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Neuroimaging as a Marketing Tool
Neuroimaging as a means for validating whether a stimulus such as advertisement, communication, or product evokes a certain mental response such as emotion, preference, or memory, or to predict the consequences of the stimulus on later behavior such as consumption or purchasing.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8095633 | Cache on demand Methods and systems are provided for delivering content from a website to a computer device. The website and computer device negotiate terms for use of a cache memory coupled to the computer device. The computer device requests content, such as web page objects, fro... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8065408 | Method and system for dynamic device address management Maintaining a current network address between a network device and a network management system (NMS) that enables central configuration control over a number of network devices. Network devices with dynamically changeable network addresses provide address updates to... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7908378 | Provisioning seamless applications in mobile terminals through registering and transferring of application context Service provisioning in mobile terminals is provided through registering and transferring of application context, which permits substantially seamless transfer of application functionality across administrative service domains. An architecture for providing applicat... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7729350 | Virtual multicast routing for a cluster having state synchronization A system, apparatus, and method are directed to managing multicast routing using a network cluster. A cluster master actively participates in multicast control protocol communications with the cluster neighbors, while non-master member nodes, do not participate in t... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7616609 | Apparatus, and associated method, for selecting codes of a code set for coding data communicated during operation of multi-access communication system Apparatus, and an associated method, for designing codes to be used to code data that is communicated in a multi-access communication system. A selected code is designed, based upon an initial code. The selected code that is designed is of characteristics that best ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7565605 | Reorganizing content of an electronic document An electronic document is received that represents serial data that contains content of the document and defines an order in which respective portions of the content are to be performed. The serial data of the electronic document is analyzed. Reorganization informat... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7480307 | Protocol to determine optimal target access routers for seamless IP-level handover An apparatus and method is provided for facilitating the seamless handoff of IP connections between access routers in an IP network. The mobile IP network includes two or more access routers each serving a different geographic service area. When a mobile terminal mo... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7448080 | Method for implementing secure corporate communication A mobile or other device connects to a server via a publicly accessible network such as the Internet. After installation upon the device, a virtual private network (VPN) client connects to the server and downloads a VPN profile. In one embodiment the device creates ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7434047 | System, method and computer program product for detecting a rogue member in a multicast group A system for multicasting a data packet in a multicast group includes a network entity, and a plurality of members of the multicast group. A member can notify the network entity of a rogue member of the group claiming an identity of a spoofed member of the group. In... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421484 | Automated bulk configuration of network devices Multiple devices within a data communication network can be configured according to a single configuration profile. Configuration profile data is stored in a configuration file. Connections are made to individual devices, and the data in the configuration file is tr... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7392435 | Email gateway diagnostic tool, system, and method An email gateway diagnostic, tool, system, and method are provided for automated troubleshooting of email gateway functionality. Troubleshooting can occur in multiple modes of operation including: full diagnostic, interactive, and undeliverable mail status informati... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392424 | Router and routing protocol redundancy A router and routing protocol redundancy are disclosed to reduce service outage or degradation for a network device and thus to increase service availability on a network due to software and hardware failures of the network device. A network device such as router in... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7336773 | Method and system for multi-mode communication with sender authentication Enabling control over multiple forms of communication to a recipient, such as email, instant messages, cell phone calls, conventional phone calls, faxes, and the like. The recipient defines rules for authenticating senders and for determining when, where, and how co... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328250 | Apparatus and method for handling electronic mail A mail transfer agent adapted for determining the disposition of incoming e-mail from a sender includes a penalty count filter module which functions on the basis of current communication system resource usage, such as the number of concurrent TCP connections being ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313628 | Protocol to determine optimal target access routers for seamless IP-level handover An apparatus and method is provided for facilitating the seamless handoff of IP connections between access routers in an IP network. The mobile IP network includes two or more access routers each serving a different geographic service area. When a mobile terminal mo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7298847 | Secure key distribution protocol in AAA for mobile IP A security key distribution and authentication protocol in AAA for Mobile IP has been described. In order to guarantee the secure protocol, messages between the MN, FA, AAAF, AAAH, and HA are encrypted and signed using public/private keys. IPSEC or PKI infrastructur... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296092 | Apparatus for inter-domain communications including a virtual switch for routing data packets between virtual interfaces of the virtual switch An apparatus for a multi-domain computer system includes multiple virtual system domains, each having an associated, independent routing instance. A virtual switch is created to forward packets between the domains. The virtual switch is configured to operate substan... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292586 | Micro-programmable protocol packet parser and encapsulator A micro-programmable controller is disclosed for parsing a packet and encapsulating data to form a packet. The micro-programmable controller loads an instruction within the micro-controller. The instruction word has a plurality of instruction fields. The micro-contr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290141 | Authentication of remotely originating network messages A method and system for authenticating messages received from users across multiple remote devices are provided. A residential gateway authenticates a user using a modified digest authentication scheme by storing a sequence number in the nonce field. Access encrypti... