Resource-efficient provisioning of multi-user applications

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for coordinating output of multiple instances of an application, a first instance executed on a local processing device and a second instance executing on a remote processing device for presentation using the local processing device, the operations comprising:

• executing, by the local processing device, a first instance of the application, the first instance of the application being associated with a first user of the local processing device;
• receiving data output by a second instance of the application that is executed by the remote processing device, the second instance of the application being associated with a second user of the local processing device;
• identifying a first synchronization point within the first instance based on one or more of application state data and user input data associated with the first user;
• identifying a second synchronization point associated with the second instance of the application, the second synchronization point corresponding to the first synchronization point;
• determining a temporal offset between the first instance and the second instance as a function of the first synchronization point and the second synchronization point;
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• implementing one or more modifications to one or more of the first instance and the second instance to reduce the temporal offset from a first value to a second value.

A system, comprising:

• a local processing device executing a first instance of an application;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device coupled to the local processing device and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations for coordinating output of multiple instances of the application, a second instance executed on a remote processing device for presentation using the local processing device, the operations comprising:
• executing, by the local processing device, a first instance of the application, the first instance of the application being associated with a first user of the local processing device,
• receiving data output by a second instance of the application that is executed by the remote processing device, the second instance of the application being associated with a second user of the local processing device,
• identifying a first synchronization point within the first instance based on one or more of application state data and user input data associated with the first user,
• identifying a second synchronization point associated with the second instance of the application, the second synchronization point corresponding to the first synchronization point,
• determining a temporal offset between the first instance and the second instance as a function of the first synchronization point and the second synchronization point, and
• implementing one or more modifications to one or more of the first instance and the second instance to reduce the temporal offset from a first value to a second value.