System and method for redirecting client-side storage operations

An apparatus comprising:

• a communications interface adapted to communicate with a network;
• and
• a redirection module coupled to the communications interface and adapted to:
• receive an HTTP message from a server addressed to a user agent executing on a client device;
• detect in the HTTP message a client-side storage operation directed to the client device, the client-side storage operation directing the client device to store data on the client device;
• translate the client-side storage operation into remote storage instructions based on a defined criteria, wherein the remote storage instructions direct the client device to store the data on a remote storage device;
• and
• modify the HTTP message to generate a modified HTTP message wherein the client-side storage operation is replaced with the remote storage instructions.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for modifying an HTTP message, said method comprising:

• receiving an HTTP message from a server addressed to a user agent executing on a client device;
• detecting, in the HTTP message, a client-side storage operation directed to the client device, the client-side storage operation directing the client device to store data on the client device;
• translating the client-side storage operation into remote storage instructions based on a defined criteria, wherein the remote storage instructions direct the client device to store the data on a remote storage device;
• and
• modifying the HTTP message to generate a modified HTTP message wherein the client-side storage operation is replaced with the remote storage instructions.

A method for modifying an HTTP message, comprising:

• receiving an HTTP message from a server addressed to a user agent executing on a client device;
• detecting in the HTTP message a client-side storage operation directed to the client device, the client-side storage operation directing the client device to store data on the client device;
• translating the client-side storage operation into remote storage instructions based on a defined criteria, the remote storage instructions directing the client device to store the data on a remote storage device;
• and
• modifying the HTTP message to generate a modified HTTP message wherein the client-side storage operation is replaced with the remote storage instructions such that when executed by the client device the data is stored on the remote storage device instead of the client device.