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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 |
| 7439849 | User welcoming system for an automobile A welcoming system for welcoming a user of an automobile has a host communication means provided in the automobile or a facility around a parking location of the automobile. The system further has a distance detecting means for detecting a distance between the user ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428404 | Communication apparatus with external activation of communications link Herein disclosed is a communication apparatus to be operative in combination with first and second external devices for respectively producing first and second information, comprising: first information receiving means for receiving the first information from the fi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7398062 | Transmission system with high frequency stability The invention proposes a transmission system using a reference subcarrier to synchronize a local oscillator 104. The reference subcarrier can be placed at various locations of the band allotted to an operator. The external unit 1 of the reception devic... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7359698 | Systems and methods for enhanced over-the-air programming Embodiments of this invention supplement the termination process having the mobile subscriber unit to terminate the call upon completion of an OTA programming session. In one embodiment, the termination is initiated by the mobile subscriber unit after every session.... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359466 | Signal detection by a receiver in a multiple antenna time-dispersive system In a MIMO system the bit error rate floor caused by time dispersion is reduced by employing a joint minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalizer for all of the respective transmit antenna—receive antenna pairings that are possible in the MIMO system. The resulting j... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356473 | Management and assistance system for the deaf A computer-aided communication and assistance system that uses a signal processing and other algorithms in a processor in wireless communication with a microphone system to aid a deaf person. An instrumented communication module receives information from one or more... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7333025 | Remote control apparatus, electronic apparatus, and available-button indicating method A remote control apparatus for remotely operating an electronic apparatus, is provided with: a reception device which receives a signal indicating available operation buttons transmitted from the electronic apparatus; and an indication device which explicitly indica... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327006 | Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a combination die embedded in a base. The combination die includes a plurality of functional blocks, where the functional blocks are insulated from one another on the combination die. Each functional block has plural die connectors. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325250 | Method and apparatus for preventing radio communication system access by an unauthorized modem A method and apparatus for preventing radio communication system access by an unauthorized modem. The apparatus comprises a signal detector that determines if an authorization signal has been received from the base station within a specified period of time. The auth... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321763 | Communication terminal receiving connection information from a cellular phone and communication system including such a communication terminal The communication terminal and a communication system is capable of eliminating necessity of complicated setting inputs related to communication in a communication terminal in performing dial-up connection to a communication apparatus on a network from the communica... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7313409 | Method and apparatus for transmit power control during beam switching A method and apparatus for transmit power control (TPC) while switching a beam among a plurality of beams in a wireless communication system. An antenna array generates a plurality of directional beams and preferably an omni-directional pattern and switches a beam a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305079 | Method and apparatus for communicating with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302322 | Vehicular interface including armrest control assembly A user control assembly is provided for use on a vehicle equipped with a processor, an armrest, and a plurality of vehicular systems each having at least one adjustable feature associated therewith that may be controlled by the processor. The user control assembly c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301469 | Remotely activated trail marker system and its method of use A trail marking system having a plurality of trail markers, a remote control handset for selectively activating the trail markers, and a setting tool for setting and removing the trail markers. To use the trail marking system, a hunter attaches a trail marker into a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7280840 | Receiving apparatus, transmitting apparatus, and reception method Channel fluctuation values on propagation paths of modulated signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas are estimated, an eigenvalue of a channel fluctuation matrix created with the above-mentioned channel fluctuation values as elements is found in order to re... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269436 | Method and apparatus of allocating power in multiple-input multiple-output communication system A method and apparatus for allocating a power in a multiple-input multiple-output communication system is disclosed. A method of allocating power can include estimating a channel condition based on a reference signal received from a receiver, estimating power gains ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254182 | Transmitter for operating multiple devices A transmitter that is programmable to transmit one or more identification or device codes, using one or more transmission formats, at one or more transmission frequencies to control one or more respective devices. In one embodiment, the transmitter includes a contro... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254375 | Vehicle remote communication system command verification method The present invention concerns a method for verifying a command in a vehicle remote communication system. The remote communication system includes a remote transmitter, and a vehicle body having a receiver module and a control module connected by a communication bus... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7242954 | Multiple level power control command signaling A method of adjusting downlink transmission power at a base station based on the measured SIR relative to a referenced level in a mobile terminal. The referenced level can be the targeted SIR or zero. When the measured SIR is greater than the referenced level, the m... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7224980 | Radio system A stationary device 20 sends a portable-device finding signal to a portable device 10 from a plurality of stationary-device side antennae 24 and 25, which are located at different positions. Upon receipt of the portable-device finding sig... | 05/29/2007 |
