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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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| 7619879 | Laptop dual-swivel hinges In a convertible notebook/tablet computer with a dual-swivel hinge, an arrangement for communicating to a user a preferred rotational direction for pivoting about a z-axis, entirely without wiring or lights and in a manner such that at most only one rotational direc... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7254722 | Trusted platform motherboard having physical presence detection based on activation of power-on-switch A motherboard for a computer system is presented which provides a trusted platform by which operations can be performed with an increased level trust and confidence. The basis of trust for the motherboard is established by an encryption coprocessor and by code which... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7216077 | Lattice-based unsupervised maximum likelihood linear regression for speaker adaptation Methods and arrangements using lattice-based information for unsupervised speaker adaptation. By performing adaptation against a word lattice, correct models are more likely to be used in estimating a transform. Further, a particular type of lattice proposed herein ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7197462 | System and method for information access To convert the structure of a Web page into contents that a user can easily listen to, and for permitting the user to access and obtain information without have to perform and navigation, in a manner similar to listening to the radio. A designated target page is obt... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7183758 | Automatic exchange of degraders in accelerated testing of computer chips Issues that are addressed in accordance with at least one presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, are: improvements upon the time it takes to physically swap degraders (done previously by hand); the safety involved in doing so, since the degraders b... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181423 | System and method for stock options market management A system and method for analyzing the characteristics of sub-time periods of a time period over which a change of trend of a price evolution of a plurality of stock options occurs is disclosed. The system comprises means for storing data representative of the price ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173632 | Information display The information display system of the present invention has a database in which objects including position information and attribute information different from the position information are stored, and electronic map storage section, a set forming section which forms... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171487 | Method and system for application specific packet forwarding The present invention provides a method and system handling information exchange through networks 102 to 110 for interactive information exchange, especially for interactive Internet based game show. At least one server 120 and a plurality of cl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167083 | Recording and indicating the state of an apparatus remotely A system for indicating a past state of an apparatus through the use of a remote device by indicating the state with the remote device whether or not the remote device is still within communications range of the apparatus. In one embodiment, an indication can be mad... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167998 | Problem determination using probing The deployment of probing technology for the purpose of problem determination in a server or network element is disclosed. One can actively select which probes to send in order to be able to diagnose problems which one is particularly interested in, allowing for gre... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162641 | Weight based background discriminant functions in authentication systems Methods and apparatus for providing speech-based authentication, including the determination of a target discriminant based on an identity claim and on at least one target voiceprint model relating to a target speaker, of a background discriminant based on the ident... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158618 | Apparatus and method for recording URL together with voice message in a browser equipped telephone The present invention provides an apparatus and method for, in a browser equipped telephone, transmitting a URL together with a voice message when a called party is set to an answering mode, and allowing URL information to be extracted and passed to the browser when... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155571 | N-source in-kernel cache for high performance in computer operating systems An application independent, in-kernel cache is implemented. In-kernel caches provide applications with commonly used data quickly and efficiently. Methods and instruments for storing content, cache objects, are implemented leveraging operating system supplied mechan... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150009 | Space-efficient object models for object-oriented programming languages A method for implementing an object model for an object-oriented programming language. Also contemplated is a method whereby some object state is materialized directly in those objects deemed likely to use such a state, but is externalized for those objects deemed u... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134024 | Method of establishing the trustworthiness level of a participant in a communication connection A method of establishing a trustworthiness level of a participant in a communication connection between a first communication partner and a second communication partner is proposed whereby the communication behavior is adapted to the established trustworthiness leve... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123996 | Thermal management set-temperature correction for individual system A system includes a CPU, a stor for storing a process executed for lowering the temperature of the CPU in association with a set temperature, a first temperature sensor for measuring a measurement temperature of a measurement position in the CPU, a second temperatur... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117361 | Method of transmitting information data from a sender to a receiver via a transcoder A method of transmitting information data from a sender to a receiver via a transcoder is proposed. The information data comprises confidential information data which is encrypted and non-confidential information data. Security information and transcoding-type infor... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107219 | Communication apparatus A terminal is designed so that a user who employs numerical keys, allocated for the entry of dots, can enter Braille dot combinations that are used for the input of characters. The input characters may be output as speech for feedback. Further, when a terminal acces... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103054 | Methods and arrangements for building a subsource address multicast distribution tree using point to point routing records Methods and arrangements for facilitating multicast communication among at least two nodes in a distributed network configured for point to point communications. Each router node is provided with a first switching arrangement adapted to route a message between a pub... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7088684 | Methods and arrangements for dynamically modifying subsource address multicast data distribution trees Methods and arrangements for repositioning at least one node in a distributed network. Upon detection of a failed node in the network, subscription information relating to each direct child node of the failed node is retained at each direct child node. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7076423 | Coding and storage of phonetical characteristics of strings The present invention relates to coding and storage of phonetic features in order to search for strings of characters, whereby it is applied in particular to searching for a variety of names, identifiers, denotations and other character strings in a database. This i... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7058626 | Method and system for providing native language query service The present invention provides a method and system for providing native language query service for Internet users by using a plurality of search engines. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: (a) receiving at a site an original query request fro... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7046300 | Assessing consistency between facial motion and speech signals in video The use of multiple complementary classes of measure to assess face and speech consistency in video. In an exemplary embodiment, both synchrony measures and plausibility measures are employed. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042846 | Restrictive costs in network systems Methods and apparatus are provided for generating a set of restrictive costs associated with directional paths between selected nodes in a group of nodes of a network system wherein each node in the group is connected by a link to at least one other node in the grou... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039587 | Speaker identification employing a confidence measure that uses statistical properties of N-best lists Methods and arrangements for facilitating speaker identification. At least one N-best list is generated based on input speech, a system output is posited based on the input speech, and a determination is made, via at least one property of the N-best list, as to whet... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035616 | Two-stage variable-gain mixer employing shunt feedback A demodulator which includes an active balun circuit and at least one mixer driven by the active balun circuit. The active balun circuit includes a negative shunt feedback arrangement. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031923 | Verbal utterance rejection using a labeller with grammatical constraints Methods and apparatus for verifying spoken passwords and sentences with small decoder complexity requirements. A proposed method permits the verbal verification of a spoken password sentence without computationally extensive large-vocabulary decoding. A decoder pref... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7009971 | Methods and arrangements for multicasting a data stream at different data rates to groups of subscribers Methods and arrangements for propagating a data stream among a plurality of nodes in a distributed network at different rates. A first group of at least one subscriber node receives a data stream from a publisher node at a first rate, at least one additional group o... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6993740 | Methods and arrangements for automatically interconnecting cores in systems-on-chip A method and algorithms for creating correct-by-construction interconnections among complex intellectual property (IP) cores with hundreds of pins. The methods contemplated herein significantly reduce the time, complexity and potential for errors associated with sys... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993732 | Design of a pointerless BDD package A pointerless BDD package. A strict ordering is enforced on the BDD node identifiers and the advantageous consequences of that decision, such as a better memory locality of the nodes and faster unique table lookup, are reaped. The performance of a pointer based pack... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990161 | Phase selection mechanism for optimal sampling of source synchronous clocking interface data Phase selection mechanisms for the optimal sampling of data at the receiving end of a SSC interface. The receiver is allowed to choose between several phases of its local clock, to best synchronize the transmitter data to the receiver clock domain. It results in a m... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6988279 | Intelligent agent authentication via position locator system The authentication of intelligent agents (IA's) using a position locator system (PLS). Particularly contemplated is the comparison of the physical position of an intelligent agent requiring access to that of an intelligent agent whose identity is claimed by the form... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6987454 | Power management Power management using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags is disclosed. A device is equipped or connected with a low power detector that can detect the proximity of an RFID tag worn by a user of the device. The RFID tag preferably obtains energy from the det... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6983249 | Systems and methods for voice synthesis Systems and methods for voice synthesis are disclosed for providing a synthesized voice message that is consonant with the taste of a customer and a program storage device readable by machine to perform method steps for voice synthesis. In accordance with an order f... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6976792 | Optical fiber space transformation Methods and arrangements for providing compact optical paths between an optical connector, such as an MTRJ connector, and optoelectronic chips contained in TO cans. The methods and arrangements employed for creating the optical paths include the use of fibers that a... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976118 | Method and system for programming FPGAs on PC-cards without additional hardware Programming or updating hardware electronic circuits without manually accessing the circuits is dislcosed. The circuit arrangement includes an EEPROM device, a FPGA device which is accessible via a computer bus system and a MUX element connected between said devices... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6961319 | Methods and arrangements for distribution tree development Methods and arrangements for facilitating the further development of a distribution tree among at least three nodes in a distributed network. A network performance measurement associated with the propagation of a message between the publisher node and the joining su... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956484 | Substance testing devices with photo identification A system which, in at least one embodiment, obtains a photographic image of an individual attempting to disengage an ignition interlock device or the like to assist in determining whether the individual is the same as one for whom the device is intended. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6950814 | Natural language processing methods and systems Scheme for enriching an input network with knowledge from a fractal semantic knowledge network. The input network comprises objects and pointers between these objects, and the knowledge network comprises semantic units, and a plurality of Jani, whereby any of these ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947392 | Methods and arrangements for building a subsource address multicast distribution tree using traced routes Methods and arrangements for facilitating the further development of a distribution tree among at least three nodes in a distributed network. A path is ascertained between a publisher node and a joining subscriber node, and each path between the publisher node and e... | 09/20/2005 |
