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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 |
| 8185926 | System and method for providing media stream related applications The invention provides a system and method for providing media streams, the method include the steps of: receiving live media streams at a first path; providing a live media stream from the first path to a client, in response to a request to provide the live media s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8151308 | Modifying the behavior of a multimedia transport system in response to detected capabilities of a client system Modifying the behavior of a multimedia transport system in response to a detected capability of a client system. A client system may include the capability to perform portions of a multimedia manipulation function, such as a VCR-like function, by using components so... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136140 | Methods and apparatus for generating metadata utilized to filter content from a video stream using text data Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for generating metadata utilized by a DVR to filter content from a video stream. A video stream is reviewed to identify portions the video stream to skip during presentation of the video stream. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8079052 | Methods, apparatuses, and systems for presenting advertisement content within trick files Methods and apparatuses and systems for inserting advertisement segments into trick content. Advertisement segments present in the original video content are extracted from the video content and merged with other navigation segements to generate associated trick con... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8056107 | Frame scattering for video scrubbing Disclosed is a method of retrieving video frames over a network for subsequent display. A user interaction (303) with a timeline (202) represented by a client (103) coupled to the network (105) is detected. From the detected interaction, ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8056106 | Video on demand system with dynamic enablement of random-access functionality The present invention provides a method for an interactive media services system to provide media to a user through an interactive media services client device. The client device is coupled to a programmable media services server device. The method includes the step... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8037503 | Method of and device for caching digital content data The disclosure relates to a method of caching a part of digital content data from a content source (202), comprising the step of: acquiring the digital content data from the content source (202), wherein said part of the digital content data comprises ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7996871 | Method and apparatus for using metadata for trick play mode A video receiver system is conditioned for extracting trick play metadata, corresponding to video information, from a received transport stream. The video receiver system identifies the presence of such metadata in response to information present in the header of a ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7962942 | Systems and methods for enhanced trick-play functions Systems and methods for rewinding a video to a point before the video was first viewed. Video transmitted by a media source is cached by a remote server. Upon a trick-play request for the video, the server generates a rewind stream that includes the video that was t... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954128 | Methods and apparatus for variable delay compensation in networks Methods and apparatus for performing dynamic compensation for delays over extant infrastructure within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable network, and the infrastructure comprises that nominally used for on-demand (OD) services... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950040 | Programming distribution system A method is provided for distributing programming. A first set of programs is transmitted in real time according to a schedule of programming. A second set of programs is stored on a server, with at least one of the first set of programs having a counterpart in the ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941823 | Transport stream encapsulated trick modes A representation of an audiovisual asset is obtained and is processed to obtain at least one normal playback video elementary stream, (optionally, at least one audio elementary stream), and at least one trick mode video elementary stream. A transport stream is forme... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934240 | Video on demand system with dynamic enablement of random-access functionality The present invention provides a method for an interactive media services system to provide media to a user through an interactive media services client device. The client device is coupled to a programmable media services server device. The method includes the step... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7921445 | Audio/video speedup system and method in a server-client streaming architecture A system and a corresponding method for temporal modification of audio signals, to increase or reduce the playback rates of an audio and/or a video file in a client-server environment. The system and method improve the efficiency of serving streaming media to a clie... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917933 | Systems and methods for relocating media A system and method may be provided that allows users to store, retrieve, and manipulate on-demand media content and data stored on a remote server network in an on-demand media delivery system. More particularly, the system may allow a user to access his or her on-... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917932 | Personal video recorder functionality for placeshifting systems PVR functionality is enabled on a media player of a placeshifting system, which allows a user to record media programs from locations that are physically remote from a source of the media programs. The media player may receive program schedule information and presen... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7890985 | Server-side media stream manipulation for emulation of media playback functions A media server in a home entertainment network allows a media rendering device to act as a digital media receiver. The media server enables trick mode functions such as scan forward or reverse, slow motion, pause, and seek on rendering devices with capabilities limi... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7853980 | Bi-directional indices for trick mode video-on-demand A method of storing digital video content to facilitate trick play consistent with certain embodiments involves storing inter-coded frames of the content in a first file and storing intra-coded frames of the content in a second file. A set of forward indices are use... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7849487 | Review speed adjustment marker A digital video playback architecture utilizes review speed adjustment markers to enable viewer recognition of an event in a video program during fast advance of the video, either in a fast-forward advance mode or a rewind advance mode. A review speed adjustment mar... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7802285 | Client-server based interactive television program guide with server recording An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797720 | Advanced trick mode An implementation of trick mode methodology receives a first request to stream media for presentation at a first normal playback rate; streams a first media stream configured to the first normal playback rate; receives a second request to stream the media for presen... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7640566 | Dynamic pause buffer sizing Memory is allocated to record a program being broadcast proportional to its remainder in a client device having a processor in communication with a receiver. The processor executes an application to allocate space in the memory to record the remainder of the broadca... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7506353 | Apparatus and method for speed-change playback of digital TV Disclosed is a speed-change playback apparatus of a digital TV which performs better fast forward and backward performances by analyzing a transport stream inputted at the time of a time shift service and a method thereof. An MPEG decoder detects I picture location ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7433577 | Method and apparatus for reproducing television broadcast program digest An apparatus for reproducing a television broadcast program digest which stores a broadcast signal indicative of contents of at least one television broadcast program and guide data of the at least one television broadcast program. The apparatus pre-stores a period ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424731 | Home digital audiovisual information recording and playback system A digital home audiovisual Information recording and playback apparatus includes a microprocessor associated, through a digital interface, with a display, through another interface with sound playback structure and through a telecommunications interface with structu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420956 | Distributed storage and aggregation of multimedia information via a broadband access gateway A system and method for the aggregation of multimedia information storage via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. Information about storage resources accessible to a broadband access gateway may be collected and used in selecting storage capacity used for stori... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7401351 | System and method for video navigation and client side indexing A system is provided where a number of representative video snapshots are displayed on a timeline indicating a position to jump to in a video using control buttons, such as fast forward, reverse, or a timeline scroll bar. The video snapshots are obtained by opening ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7383564 | Video on demand methods and systems An entertainment head-end provides broadcast programming, video-on-demand services, and HTML-based interactive programming through a distribution network to client terminals in subscribers' homes. A number of different features are provided, including novel user int... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379655 | Information searching device, information receiver, and methods therefor By storing usage history information of a recording medium for recording information, which is obtained by using the recording medium, in storing means 13, and retrieving information that matches a user's preference from a plurality of information based on th... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370343 | Electronic program guide with blackout features An interactive television program guide for supporting programming blackouts is provided. In some embodiments, the interactive television program guide may unschedule the reminding and recording of blacked-out programs that have been scheduled by a user for remindin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367061 | Systems, methods, and a storage medium for storing and securely transmitting digital media data Systems, methods, and a storage medium for storing and securely transmitting digital media data in a networked system are provided. The method includes determining an amount of memory for storing the digital media data. The method further includes querying a plurali... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362705 | Dynamic load-based credit distribution Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting credits used to distribute available bus bandwidth among multiple virtual channels, based on the workload of each virtual channel, are provided. Accordingly, for some embodiments, virtual channels with higher workloads r... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363646 | Video on demand methods and systems An entertainment head-end provides broadcast programming, video-on-demand services, and HTML-based interactive programming through a distribution network to client terminals in subscribers' homes. A number of different features are provided, including novel user int... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349976 | Audio-on-demand communication system An audio-on-demand communication system provides real-time playback of audio data transferred via telephone lines or other communication links. One or more audio servers include memory banks which store compressed audio data. At the request of a user at a subscriber... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343617 | Method and apparatus for interaction with hyperlinks in a television broadcast A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast in which an interactive content icon is used. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can be associated with a re... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343157 | Cell phone audio/video in-flight entertainment system An airborne cell phone in-flight entertainment (IFE) system uses a cell phone for calls and IFE requests by dialing appropriate numbers. A pico cell receives the calls and the IFE requests. A soft switch switches the calls and IFE requests according to the telephone... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333711 | Data distribution apparatus and method, and data distribution system A special playback request made by a user is input into a special playback controller. Transmission data to be transmitted to a decoding terminal based on the special playback request and insertion data to be transmitted together with the transmission data are read ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320103 | Diagnostic data gathering apparatus and method Process data and video data as pertains to the operation of an item of equipment is received and temporarily captured and stored in a rolling window that includes a plurality of different points in time. Upon detecting a predetermined operating condition of interest... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318107 | System and method for automatic stream fail-over A method is described comprising: maintaining a plurality of data relating to client streaming connections across a plurality of servers; and assigning a particular client streaming connection to a first server upon detecting that a second server previously serving ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318146 | Peripheral device with hardware linked list A linked list is implemented in hardware. Various registers within the linked list are writeable until a control register is written, rendering the registers read-only. A computer peripheral includes the hardware linked list to provide a list of capabilities to a qu... | 01/08/2008 |
