Bluestack Systems, Inc.

Mcafee, Inc.

Now.gg, Inc.

Suman Saraf

Sharad Kumar Agrawal

David P Reese, Jr

Shashi Kant Sharma

Harvinder Singh Sawhney

Ambreesh Bangur

Pankaj Kumar

Rosen Sharma

Vivek Srivastava

Ravi Prakash

Harsh Singh

Provided is a method for dynamic provisioning of processing functionality corresponding to an instance of a cloud based software application. The method includes assigning a plurality of computing devices to the instance of a cloud based software application. A first cloud computing server is assigned for execution of a first set of software application program instructions corresponding to the instance of the cloud based software application and a second computing device is assigned for execution of a second set of software application program instructions corresponding to the instance of the cloud based software application. One of the first cloud services server and the second computing device is selected as an instruction implementation device for execution of a software application program instruction and the software application program instruction is routed to the selected instruction implementation device for execution.

Methods, systems and computer program products for dynamic provisioning of processing functionality for cloud based software application execution

Methods, systems and computer program products for in-application virtual object sharing include (i) responsive to a first acquiring a virtual object recognized by a software application, identifying a first user identifier associated with the first user, (ii) identifying a virtual object identifier associated with the virtual object, (iii) identifying a user group representing a plurality of users including the first user (iv) associating the virtual object identifier with one or more additional user identifiers associated with users within the user group, and (v) updating in a non-transitory memory, a profile corresponding to each user associated with the user group, that also has the virtual object identifier associated with a user identifier corresponding to said user, wherein said update to the profile is based on the properties of the virtual object.

Methods, systems and computer program products for in-application virtual object sharing

The invention presents methods, systems and computer program products for optimizing computer system resource utilization during in-game resource farming. The invention comprises (i) detecting a gameplay event that triggers switching from a resource farming mode to a non-resource farming mode, or for switching from a non-resource farming mode to a resource farming mode, in connection with a runtime instance of a gaining application software, (ii) identifying a guest operating system within which the runtime instance of the gaming application software is being executed, (iii) selecting a mode switching protocol implementable within the identified guest operating system, and (iv) switching the runtime instance of the gaming application software from a resource farming mode to a non-resource farming mode, or from a non-resource farming mode to a resource farming mode, by implementing the selected mode switching protocol.

Methods, systems and computer program products for optimizing computer system resource utilization during in-game resource farming

Provided are methods, systems and computer program products for cloud based software program execution to enable cross-device implementation of cloud based software application execution by a cloud services server system. The methods include (i) assigning a plurality of hardware devices for execution of the instance of the cloud based software application, (ii) receiving a software application program instruction for execution, (iii) determining attributes of the received software application program instruction, (iv) selecting based on one or more determined attributes of the received software application program instruction, one of the first computing device and the second computing device for execution of the received software application program instruction and (v) routing the received software application program instruction to the selected first or second computing device for execution by the selected first or second computing device.

Methods, systems and computer program products for cloud based cross-device software application execution

Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for optimizing computer system resource utilization during in-game resource farming. In some non-limiting embodiments or aspects, the present disclosure describes a method for optimizing computer system resource utilization during in-game resource farming, the method including detecting a gameplay state associated with an executing instance of a gaming application and based on the detected gameplay state selecting a gaming application mode from among a plurality of available gaming application modes. In some non-limiting embodiments or aspects, the method may also include implementing the selected gaming application mode for subsequent execution of the gaming application on the computing system.

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to cloud-based data synchronization. Two or more devices associated with an account in a cloud can be synched. The account is configured to manage publishing and subscription relationships between these devices such that a first device is able to publish data to the account in the cloud, and a second device is able to subscribe to the data from the account. In some embodiments, the account is configured to determine whether the second device has proper dependencies for subscribing to the data, and to prevent the second device from subscribing to the data upon determining that the second device does not have proper dependencies. However, in some embodiments, proper dependencies are automatically satisfied by downloading and installing a tool configured to properly process the data (e.g., execute applications) on the second device.

