Systems and methods for providing interactive streaming media

[0019] figure 1 is a diagram of an example preview system in network environment 100 . A user of the client device can preview the application without installing the application on the client device. Rather than installing the application on the client device, the application is executed on a host server remote from the client device. This host server then provides a preview session to the client device by transmitting the application's media stream to the client device over the network. An example environment for hosting such a preview session is at figure 1 shown in .

[0020] overview figure 1 , the illustrated network environment 100 includes a network 110, an example client device 120, and several servers including an application backend server 130, a preview distribution server, and a data manager 150 providing access to a data storage device 156. 140. Preview the host server 170. The application executing on the client device 120 may be a networked application that e