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7257731 | System and method for managing protocol network failures in a cluster system Methods and systems are directed to managing a protocol network failure in a network clustering system. A cluster master and each client member in the cluster are configured to determine a primary protocol network, a secondary protocol network, and the like, for exc... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257625 | Cache on demand Methods and systems are provided for delivering content from a website to a computer device. The website and computer device negotiate terms for use of a cache memory coupled to the computer device. The computer device requests content, such as web page objects, fro... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7230914 | Method and system for synchronizing a standby route distributor in a distributed routing platform A system and method is directed to synchronizing a standby route distributor in a distributed routing platform. A route distributor is configured to operate as an active route distributor. Another route distributor is configured to operate as a standby route distrib... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228331 | User oriented penalty count random rejection of electronic messages A method and system for managing electronic mail (email) based on a user oriented penalty count (PC) random rejection. The invention determines a threshold for a specific user and assesses a cumulative PC for usage of a resource that exceeds the user specific thresh... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225259 | Service tunnel over a connectionless network A method for establishing a service tunnel for private internet protocol services over a connectionless network. The private internet protocol services are transported over the service tunnel in accordance with selected respective private internet protocol services.... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7206935 | System and method for protecting network appliances against security breaches The present invention is directed to a system and method for protecting a network appliance against a security breach. The network appliance is protected by an appliance protector component that resides within the network appliance. The appliance protector protects ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7177902 | Remotely controlling a computer via simulated keyboard events A keyboard event server (KES) allows an end user to remotely control a computer. The KES accepts a uniform resource locator having a query string that specifies one or more keyboard events to be simulated. The query string may include mnemonics corresponding to one ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170856 | Jitter buffer for a circuit emulation service over an internet protocol network A jitter buffer receives a plurality of data packets comprising a circuit emulation service over internet protocol (CESIP), buffers the plurality of data packets, and plays data from the plurality of data packets at a constant bit rate corresponding to the CESIP. | 01/30/2007 |
| 7155632 | Method and system for implementing IS-IS protocol redundancy The present invention relates to a method and system for implementing link level protocol redundancy in a router. In particular, the invention relates to providing redundancy of the Intermediate System Intra-domain Routing Information Exchange Protocol (IS-IS) routi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142527 | System and method for transmission scheduling using network membership information and neighborhood information A system and method is directed at providing collision-free transmission of packets into a channel, such that: an upper bound can be enforced for the time elapsed between two consecutive time slots assigned to the same node; no collision-avoidance handshake is requi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134142 | System and method for providing exploit protection for networks A method and system for providing protection from exploits to devices connected to a network. The system and method include a component for determining whether an encapsulation has been applied to an attachment and unencapsulating such encapsulated attachments, a co... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123598 | Efficient QoS signaling for mobile IP using RSVP framework A system and method for efficient QoS signaling for mobile IP using RSVP framework in which mobile nodes are connected to correspondent nodes via plurality of intermediate nodes. The method has the steps of: programming in the mobile node for data packets propagatin... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7103315 | Selective media capture via a communication device Methods and systems for selectively capturing content and delivering the captured content to mobile communications devices via wireless communications are disclosed. In some embodiments, a mobile unit sends a request for content to a nearby content server, to which ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099326 | System and method for fast GPRS for IPv6 communications A system and method for fast GPRS for IPv6 may improve data transfer efficiency in mobile networks, for example, in networks that relay on the GPRS infrastructure as defined and standardized in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and on mobil... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086088 | Preventing stack buffer overflow attacks A method and system for preventing stack buffer overflow attacks in a computer system are disclosed. A computer system can prevent stack buffer overflow attacks by encrypting return addresses prior to pushing them onto the runtime stack. When an encrypted return add... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076645 | Method of rebooting a multi-device cluster while maintaining cluster operation The present invention is directed at rebooting a cluster while maintaining cluster operation. Cluster operation is automatically maintained during the reboot since at least one member of the cluster stays active during the process. An administrator triggers the rebo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7047453 | Method and apparatus for managing network traffic using cyclical redundancy check hash functions Methods, apparatus and systems are directed to managing network traffic using a variable length Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC) index to hash an address header. The invention copies an address header of a data packet to a CRC generator. A CRC index is determined bas... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046623 | Fault recovery system and method for inverse multiplexed digital subscriber lines A system (10) and method are provided for restoring the flow of a data stream in the event of a link (28) failure while avoiding delays due to down time. The system (10) for passing the data stream at a particular transmission rate includes a fi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043560 | Dynamic probing and reporting of bit rate information A method and apparatus are provided for measuring a bit rate between a client and a server. In an embodiment of the invention, a number of bits included only within one or more transaction units are measured over a time period. The time period is a sum of time durat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042885 | System and method for implementing a distributed service platform using a system-wide switchtag definition A system and method for configuring components of a distributed routing platform using switchtags. The distributed routing platform includes transport service modules that are configured to perform a service on packets. Each of the transport service modules is furth... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028098 | Selective routing of data flows using a TCAM The present invention relates to a method and system for supporting in a router a plurality of data flows using a ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) in which the number of accesses to write to the TCAM is optimized to improve efficiency of updating and subseq... | 04/11/2006 |
