Systems and methods for seamlessly providing carrier-independent VoIP calls initiated using an existing carrier-issued telephone number are provided. In exemplary embodiments, the existing carrier-issued telephone number to be called is received. Subsequently, a status regarding if the existing carrier-issued telephone number is a registered telephone number stored in a carrier-independent database is determined. If the existing carrier-issued telephone number comprises a registered telephone number in the carrier-independent database, a call is established via peer-to-peer connection using an address associated with the registered telephone number. However, if the existing carrier-issued telephone number is not a registered telephone number in the carrier-independent database, the call is placed via a standard route.

A method and apparatus for delivering requested content over a network is described. The method includes receiving, by a first network node, a request from a second network node for the requested content, the request comprising an IPv6 address associated with the requested content. A longest prefix match is then performed between the IPv6 address associated with the requested content and IPv6 addresses associated with content available at the first network node. In the event that the longest prefix match does not result in an exact match between the IPv6 address associated with the requested content and any of the IPv6 addresses associated with content available at the first network node, the request is routed towards a content variant suitable for transcoding to the requested content, the content variant being stored at the first network node.

The present disclosure provides a generating method and a system for redirecting URL, a redirecting server, a resolving method and a system for resolving a domain-name resolution request, a DNS server, a 302 redirecting method that supports HTTPS, and a network system. A client terminal sends a first HTTP request. The redirecting server specifies a content server, convert an IP address of the content server to a prefix of a redirecting domain name, uses a service domain name as a suffix of the redirecting domain name, combines the redirecting domain name and a URL in the first HTTP to form the redirecting URL, and sends the redirecting URL to the client terminal. The client terminal requests for resolving of the redirecting domain name. The DNS server recognizes a domain name in the domain-name resolution request and performs an inverse converting on the prefix of the redirecting domain name to obtain an IP address of the content server and sends the IP address of the content server to the client terminal. The client terminal sends a second HTTP request containing the redirecting URL to the content server; and sends an IP generated by resolving and in correspondence of the first HTTP request to the client terminal.

A system for providing help includes a preprogrammed kit that includes at least one digital assistant and a virtual private network repeater for connecting to a data provider for connecting the digital assistant to a server. A plurality of agent computers is connected to the server by a data network. The digital assistant is preprogrammed with a skill for recognizing a preprogrammed specific utterance and the digital assistant is pre-configured to connect with the virtual private network repeater. After the preprogrammed specific utterance is detected by the digital assistant, the digital assistant initiates a request for help to the server and upon receiving the request for the help, the server assigns one of the agent computers and forwards the request for help to the one of the agent computers.

Provided is a method for providing a group communication service performed in a service server for performing data communication with a manager terminal and a user terminal. The method comprises a first group setting step of setting a first group by providing an interface for receiving group member information from a manager terminal and setting a member classification item, a second group setting step of setting a second group by providing an interface for providing a clustered information on the basis of the member classification item based on information on the first group and receiving a manager input for the clustered information and a message sending step of receiving message information sent according to an input of a manager terminal and sending a message to a user terminal belonging to the second group.

Various techniques for detecting homographs of domain names are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for detecting homographs of domain names includes receiving a DNS data stream, wherein the DNS data stream includes a DNS query and a DNS response for resolution of the DNS query; applying a homograph detector for each domain in the DNS data stream; and detecting a homograph of a domain name in the DNS data stream using the homograph detector.

A method is provided for secure and direct delivery of digital media content directly from a content server to a casting digital media player. In the method, the digital media player is provided with a custom URL that contains concatenated information related to the IP address associate with the location of a key on a mobile device used to commence a casting session.

Method and system for transferring a message, comprising routing information relating to the intended recipient of the message and content information, from a first node via a second node to a third node in a communications network. According to the invention, a repository is associated with the second node. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting the message from the first node to the second node; storing data representative of the content information in the repository of the second node; replacing, by the second node, in the message, the content information by a token; transmitting the message, comprising the routing information and the token, from the second node to the third node; retrieving, by the third node, the content information from the second node; and replacing by the third node, in the message, the token by the content information.

Among other things, this document describes systems, methods and devices for providing a cloud proxy auto-config (PAC) function for clients connected to a private network, such as an enterprise network. The teachings hereof are of particular use with cloud hosted proxy services provided by server deployments outside of the private network (e.g., external to the enterprise or other organizational network). This document also describes systems, methods and devices for providing a proxy auto-config (PAC) function for clients connected to a third party network, such as when the client moves outside of the enterprise network.

Among other things, this document describes systems, methods and devices for providing a cloud proxy auto-config (PAC) function for clients connected to a private network, such as an enterprise network. The teachings hereof are of particular use with cloud hosted proxy services provided by server deployments outside of the private network (e.g., external to the enterprise or other organizational network). This document also describes systems, methods and devices for providing a proxy auto-config (PAC) function for clients connected to a third party network, such as when the client moves outside of the enterprise network.