[ providing employment information to prospective employees and prospective employers in the field of optics via a global computer network ]

[ electronic delivery of documents in the field of optics, namely, providing electronic mailing lists that automatically distribute information pertaining to optics on a periodic basis via a global computer network to users who have previously requested that information ]

[ educational services, namely, presenting technical seminars in the field of optics via a global computer network; providing facilities for real time interaction between students and instructors who offer courses in the field of optics ]

providing information in the form of text, graphics and multi media regarding optics via a global computer network, namely, information on optics and photonics, information regarding products and services in the field of optics; providing trade show exhibits in the field of optics; providing searchable catalogs of optics companies; providing schedules of trade shows in the optics field; providing announcements regarding newly developed optics products; product specifications and computerized demonstrations for optical products; technical papers describing technologies or applications of optical products; profiles of optical companies; contact information, namely, technical support personnel, marketing personnel, office addresses, telephone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and global network web site addresses; technical support information for optical products; on-line information linked to product and ordering information, namely, product specifications and attributes, names, addresses and telephone numbers of marketing personnel, and instruction and forms for ordering products via a global computer network; bulletins and specimens on new or forthcoming optical products and services; indexes to technical literature and other publisher's literature in the field of optics; index to information concerning optics and related fields; bibliographic citations of optical works; technical abstracts in the field of optics; providing manuscripts of technical journals in the field of optics on-line; electronic forums, namely, providing on-line facilities for real time interaction with computer users for discussion of issues related to optics; electronic forums, namely, providing on-line facilities for real time interaction with another computer user who is an expert in the field of optics; information on industry standards and on newly issued patents in the field of optics; current news in the field of optics; electronic membership databases, namely, a database of the membership of professional organizations in the field of optics; providing electronic searches of databases containing information pertaining to the field of optics and returning information from the database that contains the specific information requested by the user; providing searches of a database of technical conferences in the field of optics that returns to the user a list of technical conferences that contain the specific information requested by the user; providing facilities for the on-line discussion of materials that are to, or have been, presented at conferences in the field of optics; providing facilities for the presentation of informational programs relating to the field of optics in which the information providers transmit the information from a first site to a second site by satellite or other forms of communication