Abstract: A system for conducting a video conference and methods for making and utilizing the same. The system can generate a first virtual stage for a first participant in the video conference by selecting one or more items of personal information associated with the first conference participant and disposing the selected personal information items in a predetermined arrangement. The first virtual stage can be transmitted with a first visual image of the first conference participant to a computer system associated with a second conference participant for visual presentation during the video conference. The system advantageously can enable the computer system associated with each conference participate to visually present a visual image with an associated virtual stage for each of the other conference participants.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for triggering an advertisement for display via a computer network. One of a several part numbers is received from a user request. An advertisement to be displayed is triggered if (i) the user is associated with a pre-determined desired group corresponding to the triggered advertisement, and (ii) the user is not associated with a pre-determined no-show group corresponding to the triggered advertisement; and (iii) at least one of the received part numbers is included in the portion of part numbers. The triggering step further includes determining whether the triggered advertisement has exceeded a pre-determined maximum number of showings. An advertiser associated with the advertisement is notified of the triggered advertisement and the user. Further, responsive to the user request, stored information is searched for a part corresponding to at least one part number. Further, the user is classified by type within a vertical industry such as the airline industry.