| RE39571 | Methods and apparatus for synthesizing labeled combinatorial chemistry libraries The present invention provides labeled synthetic libraries of random oligomers and methods and apparatus for generating labeled synthetic oligomer libraries. Each member of such a library is labeled with a unique identifier tag that specifies the structure or sequen... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194259 | Remote control device having wireless phone interface A remote control device (RCD) typical of a television or home entertainment system is adapted to be communicable with a mobile phone. When a mobile phone receives a signal in a first wireless protocol from a digital cellular network (DCN), the signal is wirelessly f... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184756 | Wireless communication device with tamper resistant configuration settings Devices (302, 702, 800) with embedded control programs are provided are provided with RF-ID devices (114, 504) or other non-contact read data carriers (604) that provide configuration data, on which the execution of the embedded control programs... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181176 | Closed loop transmit diversity of point to multipoint physical channels Data is to be transmitted from one transmitting point to multiple reception points in a wireless communication system. A transmitting antenna array has multiple antenna elements at the one transmitting point. Channel information is measured for each antenna element ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177633 | Remote control system, remote control apparatus, remote control method, program for implementing the method, and electronic apparatus A remote control system which can reliably provide desired control while saving power. A remote control apparatus is capable of carrying out two-way wireless communication with an apparatus to be controlled. A control signal corresponding to a key switch for remote ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165224 | Image browsing and downloading in mobile networks Systems and methods are provided for browsing miniaturized versions of images stored locally on a mobile device while allowing the associated full-sized image to be transferred to the mobile device as needed. In one embodiment of the invention, a method of viewing a... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162232 | Selecting wireless devices In the wireless communication system, a wireless selection device is able to select any of a plurality of sufficiently proximate wireless devices without the necessity to actually physically contact or operate any of those devices. Thus, a user may control any of a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157050 | System and method for detecting biological and chemical material A system and method are provided for detecting biological and chemical material. To measure biological materials such as genes easily at low costs, the device for implementing a small-sized, high sensitive, economical measurement apparatus is provided. Probes approp... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7127271 | Communication device A wireless communication device comprising a camera, a display, an image data producing means, a wireless transmitting means, wherein said camera is capable of facing a first direction and a second direction, said image data producing means is capable of producing a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126958 | Telecommunication system, method and subscriber unit for use therein A telecommunication system includes a digital switch, a local loop coupling the digital switch to a subscriber location, wherein a segment of the local loop includes copper twisted pair and wherein an asymmetrical digital subscriber line is carried by the local loop... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120395 | MIMO communications The present invention allows a wireless communication system, such as a base station, to select N antennas from an associated group of M antennas for transmitting multiple streams of data to a given user. Based on the channel conditions between the M antennas of the... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113037 | Performing remote power amplifier linearization Estimating non-linearity of a power amplifier includes receiving signals at a first location. The signals include an input signal, a pre-distorted signal, and an output signal. The output signal exhibits distortion, including a non-linearity effect, with respect to ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113300 | Method and system for secure delivery and printing of documents A system and method for providing secure, on-demand printing of documents delivered to a printing device is disclosed. A user logs onto a delivery system using a mobile device and selects a document to be printed along with a destination printing device. The deliver... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106209 | Programming a universal remote control A method for programming a universal remote control comprises receiving a signal from a source remote control, determining characteristic information based on the signal, comparing the characteristic information to a database, determining a matching code set for the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103324 | Wireless data transmission in between seat rows in aircraft An apparatus for communication with a wireless network is provided. A video display unit is mounted on a seat back. The video display unit includes a processor, a video display electrically coupled to the processor, a component configured for wireless communication ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103325 | Adaptive modulation and coding The present invention selects a space-time encoding mode to use when transmitting with spatial diversity based on the receive diversity associated with a receiver device and the quality of the transmission channels based on information fed back from the receiver dev... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099649 | System and method for wireless data exchange between an appliance and a handheld device A wireless data exchange system is disclosed. The system includes an electronically operated appliance including a transmitter, a receiver, and a control module configured to communicate with the transmitter and receiver. The control module provides a primary mode o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099678 | System and method for transmit weight computation for vector beamforming radio communication A system and method for vector wireless radio communication (multiple modes or signal streams) between a first communication device and a second communication device using radio frequency (RF) communication techniques. At each communication device, signals are recei... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092768 | Distributed control system A technique is disclosed for controlling a plurality of devices in a building. The technique includes detecting a first network event at a first device, updating a network state on the first device based on the first network event, determining at the first device an... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088958 | Remote power amplifier linearization A communication system (20) includes a hub radio (22) that wirelessly communicates with any number of user radios (24). The hub radio (22) monitors signal quality measurements compiled from the communication signals (30′) transmi... | 08/08/2006 |
