Patents Assigned to Suinno Oy
  • Patent number: 11151626
    Abstract: A mobile station is arranged to determine its location, which is searched against street addresses from a database, and at least one matching street address is retrieved. The street address is searched on the mobile station and/or over the network. The search engine conducts a search in the mobile station file system and/or the Internet and/or a file system over the network with the at least one query term, —at least one search result is arranged to be displayed to user on the screen of the mobile station. This facilitates on-demand effortless Mobile Internet Search that allows the users to access opportunities that they did not know about, or would not have had time to find out about with minimum effort as the software of the mobile phone is scanning the Internet and information pages for these opportunities and displaying the results dynamically on the mobile phone screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Suinno Oy
    Inventor: Mikko Väänänen
  • Patent number: 10192251
    Abstract: A mobile station is arranged to determine its location, which is searched against street addresses from a database, and at least one matching street address is retrieved. The street address is searched on the mobile station and/or over the network. The search engine conducts a search in the mobile station file system and/or the Internet and/or a file system over the network with the at least one query term, -at least one search result is arranged to be displayed to user on the screen of the mobile station. This facilitates on-demand effortless Mobile Internet Search that allows the users to access opportunities that they did not know about, or would not have had time to find out about with minimum effort as the software of the mobile phone is scanning the Internet and information pages for these opportunities and displaying the results dynamically on the mobile phone screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUINNO OY
    Inventor: Mikko Kalervo Väänänen
  • Patent number: 9824381
    Abstract: A mobile station is arranged to determine its location, which is searched against street addresses from a database, and at least one matching street address is retrieved. The street address is searched on the mobile station and/or over the network. The search engine conducts a search in the mobile station file system and/or the Internet and/or a file system over the network with the at least one query term,—at least one search result is arranged to be displayed to user on the screen of the mobile station. This facilitates on-demand effortless Mobile Internet Search that allows the users to access opportunities that they did not know about, or would not have had time to find out about with minimum effort as the software of the mobile phone is scanning the Internet and information pages for these opportunities and displaying the results dynamically on the mobile phone screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SUINNO OY
    Inventor: Mikko Vaananen
  • Publication number: 20150318429
    Abstract: Methods for improving the efficiency of solar cells, and a solar cell thereof. One aspect involves a solar cell with a semiconductor layer (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) with a natural band gap NB (NB2, NB3, NB4, NB5, NB6, NB7). This semiconductor layer also has at least one electrode (100, 101, 110, 111, 120, 121) designed to produce an ambient voltage V (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7) into the layer. The incoming photons therefore experience a modified NB?V=B band gap (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7), referred here to as the apparent band gap. Photons with E>B1 will be absorbed into the band gap B, and the electron in the semiconductor valence band will get excited onto the conduction band thus resulting in photocurrent. The ability to tune the apparent band gap B provides an enormous strength to optimize the incoming photon collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: SUINNO OY
    Inventor: SUINNO OY
  • Patent number: 9100473
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying and producing computer based documents seamlessly to users that relate to their telephone calls is provided. The invention is able to be used with social media, where the mobile station searches for the social media page of the caller based on the Caller ID and displays it to the recipient of the call on the mobile station screen, possibly with other Internet search results. The method and system allow the user to obtain the newest public information about the person who calls him or he decides to call, or any documents that might be intermittent between the people. The system adds “bandwidth”, i.e. speed, efficiency and more dimensions to personal communication, as the users of the inventive system can also visually see by documentation what is going on in the relationship between two or more people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SUINNO OY
    Inventor: Mikko Vaananen
  • Patent number: 8983039
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying and producing computer based documents seamlessly to users that relate to their telephone calls is provided. The invention is able to be used with social media, where the mobile station searches for the social media page of the caller based on the Caller ID and displays it to the recipient of the call on the mobile station screen, possibly with other Internet search results. The method and system allow the user to obtain the newest public information about the person who calls him or he decides to call, or any documents that might be intermittent between the people. The system adds “bandwidth”, i.e. speed, efficiency and more dimensions to personal communication, as the users of the inventive system can also visually see by documentation what is going on in the relationship between two or more people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Suinno Oy
    Inventor: Mikko Väänänen
  • Patent number: 8838566
    Abstract: A mobile station is arranged to determine its location, which is searched against street addresses from a database, and at least one matching street address is retrieved. The street address is searched on the mobile station and/or over the network. The search engine conducts a search in the mobile station file system and/or the Internet and/or a file system over the network with the at least one query term, —at least one search result is arranged to be displayed to user on the screen of the mobile station. This facilitates on-demand effortless Mobile Internet Search that allows the users to access opportunities that they did not know about, or would not have had time to find out about with minimum effort as the software of the mobile phone is scanning the Internet and information pages for these opportunities and displaying the results dynamically on the mobile phone screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Suinno Oy
    Inventor: Mikko Vaananen
  • Publication number: 20130174901
    Abstract: Methods for improving the efficiency of solar cells, and a solar cell thereof. One aspect involves a solar cell with a semiconductor layer (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) with a natural band gap NB (NB2, NB3, NB4, NB5, NB6, NB7). This semiconductor layer also has at least one electrode (100, 101, 110, 111, 120, 121) designed to produce an ambient voltage V (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7) into the layer. The incoming photons therefore experience a modified NB?V=B band gap (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7), referred here to as the apparent band gap. Photons with E>B1 will be absorbed into the band gap B, and the electron in the semiconductor valence band will get excited onto the conduction band thus resulting in photocurrent. The ability to tune the apparent band gap B provides an enormous strength to optimize the incoming photon collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SUINNO OY
