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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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120047455 | SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING USING AN EBOOK READER An eBook reader that includes the capability of interfacing with a human-centric social network and a book-centric social network.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110321024 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING AN EXECUTING APPLICATION An approach is provided for updating an application such as a widget. An update platform receives a request to update an application executing on a device. Execution of the application retrieves all or a portion of stored code associated with the application from a stor... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110252302 | FITTING NETWORK CONTENT ONTO A REDUCED-SIZE SCREEN A computer-implemented method for fitting content of a network document onto a reduced-size screen comprises displaying the document on the reduced-size screen and receiving a user input to indicate a desired portion of the displayed document. In response to the user in... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110252384 | WIRELESS DISPLAY APPLICATION Systems and methods are illustrated that relate to displaying an output screen from a mobile device on a monitor in communication with a computer through a wireless network. The systems and methods may include the steps of: connecting the mobile device to the computer v... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110247013 | Method for Communicating Between Applications on an External Device and Vehicle Systems A is provided method for communicating between software applications on a portable device and a software-controlled vehicle system of a vehicle. The portable device is linked to the software-controlled vehicle system. The portable device includes a host software applica... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110239142 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT OVER MULTIPLE DISPLAYS An approach is presented for providing content over multiple displays. A display manager causes, at least in part, presentation of a first content on a first display. The display manager then receives an input for activating one or more second displays. The display mana... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110225553 | Use Of Standalone Mobile Devices To Extend HID Capabilities Of Computer Systems A mobile device is adapted so that its HID functionality may be used to control an associated computer GUI. The computer may also be used to extend the HID capabilities of the mobile device.... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110219070 | Method and Apparatus for Social Networking A system and apparatus facilitates social networking between service providers and customers displays provider profiles via a network. A provider window provides tabs that are expandable to provide more details about particular provider profiles without obscuring the sc... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110202837 | MULTI-LAYER USER INTERFACE WITH FLEXIBLE PARALLEL AND ORTHOGONAL MOVEMENT A user interface (UI) system calculates movements in a multi-layer graphical user interface. The UI system receives user input corresponding to gestures on a touchscreen. The UI system calculates a movement of a first layer in a first direction (e.g., a horizontal direc... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110191685 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING MULTIMEDIA ITEMS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE A system and method for providing a user interface for accessing multimedia items using an electronic device determines a set of first level categories based on multimedia items associated with the electronic device. The system determines second level category graphics ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110167392 | Methods And Apparatus For Retrieving And Displaying Map-Related Data For Visually Displayed Maps Of Mobile Communication Devices A cellular telephony device operatives to receive map data via a cellular network map data, and causes a region of a map having one or more selectable map elements to be displayed in a display in accordance with the map data. The cellular telephony device then causes se... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110167393 | PORTABLE TERMINAL A portable terminal displays a menu screen in which small screens respectively corresponding to categories are shown on display positions of a display unit, wherein the display positions respectively correspond to operation positions of an operation panel.... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110119589 | Navigable User Interface for Electronic Handset An electronic device having a user interface on which selectable operation indicators are navigated wherein each operational indicator is associated with a corresponding application or other selectable item. The operational indicators are sequentially identified, in a s... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110119386 | DIRECTING DATA IN A WEB BROWSER FROM A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE Some embodiments provide a system for interacting with a web browser. During operation, the system establishes a network connection with the web browser from a portable electronic device. Next, the system provides data to the web browser using a web server on the portab... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110106783 | MOBILE SEARCH WITH A LANDMARK A wireless handset and method for enabling the wireless handset to determine an address with a landmark is described. The method includes receiving a first search text string from a keyboard associated with the wireless hands and receiving a second landmark text string ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110107206 | E-READER SEMANTIC TEXT MANIPULATION A computerized system and method for changing the textual length of an electronic text content while maintaining the meaning of the electronic text content is disclosed. The system includes an electronic reader, or e-reader, device having an electronic touch screen for ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110105192 | TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Disclosed is a mobile terminal and a control method thereof capable of displaying an image or data in a particular object shape. When an image list is displayed and then any one particular image of the list is selected, the selected image is converted into a particular ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110082808 | MOBILE INTEGRATION OF USER-SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONAL CONTENT A system for integrating user-specific institutional content for mobile delivery is disclosed. The system includes a communications module configured to receive, from a mobile device, a request for target institutional content based on source institutional content and a... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110051360 | HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE A handheld computing device is disclosed. The handheld computing device includes a seamless housing formed from an extruded tube. The extruded tube includes open ends and internal rails which serve as a guide for slidably assembling an operational assembly through the o... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110047509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPING POINTS-OF-INTEREST ON A MAP An approach is provided for grouping points-of-interest on a map. Information is aggregated about a plurality of points-of-interest. The plurality of points-of-interest are categorized into a first level grouping based on a first criterion and the aggregated information... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110010340 | System and Method for Managing Items in a List Shared by a Group of Mobile Devices A method and system are provided for sharing data amongst a group of a plurality of mobile devices without requiring a database or server to centrally store the shared data. The shared data is instead stored by each group member individually while controlling the manner... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100333011 | TOUCH SCREEN INPUT RECOGNITION AND CHARACTER SELECTION A system and method of character input using a virtual keyboard, which may have a reduced number of keys. The virtual keyboard may be displayed on a touch screen and may include a plurality of keys. The virtual keyboard may have a plurality of keys, each key having a nu... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100305970 | Mobile Electronic Case Board Techniques for managing an electronic case board accessible by mobile devices are supported. A system may include a central medical information management system that maintains information regarding ongoing treatment of patients. Medical professionals may use mobile dev... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100299636 | Multi-Context Iteractive Directory Filter On a device having keys with multiple values, a user may perform either an iterative directory filtering operation or a direct-dial operation, without specifying which of the operations is intended. Hence, a user is allowed to perform any of a number of different operat... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100293511 | COMPUTERIZED EVENT TRACKING WITH AMBIENT GRAPHICAL INDICATOR Systems and methods for displaying a graphical indication of events on a display of a portable computing device are provided. The system may include an event detector module to receive a series of event notifications over time for one or more predetermined event types, ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100287492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MENU ITEMS In a hand-held device, a graphic user interface (GUI), comprising an active area in which a selected one or more items is displayed, said selected one or more items can be manipulated when displayed in said active area. The GUI also comprises a grid displaying non-selec... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281441 | Portable Electronic Apparatus A portable electronic apparatus comprising a first part with a first user interface, the first user interface extending along a first plane, and a second part with a second user interface, the second user interface extending along a second plane, the first and second pa... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100262367 | MISSING CHILD REPORTING, TRACKING AND RECOVERY METHOD AND SYSTEM A method and system for marshaling resources needed to search for a missing child, declaring a missing child incident, coordinating a search for the missing child, tracking the progress of the search, locating the missing child, and recovering the missing child.... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100179876 | COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING IN NAVIGATING THE INTERNET A computer-accessible medium, method and system is provided for availing hierarchal menus which can enhance and simplify the navigation of web sites. Such menus may permit improved access to web pages within a web site via a standardized interface that can be displayed ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100153891 | METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR BROWSING INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY In one embodiment, a program is provided for browsing information on a hand-held device having a display. The program includes (1) displaying a portion of the page residing around the predefined point and having a shape similar to the shape of the display, (2<... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100138784 | MULTITASKING VIEWS FOR SMALL SCREEN DEVICES A system and method that includes providing content items to be displayed on a display of a device, determining a relevance of each content item with respect to each other content item, and organizing the content items on the display of the device along a scattered cont... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100137031 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes providing a graphical user interface on a touch screen display, detecting a touch event at a first location on the touch screen display, providing a navigation indicator in the... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100125818 | METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR BROWSING INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY In one embodiment, a method and program for browsing information on a hand-held device having a display is provided. The device includes (1) showing on the display a portion of the page residing around the predefined point and having a shape similar to the shape of the ... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100105440 | Mobile Communications Device Home Screen A mobile communications device home screen is described. In one or more implementations, a method is performed by a mobile communications device that includes receiving status updates of contacts from a social network service. A home screen of the mobile communications ... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100095209 | PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE WITH WORKOUT SUPPORT Improved techniques and systems for utilizing a portable electronic device to monitor, process, present and manage data captured by a remote sensor are disclosed. The portable electronic device offers a convenient user interface that can be visual and/or audio based cus... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100095024 | MOBILE SITES DETECTION AND HANDLING Apparatus and method for providing content to a user including a request processing module operative to receive a request for content, from a user operating a non-desktop browser, and to communicate the request to a server hosting the content, a content classification m... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100094689 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface For Coupon or Advertisement Delivery A method, system, and graphical user interface for delivering coupons when a user of a mobile communication device sends an electronic message and is waiting for an electronic message delivery confirmation is described. At a server, an electronic message is received fro... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100088532 | METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE WITH EFFICIENT ORIENTATION SENSOR USE A method and handheld electronic device having a graphic user interface with efficient orientation sensor input use are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of rendering a graphical user interface (GUI) on a portable electronic device,... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100070915 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD A terminal apparatus includes a display, a display control unit configured to display a screen on the display in a given display mode, a first selection operation detection unit configured to detect that a first selection operation concerning the given display mode has ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100064207 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WIDGET CONTENTS USING A MOBILE DEVICE A system and method for displaying widget contents using a mobile device separates a widget web page into a plurality of independent widgets. All the separated widgets are collected to generate a single widget display interface or a widget name list display interface. C... | 03/11/2010 |
