilitate streaming a first portion of at least one application to allow the at least one application to initially run;
• and
• code for causing one or more processors to facilitate streaming, on-demand, a second portion of the at least one application.