Abstract: A method for coordinating the way two subscribing members communicate with the objective of enhancing their relationship, or detect incompatibilities at an early stage that will permit any one of them to opt out. The five phases of the method are: the seed request phase, the seedling phase, the budding phase, the juvenile phase, and the maturation or fruition phase.

Abstract: Content-targeted ads are served with e-mail. A unique content identifier (“CUID”) is included in the content. A client device passes the CUID to an ad server in a an ad request. The ad server uses the CUID to identify previously registered content for determining content-relevant ads. Current information may be used when choosing and/or ordering ads. Thus, ads can be chosen and generated when the user “opens” the e-mail. An ad image may display ads in the document. Ad impression information may be encoded in a unique identifier, returned along with the ad image. The ad image and unique identifier may be provided to a client device. This unique identifier and an image map click position may be returned to the ad server upon ad selection. The ad server may use the returned information to determine the selected ad.

Abstract: Content-targeted ads are served with e-mail messages, such as HTML e-mail messages by (i) having the document publisher include a unique content identifier in the content, (ii) having a client device pass the unique content identifier to a content-relevant ad server in a content-relevant ad request, and (iii) having the content-relevant ad server use the unique contend identifier to identify previously registered content for purposes of determining content-relevant ads. In the content-relevant ad server, multiple ads may compete for desired ad attributes (e.g., relative position on a page) or features. An arbitration process may be used to chose and/or order the ads. By having the client device pass the unique content identifier to the content-relevant ad server when it needs the ads, ads can be chosen and generated all at the time the user reads (or more generally “opens”) the e-mail document. This permits up-to-date ad information to be used when serving ads.

Abstract: A decorative article is provided having an optically transparent solid material, having top, bottom, front, back and side surfaces, an opaque material covering the back, side and top surfaces, and an image inside the transparent material defined by etch points having a convex exterior surface facing the back surface and a concave interior surface facing the front surface.

Abstract: A decorative article is provided having an optically transparent solid material, having top, bottom, front, back and side surfaces, an opaque material covering the back, side and top surfaces, and an image inside the transparent material defined by etch points having a convex exterior surface facing the back surface and a concave interior surface facing the front surface.

Abstract: Information common to multiple e-mail messages (called common content "chunks") is separated from the individual e-mail messages before transmission. The chunks are then transmitted separately from the individual e-mail message information, and reassembled into a complete e-mail message at the receiving site.