Computer-implemented methods, computer readable media, and systems for initiating co-use of applications

A method for performing co-using of an application, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a server system, from a first user computer, an instruction to initiate co-use of an interface to the application executing on a remote server with one or more second user computers;
• receiving, by the server system, from the first user computer a state of a first client executing on the first user computer and currently displaying the interface;
• and
• in response to receiving the instruction to initiate co-use of the interface with the one or more second user computers, performing, by the server system—
• retrieving the interface by a virtual client from the remote server and recreating the state of the interface by the virtual client;
• rendering, by the virtual client, in a virtual screen, the interface according to the state of the first client;
• transmitting images of the virtual screen to the first user computer and the one or more second user computers;
• executing a user interface server by the server system, the user interface server receiving inputs from the first and second user computers and inputting them to the virtual client;
• and
• executing a translator proxy by the server system, the translator proxy having a persistent networking connection to the interface server and remote network connections to the first and second user computers, the persistent networking connection persisting independent of the remote network connections to the first and second user computers;
• wherein the user interface server implements a plurality of network services, the method further comprising establishing persistent connections to the translator proxy for each service of the plurality of network services independent of the remote network connections to the first and second user computers;
• wherein the plurality of network services include at least one of a Virtual Network Computing (VNC) service and a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) service;
• and
• wherein the method further comprises establishing the network connection between the first and second user computers and the translator proxy using WebSocket protocol.