Patent Date: Jan. 5, 1988

4717343 USA

A patent for a type of video hypnosis

Describes a subliminal process for conditioning a person's behaviours using video sequences. The object that is being conditioned is paired with another positive or negative image, and it causes subconscious association.

Patent Date: July 21, 1998

5784124 USA

A patent for a hypnosis method that uses specific things to reinforce a behaviour

Superimpose messages on videos, where the messages are associated with positive or negative emotions in the video to cause behaviour modifications.

Patent Date: Feb. 9, 1999

5868103 USA

A patent for a device to release drugs when training a living thing, such as a bad smell when a dog is naughty

Really simple device that releases a "chemical that has an adverse effect" so that an animal learns not to do something.

Patent Date: March 21, 2000

6039688 USA

A patent for a game which helps to instill behaviours by playing on our biological understanding of community

Presents computer software that is designed to psychologically cause people to conform to the goals of the program, by setting milestones to keep up with and maintaining a group conformance element.

Patent Date: July 10, 2001

6258022 USA

A patent for creating assosciation of unrelated cues to improve performance

The patent is hypnotised, and during hypnosis they are instructed to activate a stimulation device. Later they can activate the device and regain the mindset of better performance that they were in during the hypnosis.