Patents by Inventor Jouni Olavi Kossi

Jouni Olavi Kossi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9876383
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for wireless charging are provided. An indicator displayed on a wireless device may assist a user in placing the device in a more efficient position on a wireless charger. The indicator may comprise an image, and moving the device such that the image aligns with an image on a wireless charger places the device is in a more efficient charging position. Other types of indicators may be displayed to assist a user in moving a device to a more efficient position on the wireless charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jouni Olavi Kossi, Jarmo Tapani Arponen
  • Publication number: 20160105051
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for wireless charging are provided. An indicator displayed on a wireless device may assist a user in placing the device in a more efficient position on a wireless charger. The indicator may comprise an image, and moving the device such that the image aligns with an image on a wireless charger places the device is in a more efficient charging position. Other types of indicators may be displayed to assist a user in moving a device to a more efficient position on the wireless charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jouni Olavi Kossi, Jarmo Tapani Arponen
  • Patent number: 9184620
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for wireless charging are provided. An indicator displayed on a wireless device may assist a user in placing the device in a more efficient position on a wireless charger. The indicator may comprise an image, and moving the device such that the image aligns with an image on a wireless charger places the device is in a more efficient charging position. Other types of indicators may be displayed to assist a user in moving a device to a more efficient position on the wireless charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jouni Olavi Kossi, Jarmo Tapani Arponen
  • Publication number: 20140002013
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for wireless charging are provided. An indicator displayed on a wireless device may assist a user in placing the device in a more efficient position on a wireless charger. The indicator may comprise an image, and moving the device such that the image aligns with an image on a wireless charger places the device is in a more efficient charging position. Other types of indicators may be displayed to assist a user in moving a device to a more efficient position on the wireless charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jouni Olavi Kossi, Jarmo Tapani Arponen
  • Publication number: 20110254687
    Abstract: An approach is presented for activating a device. The activation platform receives a request to make a device operable, wherein the device is in an inoperable state because one or more components for operating the device are absent from the device. Further, the activation platform, in response to the request, validates an authenticity of the device based, at least in part, on one or more identifiers associated with the device. Then, the activation platform retrieves the components. Then, the activation platform causes, at least in part, transfer of the components to the device to make the device operable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jarmo Tapani Arponen, Jari-Jukka Harald Kaaja, Markku Anttoni Oksanen, Jouni Olavi Kossi, Sergey Boldyrev, Joni Jorma Marius Jantunen, Antti Tuomas Lappetelainen, Ian Justin Oliver
  • Publication number: 20110009075
    Abstract: In a system comprising one or more reader devices and a plurality of wirelessly powered communication devices, the reader device has a transceiver to transmit a wireless signals to scan proximate wirelessly powered communication devices. The reader device also establishes communications with a proximate wirelessly powered communication device, forms a session with the proximate wirelessly powered communication devices, communicates in the session with the wirelessly powered communication device, and maintains a state of the session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joni Jorma Marius JANTUNEN, Jari-Jukka Harald KAAJA, Sergey BOLDYREV, Jouni Olavi Kössi, Jarmo Tapani ARPONEN