Method and system for building and distributing application profiles via the internet

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• sending a request to one or more server computing devices to download and execute an application file that when executed implements an application;
• downloading the application file and receiving therewith an instruction to create a transcript file each time the application file is executed, the transcript storing at least one order in which portions of the application file were accessed by the application file when the application file was executed;
• executing the application file;
• creating a transcript file as the application file is executed;
• and
• when execution of the application file has terminated, uploading the transcript file to the one or more server computing devices.

A computer-implemented method performed by a plurality of server computing devices connected together by at least one network, each server computing device storing one or more streaming models, each streaming model being associated with an application, each streaming model comprising a streaming model file and a plurality of application files, each of the plurality of application files comprising only a portion of the application associated with the streaming model, each streaming model file comprising information for downloading the plurality of application files using a conventional download protocol without the use of specialized streaming protocol such that the application is executable after a first portion of the plurality of application files have been downloaded, the first portion of the plurality of application files storing less than the entire application, which of the one or more streaming models are stored on each of the plurality of server computing devices being recorded in a data storage accessible by the plurality of server computing devices, the method comprising each of the plurality of server computing devices:

• querying the data storage to determine whether another of the plurality of server computing devices is storing a streaming model not stored by the querying server computing device;
• if another of the plurality of server computing devices is storing a streaming model not stored by the querying server computing device, the querying server computing device copying the streaming model from the another server computing device;
• and
• recording the copying of the streaming model to the querying server computing device in the data storage.

A computer-implemented method performed by a plurality of server computing devices connected together by at least one network, the method comprising:

• storing one or more streaming models on each of the plurality of server computing devices, each streaming model being associated with an application, each streaming model comprising a streaming model file and a plurality of application files, each of the plurality of application files comprising only a portion of the application associated with the streaming model, each streaming model file comprising information for downloading the plurality of application files using a conventional download protocol without the use of specialized streaming protocol such that the application is executable after a first portion of the plurality of application files have been downloaded, the first portion of the plurality of application files storing less than the entire application;
• recording information in a data storage accessible by the plurality of server computing devices indicating on which of the plurality of server computing devices the one or more streaming models are each stored;
• each of the plurality of server computing devices, querying the data storage to determine whether another of the plurality of server computing devices is storing a streaming model not stored by the querying server computing device;
• if another of the plurality of server computing devices is storing a streaming model not stored by the querying server computing device, the querying server computing device copying the streaming model from the another server computing device;
• and
• recording the copying of the streaming model to the querying server computing device in the data storage.