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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 |
| 6986122 | IF statement having an expression setup clause to be utilized in structured assembly language programming A state machine for an assembler capable of processing structured assembly language is disclosed. The state machine for an assembler capable of processing structured assembly language IF constructs includes five states, namely, an IF state, an ELSE state, an END | 01/10/2006 |
| 6978443 | Method and apparatus for organizing warning messages The present invention is a method and apparatus for organizing warning messages generated by a computer program analyzer. A computer program analyzer generates a set of warning messages based upon potentially erroneous portions of a computer program, where each warn... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976249 | Method for embedding object codes in source codes Methods for embedding codes executable in a first system having a first microprocessor into codes executable in a second system having a second microprocessor are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes providing first codes ha... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970764 | Machining program producing apparatus An input data check control portion, which compares input data with a decimal point check target word (step 64, 65) and, issues a warning when the input data is the decimal point check target word and the numerical value data of the input data is not given a ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966054 | Method and system for generating a computer program A method and system is described for generating executable code for a computer program. A programmer creates an intentional program tree using a syntax-independent editor. The editor allows a programmer to directly manipulate the intentional program tree. The intent... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6907420 | Parameterizing system and method A system for intelligently parameterizing and configuring a file is provided. The system includes a parameterizing tool that facilitates identifying items to be parameterized. The parameterizing tool also facilitates creating code (e.g., XML elements and/or attribut... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6802059 | Transforming character strings that are contained in a unit of computer program code A method and apparatus for transforming character strings that are contained in a unit of code. A conversion mechanism performs a macro substitution by transforming hard coded strings into unique macro strings. The conversion mechanism is configured to receive a set... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6763516 | Convention checking apparatus, convention checking system, convention checking method, and storage medium on which is recorded a convention checking program When a convention is changed, a user modifies the class name and the method name of a convention checker, method parameters, etc., which are stored in a convention file in correspondence with a convention code. A convention checker unit within a convention checking ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6757889 | Source program checking device and program and method for same A group setting section divides indicated messages according to types upon receiving an instruction from the user and sets a default display status for the messages by group. An indicated message preparing section prepares an indicated message based on the check res... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6697819 | Reusable database access component Providing economical interconnectivity between application programs and database content is obviated by the described database management system interface. The system of the invention includes at least one database server that serves disparate database cl... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6665860 | Sever-based method and apparatus for enabling client systems on a network to present results of software execution in any of multiple selectable render modes A method and apparatus for enabling software to be executed in any of a plurality of render modes are provided. A set of hypermedia pages and associated executable components maintained in a server system collectively form logic definition of a software a... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6654953 | Extending program languages with source-program attribute tags Attribute tags embedded in the statements of a source program system extend a programming language. A compiler for the program includes an interface to detect the attribute tags and to call one of a number of attribute-provider programs external to the co... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6651241 | Scriptor and interpreter A scriptor and interpreter are disclosed. The scriptor and interpreter each not only check the syntax of a command in a script, but also that the values for the variables passed as arguments to command are consistent with the values attributed to those va... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6558431 | Storing valid and invalid markup language in strict and relaxed tables respectively The inventive editor allows web authors to edit HTML visually while preserving the HTML source document. The editor preserves the structure and format of the HTML, and permits simultaneous modeless visual and source document editing. When an edit is made ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6542899 | Method and system for expressing information from an object-oriented database in a grammatical form A grammar to represent a hierarchical object-oriented database. The grammar comprises a set of keywords and a syntax. The keywords include "tree", "entry", "properties", and "attributes". Properties and attributes are defined by name-value pairs. The gram... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6523172 | Parser translator system and method A parser-translator technology allows a user to specify complex test and/or transformation statements in a high-level user language, to ensure that such test and/or transformation statements are well-formed in accordance with a grammar defining legal stat... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6353925 | System and method for lexing and parsing program annotations When a source program containing annotations is processed by a user-selected tool, the annotations in the source program are detected by a lexer and passed to an annotation processor corresponding to the selected tool. The system contains a number of anno... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6167566 | Variable retrieving apparatus and method and computer readable recording medium recording variable retrieving program therein A variable retrieving unit refers to variable relation information and variable definition information held in an analysis result storing unit and retrieves variables which directly relate to a variable designated by a retrieval designating unit. A displa... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5802370 | Tool for generating and executing graphical interface commands A tool for generating and executing graphical interface commands (OGEC) for an information system (SI) including heterogeneous platforms (PLC1-PLC4) disposed in a multi-protocol (PR1 through PR6) network (RE), comprising a descriptor file (FD) which descr... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5754859 | Variable pitch indentation in source code formatting The process of formatting source code is improved by the use of different nesting pitches for different nesting levels, by the use of different pitches for the same indentation level in different sections of the code, and by the use of one or more maximum... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5737608 | Per-keystroke incremental lexing using a conventional batch lexer A system and method are disclosed that enable a batch lexer to be used to incrementally update a token stream representation of a computer program maintained in an editor as the computer program is being edited. A keystroke executive interprets editing in... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5586329 | Programmable computer with automatic translation between source and object code with version control A computer which executes rules which are defined according to a language having a valid grammar. The computer comprises input means for receiving and temporarily storing a first source code representation of a rule; object code translation means for tran... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5586328 | Module dependency based incremental compiler and method A compiler and compiling method minimizes recompilation of a computer program after an edit. The program is organized in plural program units, such as modules. The units are each compiled through a sequence of compilation states, including plural intermed... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5481712 | Method and apparatus for interactively generating a computer program for machine vision analysis of an object A system for interactively generating a computer program for machine vision analysis insures that the program is correct by permitting the operator to make only syntactically correct modifications to the program. The system includes an element for storing... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5325531 | Compiler using clean lines table with entries indicating unchanged text lines for incrementally compiling only changed source text lines A computer-aided software development system includes programs to implement edit, compile, link and run sequences, all from memory, at very high speed. The compiler operates on an incremental basis, line-by-line, so if only one line is changed in an edit ... | 06/28/1994 |
