Abstract: A toy such as a plush toy having various sanitizing features is disclosed. The toy of the present invention optionally includes an air purifying device such as an ionizing device or an ozone device disposed within an interior cavity of the toy. The toy optionally includes a visco-elastic material. The visco-elastic material may be infused with an anti-microbial nano-material such as a silver nano-material. Furthermore, an outer material layer of the toy optionally includes an antimicrobial agent, and can be removable and washable to reduce or eliminate air particulate. An optional liner may be hypoallergenic. The air purifying device is optionally activated via a sensor, such as a motion or heat sensor, and is optionally deactivated via a timer.

Abstract: A toy such as a plush toy having various sanitizing features is disclosed. The toy of the present invention optionally includes an air purifying device such as an ionizing device or an ozone device disposed within an interior cavity of the toy. The toy optionally includes a visco-elastic material. Furthermore, an outer material layer of the toy optionally includes an antimicrobial agent, and can be removable and washable to reduce or eliminate air particulate. The air purifying device is optionally activated via a sensor, such as a motion or heat sensor, and is optionally deactivated via a timer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include an information sharing system that provides an online business service from a provider that uses the Internet to enable individuals and organizations to link together contact databases that reside in multiple desktop applications and create a unified meta-database. This database can be searched by individual subscribers in order to locate a specific entity (such as an organization or a person, by name, title or organization, such as an executive in a target organization), identify if a path to the executive exists through a chain of contacts across the linked contact databases, and request a referral based introduction to the specific executive.