Abstract: A method, device, and system for connecting to a URL resource is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a connection request carrying a URL number from a User Equipment; resolving the URL number to obtain a corresponding URL and returning the corresponding URL to the User Equipment; and connecting, by the User Equipment, to a corresponding URL resource, upon receiving the URL. The invention enables an existing User Equipment with a poor input capability to connect to a URL resource, and improves the efficiency of the User Equipment to access the URL resource.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, methods, and apparatus for bidding in online auctions. In one embodiment, bids for advertising include an amount that is a function of an expected value-per-click and a fraction of a budget already spent for advertising slots.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems, methods, and apparatus for allocating goods to bidders in combinatorial auctions. In one embodiment, bids are received in a combinatorial auction and the winner determination problem is modeled as an interval knapsack problem (I-KP) or an interval multiple-choice knapsack problem (I-MCKP), efficient algorithms (both pseudo-polynomial-time exact algorithms and FPTAS) for I-KP (and I-MCKP) are used to compute an allocation of goods to winning bidders.

Abstract: A representation of a network having vertices connected by arcs is provided. Different collections of vertices in the network are iteratively selected. Balancing moves are performed in corresponding collections of the network, where the collections are represented by corresponding graphs according to a predefined structure.

Abstract: A communication terminal for implementing a streaming service disclosed by embodiments of the present invention includes: a call control unit, an audio processing unit, a video processing unit and a communication processing unit; the communication terminal further includes: a streaming control unit which respectively exchanges the communication signaling with the call control unit, the audio processing unit, the video processing unit and the communication processing unit and is used for processing the protocol associated with the streaming playing and control, and controlling the procedure of a streaming service. Embodiments of the present invention further disclose a system and a method for implementing a streaming service. The communication terminal has the IP Digital Set Top Box (DSTB) function, which implements not only the video/audio communication, but also a streaming service. The system and method disclosed may implement a communication terminal based streaming service.