Patent ID: 8250175

Claim:
A method for redirecting requests, the method comprising: receiving a request for content at a second device in a second site, the request received from a first device at a first site through a network device; determining a site in a plurality of sites and a device in a plurality of devices at the site to service the request and further requests for content from the first device, wherein a third device in a third site is determined; determining, by the second device, a rule including information indicating that further requests for the content are to be sent to the third device in the third site; determining if the network device includes a reusable rule; and responsive to determining that the network device includes a reusable rule: determining changes to the reusable rule such that the reusable rule matches the rule, and sending the changes to the network device allowing the network device to change the reusable rule with the changes, such that further requests for the content are sent to the third device in the third site without going through the second site when the further requests satisfy the changed reusable rule.