An infrastructure for application service provision compiles a web top for a user to use in launching applications. The links in the web top are calculated to point to servers that have the best performance criteria for each permitted application and server available to the user. The link calculation may be made based on CPU usage, memory usage, the last server that the user was attached to and any other performance criteria.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation in part of an application entitled "Systems and Methods for Application Service Provision," filed on Jun. 1, 2001 by James Flavin and assigned Ser. No. 09/870,992 and also claims priority to the earlier filed provisional patent application entitled "Method and Apparatus for Flash Load Balancing," filed on Sep. 12, 2000 and assigned Ser. No. 60/231,882.
A method provides a demonstration capability for a plurality of network coupled users by which many users can watch a primary user interact with an application. The method includes providing an application to a primary user from an application server over a network and translating output from the application into a broadcast protocol. The broadcast protocol is then translated into a browser protocol transmitted over a network for rendering by browsers at a plurality of network attached computers.
