System and method for application portability
A data processing system having a processor and accessible memory, the data processing system executing a first operating system, the data processing system also having an application and virtualized application environment, the application and virtualized application environment capable of being packaged and moved to a second data processing system. There is also a machine-usable medium encoded with a container, the container storing a packaged data processing system application and associated virtualized application environment, the virtualized application environment capable of being executed on a plurality of different operating systems. There is also a method, including executing an application in a virtualized application environment on a first device and packaging the virtualized application environment and the application in a container. The method also includes unpacking the container on a second device and executing the application in the virtualized application environment on the second device.
1 . A data processing system comprising a processor and accessible memory, the data processing system executing a first operating system, the data processing system also having an application and virtualized application environment, the application and virtualized application environment capable of being packaged and moved to a second data processing system.
2 . The data processing system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of standardized interfaces between the virtualized application environment and the first operating system.
3 . The data processing system of claim 1 , further comprising a standardized user interface between the virtualized application environment and the first operating system.
4 . The data processing system of claim 1 , further comprising a standardized network interface between the virtualized application environment and the first operating system.
5 . The data processing system of claim 1 , further comprising a local application storage in the virtualized application environment.
6 . A machine-usable medium encoded with a container, the container storing a packaged data processing system application and associated virtualized application environment, the virtualized application environment capable of being executed on a plurality of different operating systems.
7 . The machine-useable medium of claim 6 , the virtualized application environment configured to communicate with a plurality of standardized interfaces of each of the plurality of different operating systems.
8 . The machine-useable medium of claim 6 , the container further encoded with an executable software program configured to unpack the container on a target device.
9 . The machine-useable medium of claim 6 , the container further encoded with an executable software program configured to inspect a target device to determine if the virtualized application environment can be executed on the target device.
10 . A method, comprising:
executing an application in a virtualized application environment on a first device;
packaging the virtualized application environment and the application in a container;
unpacking the container on a second device;
executing the application in the virtualized application environment on the second device.
11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising communicating between the virtual application environment and a first operating system on the first device using a plurality of standardized interfaces.
12 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising communicating between the virtual application environment and a second operating system on the second device using a plurality of standardized interfaces.
13 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising inspecting the second device to determine if it meets execution requirements of the virtualized environment.