TRANSMITTING AN EXECUTING APPLICATION

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for transferring an executing application to a second computer. A first computer includes an executing application, wherein the first computer executes a first cross-platform hypervisor, and wherein the application in...

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Hauptverfasser: HEEKS DALE J, AYALA NIEVES HECTOR R, LAUBACKER JEFFREY M, SAVAGE THOMAS W
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for transferring an executing application to a second computer. A first computer includes an executing application, wherein the first computer executes a first cross-platform hypervisor, and wherein the application includes a graphical state and a memory state. The first computing receives a signal to transfer the executing application to the second computer, which is executes a second cross-platform hypervisor, and halts the executing application. The first computer transfers the graphical state and the memory state of the executing application to the second computer, utilizing any suitable protocol capable of transferring the graphical state and the memory of the executing application from the first computer to the second computer, wherein execution of the executing application resumes on the second computer.