Patent ID: 7506025

Claim:
A method for using a proxy to redirect downloads from a website to a remote computer through use of a local computer, comprising: accessing a website with a web browser operating on a local computer, the local computer connected over a network to the website through a router; initiating a download request from the local computer to the website to download data; instructing the web browser to save the data download on one or more selected remote computers, the one or more selected remote computers connected over the network to the local computer through the router; communicating connection information of the download request from the web browser to the router, wherein the connection information contains information necessary for the router to intercept the data download from the website to the local computer; initiating the data download from the website within the web browser; redirecting the data download directed to arrive at the web browser operating on the local computer including intercepting the data download and forwarding the data download to the remote computer; operating a process on the remote computer to save the data download to a predetermined location; and notifying the web browser of completion of the data download onto the remote computer.