    Inventor: SUINNO OY
  • Publication number: 20130037108
    Abstract: The invention relates to solar cells. More particularly, the invention relates to arrangements and methods to increase the efficiency of solar cells. The methods and arrangements of the invention allow to increase the efficiency of solar cells (11, 12, 13, 14) by trapping photons into the photovoltaic system by thermodynamic shielding based on at least one of the following: conductive shielding, radiative shielding (20, 21, 22, 400, 410, 411) and/or convective shielding. The best mode of the invention is considered to be a tandem solar cell of Si (11) and InSb (12) enclosed in a vacuum container (200) to minimise convective heat losses. Incident sunlight is focused by a lens (320) to a diverging element (310) that disperses the sunlight into the vacuum container (200) and on to the Si (11) layer that is facing the incident side of sunlight. The vacuum container has reflective foil (400, 410, 411) on the inside to reflect retransmitted photons and thereby minimise radiative losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: SUINNO OY
    Inventor: SUINNO OY
  • Publication number: 20100186821
    Abstract: The invention relates to solar cells. More particularly, the invention relates to arrangements and methods to increase the efficiency of solar cells. The methods and arrangements of the invention allow to increase the efficiency of solar cells (11, 12, 13, 14) by trapping photons into the photovoltaic system by thermodynamic shielding based on at least one of the following: conductive shielding, radiative shielding (20, 21, 22, 400, 410, 411) and/or convective shielding. The best mode of the invention is considered to be a tandem solar cell of Si (11) and InSb (12) enclosed in a vacuum container (200) to minimise convective heat losses. Incident sunlight is focused by a lens (320) to a diverging element (310) that disperses the sunlight into the vacuum container (200) and on to the Si (11) layer that is facing the incident side of sunlight. The vacuum container has reflective foil (400, 410, 411) on the inside to reflect retransmitted photons and thereby minimise radiative losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: SUINNO OY
    Inventor: Mikko Vaananen
  • Publication number: 20100132787
    Abstract: Devices and methods for improving the efficiency of solar cells, and a solar cell thereof. One aspect involves a solar cell with a semiconductor layer (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) with a natural band gap NB (NB2, NB3, NB4, NB5, NB6, NB7). This semiconductor layer also has at least one electrode (100, 101, 110, 111, 120, 121) designed to produce an ambient voltage V (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7) into the layer. The incoming photons therefore experience a modified NB?V=B band gap (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7), referred here to as the apparent band gap. Photons with E>B1 will be absorbed into the band gap B, and the electron in the semiconductor valence band will get excited onto the conduction band thus resulting in photocurrent. The ability to tune the apparent band gap B provides an enormous strength to optimize the incoming photon collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: SUINNO OY
    Inventor: Mikko Vaananen
  • Patent number: 7369864
    Abstract: An electronic short messaging and advertising method and means relates to an electronic advertising method, where minimal initiative is required from the consumer. Some embodiments of the invention may also be applied to an electronic sales method. The invention may be applied for normal short messaging also. The electronic short messaging and advertising method comprises at least one subscriber terminal and uses the Internet and/or the telephony network. With the method in accordance with the invention the recipient can receive advertisements or other short messages with the shortest manipulation time possible. No navigation, browsing of inboxes, copying and/or pasting of telephone numbers needs to be done. The user is shown the message automatically, and he may delete it or receive further information on it with one single press of a dedicated key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Suinno Oy
    Inventor: Mikko Kalervo Väänänen
  • Publication number: 20070190987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a voicemail short messaging method (10, 20, 30) and means and a subscriber terminal (500). In particular it concerns a method and means for instantaneous packet switched voicemail between Internet compatible computers, personal digital assistants, telephones and mobile stations. In particular the inventive subscriber terminal (500) concerns a hardware and a software setup that allows the combined use of audio and/or video devices (550) with both the normal cellular or fixed telephony network (520) and with an Internet connection (510). The inventive subscriber terminal (500) allows the flexible use of both the Internet and telephony network with numerous advantages, one of which is the inventive voicemail short messaging method under study. The inventive voicemail messaging method (10), comprising at least one subscriber terminal is characterised by server independence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: SUINNO OY
    Inventor: Mikko Vaananen
  • Patent number: 7218919
    Abstract: A voicemail short messaging method (10, 20, 30) and unit and a subscriber terminal for instantaneous packet switched voicemail between Internet compatible computers, personal digital assistants, telephones and mobile stations. In particular the subscriber terminal (500) concerns a hardware and a software setup that allows the combined use of audio and/or video devices (550) with both the normal cellular or fixed telephony network (520) and with an Internet connection (510). The subscriber terminal (500) allows the flexible use of both the Internet and telephony network with numerous advantages, one of which is the inventive voicemail short messaging method under study. The voicemail messaging method (10), comprising at least one subscriber terminal is characterized by server independence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Suinno Oy
    Inventor: Mikko Kalervo Väänänen
  • Patent number: 7113767
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of instant messaging. More specifically the invention relates to a server centric method and unit for instant voice and video mail messaging. Even more particularly the invention relates to voicemail messaging with mobile terminals. The inventive methods and units under study allow faster voice messaging and enable similar, but not identical audio/video message “ping ball”. The sending of voicemail in accordance with the invention is instantaneous and involves no different telephone numbers for the sender to remember. The reception of messages is always instantaneous, provided the recipient is available, and only if not available, may the delivery of the messages be delayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Suinno Oy
    Inventor: Mikko Kalervo Väänänen