A process for managing an instant messaging or chat room session provides an automated real-time status of the activity of a participant currently disengaged from the messaging session. One embodiment includes acquiring at least one type of information selected from the group consisting of information from a Dynamic Network Analyzer and information from a Loop Facilities and Control System. During the translation in the first direction, each of the optical beams is scanned over the respective sub-region in a second direction, which is different from the first direction. The package can then be delivered to a recipient who can remove the seller’s card and replace it with the recipient’s own card. The apparatus can count the number of incendiary projectiles dispensed during a current operation and during the lifetime of the apparatus.