Systems and Methods for Emulating Resources Using Abstract Containerization with Abstract Categorization and Policy Setting

A system for providing an online emulation at a user device, the system comprising:

• a host server in communication with the user device, the host server comprising a host processor and a host memory;
• wherein
• the host memory is configured to store a plurality of initial software applications accessible via the host server, each initial software application in the plurality of software applications comprising at least one associated resource in a plurality of resources, and each resource in the plurality of resources is included in at least one initial software application in the plurality of initial software applications;
• and
• the host processor is configured to:
• define a customized software application for emulation at the user device, wherein emulation of the customized software application involves a set of functionalities, and, relative to each initial software application in the plurality of initial software applications stored in the host memory, the set of functionalities comprises a distinguishing functionality of the customized software application absent from that initial software application;
• determine a set of resources in the plurality of resources for providing the customized software application by, for each functionality in the set of functionalities, determining a corresponding resource in the plurality of resources for providing that functionality;
• and
• provide the online emulation of the customized software application by accessing and running the set of resources.