Cloud-based data synchronization

Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward apparatuses, systems and methods of switching operating systems. The present invention includes a multi-OS runtime with virtualization technology, which allows applications developed for different operating systems to execute simultaneously, side-by-side, on the same computing device. The computing device typically includes a host operating system and at least one guest operating system. An application, which is disguised as a host operating system specific application on the host operating system, is configured to be installed and executed within the guest operating system. Host operating system based policies can be set for the application. The application can be launched from the host operating system, the guest operating system or both. The computing device allows for the ability to switch between different operating systems via a soft button, a hard button, or based on a configuration of the computing device, or a combination thereof.

Apparatuses, systems and methods of switching operating systems

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of providing non-native notifications and system thereof. These notifications are generated by non-native applications that can be executed on a target device, specifically within a guest environment on the target device, or can be executed on a physically disjoint source device that is communicatively coupled with the target device via a local pairing mechanism or a service in a cloud. The application player and the source device are able to capture these non-native notifications. The target device is able to receive and present these non-native notifications to a user. Notifications include alerts, reminders, updates and messages generated by non-native applications. The user does not need to access the non-native applications, or the application player or source device they are executing on to see the non-native notifications. Instead, the user views these non-native notifications at a central location on the target device.

Method of providing non-native notifications and system thereof

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of mapping inputs and system thereof. A computing device is configured to access a previously created profile for, such as, game play using a communicatively coupled controller to manipulate events on the computing device. The profile can be locally accessed from the computing device or remotely accessed from a cloud. The profile includes at least one mapping, each associating an input from the controller to an instruction understandable by an event on the computing device. The controller is integral with the computing device or is a physically disjoint device separate from the computing device. In some embodiments, the computing device is communicatively coupled with a camera configured to capture the input. One or more features of the controller can also be mapped to instructions understandable by the computing device.

Method of mapping inputs and system thereof

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of providing non-native notifications and system thereof. These notifications are generated by non-native applications executing on a physically disjoint source device that is communicatively coupled with a target device via an account in a cloud. An application player executing on the source device is able to capture these non-native notifications. The target device is able to receive and present these non-native notifications to a user. Notifications include alerts, reminders, updates and messages generated by non-native applications. The user does not need to access the non-native applications, or the application player or source device they are executing on to see the non-native notifications. Instead, the user views these non-native notifications at a central location on the target device.

A method of and system for protecting a computer system against denial-of-service attacks or other exploitation. The method comprises collecting network data and analyzing the network data using statistical and heuristic techniques to identify the source of the exploitation upon receiving an indication of exploitation. Upon identifying the network source, the network data associated with the network is blocked, redirected, or flow controlled. Preferably, the method also includes identifying when the system is being exploited.

Method of and system for computer system denial-of-service protection

Embodiment of the invention provide a reverse name lookup function for providing an absolute path name or file name and absolute path name to the file name parent directory based on a vnode reference, NFS file handle reference, or file identifier reference associated with a computer virtual file system. A method in accordance with the invention comprises populating a table structure with vnodes, names, and absolute path information associated with the vnodes. The table structure and information are sufficient to generate an absolute path name and file name for each vnode. The table structure also includes entries for file identifiers, names, and associated absolute path information associated with the file identifiers. This information is sufficient to generate an absolute path name for each file identifier. The table is populated by hooking virtual file system function calls including the vnode name lookup function and the vnode inactive function. The table is populated with the file identifier entries by hooking the vnode inactive function.

Method of and system for reverse mapping vnode pointers

A method in one example implementation includes receiving a plurality of command messages through a control channel and reconstructing the command messages to determine an intended command for one or more virtual machines on a server device. The command messages include one or more criteria and the intended command corresponds to an operation defined in a policy database. The method also includes determining whether the corresponding operation is permitted by comparing one or more policies associated with the operation to the one or more criteria. The method further includes sending the command messages to the server device if the operation is permitted. In more specific embodiments, the operation may include one of creating, cloning, deleting, starting, stopping, and modifying the one or more virtual machines.

System and method for managing virtual machine configurations

A method of identifying malicious code based on identifying software executing out of writable memory of the computer system. In one embodiment, the identification of the malicious code occurs when the code accesses a predetermined memory address. This address can reside in the address space of an application, a library, or an operating system component. In one embodiment, the access to the predetermined address generates an exception invoking exception handling code. The exception handling code checks the memory attributes of the code that caused the exception and determines whether the code was running in writeable memory.

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