Abstract: The present invention relates to networking technologies, specifically the disclosed invention enables clients or customers to anonymously access web using a privately held web device. Generally, web client identity hiding has multiple commercial usages in internet community such as protecting computer privacy, facilitating web scrapping activities and allowing geo-blocking bypass. The object of the present invention is to hide web identity that further requires hiding of a web client IP address. IP address used to uniquely identify a web client. The present invention addresses some of the problems of hiding internet (IP) identity by enabling hiding of identity using approach that is an alternative to a Virtual Private Network (VPN) method. Specifically, the disclosed invention provides a web service, that hides internet (IP) identity and geo location of a web client or customer from an operator/owner of a website.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing overload protection in a communications system are provided. More particularly, an importance or priority rating of a message received at a communication server is determined. If the communications system is in an overload state, and if the importance rating of the received message is not sufficiently high, overload protection is applied. Overload protection can include denying service to a requested or in process communications system associated with the message.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing overload protection in a communications system are provided. More particularly, an importance or priority rating of a message received at a communication server is determined. If the communications system is in an overload state, and if the importance rating of the received message is not sufficiently high, overload protection is applied. Overload protection can include denying service to a requested or in process communications system associated with the message.

Abstract: A method of self-configuring a network device. The method includes transmitting non-unique structure information of a network device, from the network device to a configuration server, receiving, by the network device from the configuration server, one or more configuration parameter values responsive to the transmitted structure information and configuring the network device with the configuration parameter values.

Abstract: A method of self-configuring a network device. The method includes transmitting non-unique structure information of a network device, from the network device to a configuration server, receiving, by the network device from the configuration server, one or more configuration parameter values responsive to the transmitted structure information and configuring the network device with the configuration parameter values.

Abstract: A method of self-configuring a network device. The method includes transmitting a first request for a network address in a configuration protocol packet, receiving a first response including a first network address assigned to the network device and additional information, responsive to the first request, transmitting a second request for a specific network address using at least some of the additional information from the first response and receiving a second response including the specific second network address, responsive to the second request.