Patents by Inventor Alberto Casati

Alberto Casati 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).

  • Apparatus comprising a variable number of parts which may be paired in multiple configurations to form a user interface
    Patent number: 9519312
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a controller; a first part; a second part; an arrangement configured to add a third part between the first part and the second part to change a configuration of the apparatus from a first configuration in which the first part and the second part are adjacent and there is no third part between the first part and the second part, to a second configuration in which the first part and the second part are separated by the third part and the first part and the third part are adjacent, wherein the controller is configured to pair the first part and the second part as a user interface when the apparatus is in the first configuration, and is configured to pair the first part and the third part as a user interface when the apparatus is in the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Yi-Ta Hsieh, Alberto Casati, Haleh Barmaki
  • APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO HAVE MULTIPLE USER INTERFACES AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20130082917
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a controller; a first part; a second part; an arrangement configured to add a third part between the first part and the second part to change a configuration of the apparatus from a first configuration in which the first part and the second part are adjacent and there is no third part between the first part and the second part, to a second configuration in which the first part and the second part are separated by the third part and the first part and the third part are adjacent, wherein the controller is configured to pair the first part and the second part as a user interface when the apparatus is in the first configuration, and is configured to pair the first part and the third part as a user interface when the apparatus is in the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Ta Hsieh, Alberto Casati, Haleh Barmaki