Abstract: A network-based payment service provides various features for facilitating online, user-to-user payments and item purchases. One feature involves methods for validating transaction requests initiated during browsing of third party web sites, including web sites of associates.

Abstract: An overseas delivery and transport system includes a server, an overseas main terminal, and a domestic main terminal. The overseas main terminal reads identification information, receives predetermined information of a consignee related to the identification information from the servers, allocates the predetermined information to common label data, and sends the common label data to the server. The domestic main terminal reads an identification code written on an air waybill, and allocates a sign indicating an additional tax to the common label data. The server stores the consignee information written in the domestic language corresponding to the identification information.

Abstract: An interactive merchandising program includes two or more program segments that are organized in a series. Each program segment in the series includes at least one time-limited offer for sequential presentation to the customer. The customer is required to undertake some action with respect to each program segment without knowing the identity of offers in program segments yet to be presented. If an offer is accepted within the time limit of the offer, the merchandising program terminates and the customer's acceptance of the offer is processed. If the customer declines a presented offer, the offer is withdrawn. The merchandising program proceeds to the next program segment in which the customer is presented the next time-limited offer. In this manner, the customer is provided an interactive experience that invites considered decision-making on the part of the customer.

Abstract: A system to monitor item placement and item movement on surfaces includes an identification system embedded in one or more surfaces and a computer. The identification system periodically scans the surfaces to generate data related to items placed on the surfaces. The data includes item type, item location on each surface, and number of items placed on each surface. The computer receives and processes the data to monitor item placement and item movement on the surfaces.