1. A method, comprising: transmitting, by a processing system including a processor, a graphical user interface associated with a halted software application at a computer device to a client device, wherein the transmitting of the graphical user interface comprises transcoding, by the processing system, the graphical user interface to conform a capability of the client device to generate a transcoded graphical user interface and streaming, by the processing system, the transcoded graphical user interface to the client device; receiving, by the processing system, from the client device a request to resume the software application; responsive to the request to resume the software application, restarting, by the processing system, execution of the software application at the computer device; transmitting, by the processing system, a graphical representation of the software application to the client device, wherein the graphical representation is presented at a display of the client device; receiving, by the processing system, an indication from the client device of a stimulation of a remote user input function at the client device, wherein the stimulation is caused by a gaming control that is communicatively coupled to the client device for controlling the software application; responsive to the stimulation that is detected, retrieving, by the processing system, an action of a plurality of associable actions, wherein the action corresponds to the stimulation; and providing, by the processing system, the action that is retrieved to an operating system of the computer device for use in the software application.