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1. A method of server-based application hosting and streaming of video output of the application across a telecommunications network to a client terminal, the method including:
receiving, via the telecommunications network, an initiation request from a client terminal to stream an application from an application server to the client terminal, the request including at least an indication of a user; retrieving from an application database a common application data image of the application; retrieving from a profile database incremental application data uniquely associated with the user, the incremental application data being indicative of a recent application state for the user; modifying the common application data image in accordance with the incremental application data, thereby to create a modified application image which is unique to the user and indicative of the recent application state; spawning and hosting a user-specific instance of the application based on the modified application image; and streaming, via the telecommunications network, at least video output of the user-specific instance of the application to the client terminal. |