A method begins by storing payment request data, which, for a client, includes a payables profile and an accounts payable data file. A RFID tag includes a encoding circuit for digitalizing receiving sensitivity of a radio wave sent from an external transmittingreceiving apparatus and then sending the digitalized receiving sensitivity to the external transmittingreceiving apparatus. Then, the cell current is raised to a read level which is below the programming threshold level, and the bitline voltage is compared to a reference voltage while the cell current is at the read level. An outer part 34b of each bead 10 includes an outer core 46b and an outer apex 48b that extends almost outward of the outer core 46b in the radial direction. The mobile station is associated with a licensed wireless network identifier and a licensed wireless location identifier when the mobile station is in the licensed wireless access area and is associated with an unlicensed wireless network identifier and an unlicensed wireless location identifier when the mobile station is in the unlicensed wireless access area. A clam-shell launch tube is capable of launching a multitude of differently sized sonobuoys.