Intelligent network streaming and execution system for conventionally coded applications

A system comprising:

• a subscription server operative to facilitate subscription to an application by a client, the subscription server operative to identify a particular user associated with the client;
• a license server operative to provide a license to the client to run the application, the license server configured to:
• receive a request to stream the application on behalf of the particular user;
• generate an access token unique to the particular user and the application;
• provide a secure license comprising the access token;
• an application server operative to:
• provide all active pages of the application to the client, wherein the active portions of the application are executed as inactive portions of the application are streamed, and the application is not fully installed on the client;
• receive a message to release the access token if the client executing the active pages of the application associated with the particular user crashes or the particular user is to be evicted from having access to the application;
• release the access token;
• cease streaming the inactive portions of the application when the access token is released.

A system comprising:

• a processor and a memory;
• a client license manager for requesting a license to stream an application on behalf of a particular user, wherein, if the particular user has a valid subscription to the application, the client license manager is configured to receive an access token unique to the particular user and the application and to receive a secure license comprising the access token, wherein the client license manager provides an instruction to release the access token if the application associated with the particular user crashes or the particular user is to be evicted from having access to the application;
• a client cache manager for caching pages of the application on the client so that subsequent requests for pages of the application can be served by the cache;
• a client streaming file system for serving file system requests from the application for pages by handling page faults associated with the file system requests, asking the client cache manager for the pages, and if the pages are not cached at the client, asking an application server for the pages;
• a client prefetcher for requesting pages from the application server before the client streaming file system serves a file system request from the application at the client;
• a client file spoofer for intercepting file requests and redirecting the file requests to the client streaming file system, wherein the client receives, from the system, all active pages of the application, and the active pages of the application are executed at the client as inactive portions of the application are streamed from the client streaming file system.