Cross-machine web page download and storage

摘要

A method and system is disclosed for downloading data, such as a web page, over a network such as the internet. The method includes the steps of (a) initiating a web page download request with a requesting entity having a first network address, the requesting entity being connected to the network; (b) fulfilling the web page download request with a web page source entity having a second network address; (c) transmitting a requested web page to a destination entity having a third network address; and (d) receiving and storing the requested web page in the destination entity for subsequent use by a user of the requesting entity. In this manner a low performance data processor may specify certain web pages to be downloaded to a higher performance processor over a higher bandwidth link, and may also specify postprocessing to be performed on retrieved web pages prior to a user of the first data processor accessing the stored web pages.