Patents by Inventor Lauri Repokari

Lauri Repokari 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).

  • Physical activity-based device control
    Patent number: 8923994
    Abstract: A method for controlling the configuration, such as access and/or one or more other features, of an application in an electronic device from the standpoint of a particular user, comprising obtaining an indication of the identity of the user determined based on sensor data associated with physical activity by the user, obtaining an indication of the physical activity identified based on the sensor data, and modifying or at least providing information enabling to modify the identified user's configuration of an application logic based on the identified activity and optionally other activity information derived utilizing the sensor data. Related mobile device, electronic arrangement and system are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT
    Inventors: Arto Laikari, Miikka Ermes, Lauri Repokari, Teemu Haapala, Juhani Harvela
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY-BASED DEVICE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20120239173
    Abstract: A method for controlling the configuration, such as access and/or one or more other features, of an application in an electronic device from the standpoint of a particular user, comprising obtaining an indication of the identity of the user determined based on sensor data associated with physical activity by the user, obtaining an indication of the physical activity identified based on the sensor data, and modifying or at least providing information enabling to modify the identified user's configuration of an application logic based on the identified activity and optionally other activity information derived utilizing the sensor data. Related mobile device, electronic arrangement and system are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT
    Inventors: Arto Laikari, Miikka Ermes, Lauri Repokari, Teemu Haapala, Juhani Harvela