Apparatus and method for managing threads to perform divided execution of software

A client-side thread management apparatus, comprising:

• a client execution unit configured to request a server-side thread management apparatus to execute software, to generate one or more threads corresponding to one or more threads executed by the server-side thread management apparatus in response to a request from the server-side thread management apparatus, and to manage the generated one or more threads;
• a client connection management unit configured to receive one or more of a function related to a graphics task and a function related to a sound task from the server-side thread management apparatus via the generated threads;
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• a client device management unit configured to process the one or more functions, received from the client connection management unit, via the one or more threads generated by the client execution unit.

A method of managing threads to perform divided execution of software, comprising:

• executing, by a server-side thread management apparatus, software in response to a software execution request received from a client-side thread management apparatus;
• extracting, by the server-side thread management apparatus, one or more of a function related to a graphics task and a function related to a sound task from the executed software, and sending, by the server-side thread management apparatus, the extracted one or more functions to the client-side thread management apparatus via one or more threads;
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• receiving, by the client-side thread management apparatus, the one or more functions via threads, and processing, by the client-side thread management apparatus, the received one or more functions.