Patents by Inventor Miia Vainio

Miia Vainio 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: 9307416
    Abstract: The present invention may include system for utilizing operational information obtained by one wireless communication medium that is supported by a wireless device in order to optimize the operation of another wireless communication medium also supported in the same device. More specifically, the present invention may leverage channel condition information collected as part of the standard operation of a wireless communication medium including interference avoidance capabilities, like Bluetooth™ with Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH), in order to modify the operation in another wireless communication medium such as by determining a channel scan list of potential operational channels to scan, determining a scan order for the channel scan list of potential communication channels based on, for example, the probability that a channel is currently being utilized by a target device, and/or altering a scan rate for one or more communication channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Paivi M. Ruuska, Miia Vainio
  • Patent number: 8032127
    Abstract: A receiver (FIG. 2) receives IP session announcement signals from a terrestrial digital video broadcasting system. Each IP session announcement (RM) includes information concerning announcements on an immediately lower level as well as information identifying the quantity of announcement data, such as the number of announcement messages, and a timeout value. The quantity data tells the receiver how many messages X1 to X3 it needs to receive (C) before it has received all the relevant announcement messages. The timeout value informs the receiver how long it can wait before again receiving the messages X1 to X3 (which may have changed in content by then). After initially receiving the messages X1 to X3, the receiver may sleep (E), or it may receive announcement messages from another channel Y (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Toni Paila, Miia Vainio, Harri Hakulinen
  • Publication number: 20100291921
    Abstract: The present invention may include system for utilizing operational information obtained by one wireless communication medium that is supported by a wireless device in order to optimize the operation of another wireless communication medium also supported in the same device. More specifically, the present invention may leverage channel condition information collected as part of the standard operation of a wireless communication medium including interference avoidance capabilities, like Bluetooth™ with Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH), in order to modify the operation in another wireless communication medium such as by determining a channel scan list of potential operational channels to scan, determining a scan order for the channel scan list of potential communication channels based on, for example, the probability that a channel is currently being utilized by a target device, and/or altering a scan rate for one or more communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paivi M. Ruuska, Miia Vainio
  • Publication number: 20100105314
    Abstract: A receiver (FIG. 2) receives IP session announcement signals from a terrestrial digital video broadcasting system. Each IP session announcement (RM) includes information concerning announcements on an immediately lower level as well as information identifying the quantity of announcement data, such as the number of announcement messages, and a timeout value. The quantity data tells the receiver how many messages XI to X3 it needs to receive (C) before it has received all the relevant announcement messages. The timeout value informs the receiver how long it can wait before again receiving the messages X1 to X3 (which may have changed in content by then). After initially receiving the messages X1 to X3, the receiver may sleep (E), or it may receive announcement messages from another channel Y (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Toni PAILA, Miia Vainio, Harri Hakulinen
  • Patent number: 7697893
    Abstract: A wireless communications device includes a first radio and a second radio. The first radio is receives information regarding an ad-hoc mesh wireless network from at least one remote device. The second radio exchanges user data with the ad-hoc wireless mesh network. The wireless communications device also includes a buffer and a scheduler. The buffer stores user data for transmission to one or more remote devices in the ad-hoc wireless mesh network. The scheduler schedules transmissions by the second radio of the user data based on the received information. The first and second radios may employ various communications technologies. Examples of such technologies include Bluetooth, wireless local area network (WLAN), and ultra wideband (UWB). The information received from the remote device may include one or more of the following: configuration information (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jouni Kössi, Miia Vainio
  • Patent number: 7664063
    Abstract: A receiver (FIG. 2), receives IP session announcement signals from a terrestrial digital video broadcasting system. Each IP session announcement (RM) includes information concerning announcements on an immediately lower level as well as information identifying the quantity of announcement data, such as the number of announcement messages, and a timeout value. The quantity data tells the receiver how many messages X1 to X3 it needs to receive (C) before it has received all the relevant announcement messages. The timeout value informs the receiver how long it can wait before again receiving the messages X1 to X3 (which may have changed in content by then). After initially receiving the messages X1 to X3, the receiver may sleep (E), or it may receive announcement messages from another channel Y (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Toni Paila, Miia Vainio, Harri Hakulinen
  • Publication number: 20070240188
    Abstract: A datacast operator's main page (36) is transmitted to receivers. The datacast operator's main page (36) may include links to services and include information specific to the datacast operator and the network area it serves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Larri Vermola, Juha Salo, Tero Naumi, Miia Vainio
  • Publication number: 20060092906
    Abstract: A receiver (FIG. 2), receives IP session announcement signals from a terrestrial digital video broadcasting system. Each IP session announcement (RM) includes information concerning announcements on an immediately lower level as well as information identifying the quantity of announcement data, such as the number of announcement messages, and a timeout value. The quantity data tells the receiver how many messages XI to X3 it needs to receive (C) before it has received all the relevant announcement messages. The timeout value informs the receiver how long it can wait before again receiving the messages X1 to X3 (which may have changed in content by then). After initially receiving the messages X1 to X3, the receiver may sleep (E), or it may receive announcement messages from another channel Y (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Toni Paila, Miia Vainio, Harri Hakulinen
  • Publication number: 20050282494
    Abstract: A wireless communications device includes a first radio and a second radio. The first radio is receives information regarding an ad-hoc mesh wireless network from at least one remote device. The second radio exchanges user data with the ad-hoc wireless mesh network. The wireless communications device also includes a buffer and a scheduler. The buffer stores user data for transmission to one or more remote devices in the ad-hoc wireless mesh network. The scheduler schedules transmissions by the second radio of the user data based on the received information. The first and second radios may employ various communications technologies. Examples of such technologies include Bluetooth, wireless local area network (WLAN), and ultra wideband (UWB). The information received from the remote device may include one or more of the following: configuration information (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Jouni Kossi, Miia Vainio