Abstract: A kit for promoting social interaction includes a plurality of containers in the form of boxes held by a larger vessel. Each of the containers encloses a message designed for stimulating conversation and includes an instruction that the container is to be used for purposes of stimulating conversation. The instruction may be carried on the substrate together with the message. Alternatively or additionally, the messages may be provided on inside surfaces of the containers while the instruction may be printed on the outside of the individual containers.

Abstract: In an Internet or online advertising method, a server computer maintains a an electronic site or page accessible via a computer network and transmits to a user computer accessing the site or page advertisements selected in accordance with buying habits of individual users and independently of content on the site or page. The transmitting of the site or page and the transmitting of the advertisements is such that the advertisements and the sites or pages are simultaneously displayed on user computer monitors. The sites or pages may include Internet search results, the advertisements being independent of or unrelated to the content of displayed search results.