Very unsettling patent

Might be unrelated, but I believe there was a method of advertising (subliminal advertising) that was outlawed in the United States and some other places. Flashed a message on the screen for a split second, and whatever it said, you would end up doing it. Some TV show ran a special on this and tried it with messages like "pick your nose" and "do jumping jacks"; it worked.

In which case...-gulp-