Client-assisted fulfillment of a resource request

A system comprising:

• processing logic configured to process a request for a resource to be accessed on behalf of a client device to determine whether the request is to be fulfilled, the request received from a first machine;
• informing logic configured to inform the client device of an identity of the resource in response to a determination that the request is to be fulfilled;
• and
• provision logic configured to provide data of the resource, which is received from the client device in response to the client device receiving the data from a second machine that stores the resource, to fulfill the request.

A client device comprising:

• processing logic configured to process a request, the request identifying a resource to be accessed on behalf of the client device by a first machine;
• query provision logic configured to provide a query to a second machine that stores the resource, the query requesting access to the resource;
• and
• data provision logic configured to receive data of the resource from the second machine in response to the query, the data provision logic further configured to provide the data to the first machine based on the request in response to receipt of the data.