Suspending state of cloud-based legacy applications

A nontransitory computer readable medium containing program instructions wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a computer system causes the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• a) receiving one or more game inputs from a remote client over a network, wherein the one or more game inputs advance game play in a game from a first state to a second state;
• b) receiving a suspension request during the game play from the remote client over the network;
• c) in response to the suspension request, generating a snapshot of the game with the computer system, wherein the snapshot is a recording of a state of one or more devices being emulated by the emulator when each of the one or more devices is in a steady state;
• and
• d) delivering the snapshot to the remote client over the network.

A computer system configured to operate on a network, the emulator comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• one or more instructions embodied in memory for execution by the processor, the instructions being configured to implement a method, the method comprising:
• a) receiving one or more game inputs from a remote client over the network, wherein the one or more game inputs advance game play in an emulated game from a first state to a second state;
• b) receiving a suspension request during the game play from the remote client over the network;
• c) in response to the suspension request, generating a snapshot of the emulated game with the emulator, wherein the snapshot is a recording of a state of one or more devices when each of the one or more devices is in a steady state;
• and
• d) delivering the snapshot to the remote client over the network.

In a client configured to operate on a network, a method comprising:

• a) delivering one or more game inputs to a remote computer system over a network, wherein the one or more game inputs are configured to advance game play in a computer game that is implemented by the remote computer system from a first state to a second state;
• b) delivering a suspension request during the game play to the remote emulator over the network;
• and
• c) in response to the suspension request, receiving a snapshot of the game from the remote computer system, wherein the snapshot is a recording of a state of one or more devices when each of the one or more devices is in a steady state.

A nontransitory computer readable medium containing program instructions wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a computer system causes the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• a) delivering one or more game inputs to a remote computer system over a network, wherein the game inputs are configured to advance game play in a computer game that is implemented by the remote computer system from a first state to a second state;
• b) delivering a suspension request during the game play to the remote computer system over the network;
• and
• c) in response to the suspension request, receiving a snapshot of the game from the remote computer system, wherein the snapshot is a recording of a state of one or more devices when each of the one or more devices is in a steady state.

A client configured to operate on a network, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• one or more instructions embodied in memory for execution by the processor, the instructions being configured to implement a method, the method comprising:
• a) delivering one or more game inputs to a remote computer system over a network, wherein the game inputs are configured to advance game play in a computer game that is implemented by the emulator from a first state to a second state;
• b) delivering a suspension request during the game play to the remote computer system over the network;
• and
• c) in response to the suspension request, receiving a snapshot of the game from the remote computer system, wherein the snapshot is a recording of a state of one or more devices when each of the one or more devices is in a steady state.