System and method for providing virtual device

A method of providing an application of a heterogeneous platform to a terminal, the method comprising:

• configuring a plurality of virtual terminals by employing a virtual machine in a cloud environment;
• and
• providing the application of the heterogeneous platform to the terminal,
• wherein the heterogeneous platform is a virtual platform of a virtual terminal in which the application requested by the terminal is present, among the plurality of virtual terminals, and is a platform of a heterogeneous terminal having a type different from a type of the terminal.

A content providing method, comprising:

• receiving a request for content from a mobile terminal;
• determining a cloud server suitable for the mobile terminal among a plurality of cloud servers, based on content information of the content and virtual terminal information stored in the plurality of cloud servers;
• generating the access link that enables an access to a virtual terminal of the determined cloud server;
• and
• transferring the generated access link to the mobile terminal.