Patents by Inventor Terho Kaikuranata

Terho Kaikuranata 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).

  • Mobile device for mapping sms characters to e.g. sound, vibration, or graphical effects
    Publication number: 20060258378
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for perceivably accentuating message elements of a message, wherein the message is composed of message elements chosen from a limited set of message elements, the device having elements: for defining and/or altering a set of Selected Message Elements (SMEs) containing at least one SME, wherein each SME is a message element from the limited set of message elements; for assigning a Perceivable Accentuation Signal (PAS) from a set of PASs to each of the SMEs in the set of SMEs; for searching the message for SMEs of the set of SMEs; and for generating the assigned PAS for each SME found in the message. The invention further relates to a method and a computer program product for the perceivable accentuation of message elements of a message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventor: Terho Kaikuranata