Patents by Inventor Ari Pekka Hirvonen

Ari Pekka Hirvonen 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: 9639273
    Abstract: An approach is provided for representing content data. The cleanup manager determines one or more data types of content associated with a device. Next, the cleanup manager determines effect information regarding one or more effects on one or more resources of the device with respect to the one or more data types. Then, the cleanup manager presents one or more representations of the one or more data types, wherein the one or more representations are based, at least in part, on the effect information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Ari-Pekka Hirvonen, Lauri Rauhanen, Aapo Matias Hasu, Jari Tapio Ijäs, Rit Mishra, Jonatan Hedberg
  • Patent number: 8635317
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing uniform content management for a user equipment. A uniform content management platform determines new content from a plurality of content of different categories. The uniform content management platform further initiates presentation of the new content via a graphical user interface that includes: a dashboard providing a layout of the new content, a content manager that is invoked upon selection of a particular one of the new content for managing a group of content of a common category, and a content editor that is invoked upon selection of one of the content in the group for editing the selected content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Samuli Ylinen, Teemu Kankaanpää, Ari-Pekka Hirvonen, Jaana Huotari, Andrew Daymond, Aki Tamminen, Aki Lehto, Kalle Ojala, Marko Lindgren, Christopher Michael Nyffeler, Nerea Armendariz, Kristian Russell Thomas Simsarian, Energy Cruse, II, Anne Sybille Pascual, Marcus Hauer, Abbe Don, Astrid Jantina Van Der Flier, Scott Yiu-Lun Tong, Adam Glazier, Jeffrey John Cunningham, Stephen O'Connor, Katrin B. Gosling
  • Patent number: 8595638
    Abstract: A user interface comprising a controller configured to display a map and to display at least one marked location on said map. The location is associated with at least one graphical object. The controller is further configured to determine whether a first graphical object will overlap a second graphical object when rendered and if so said controller is configured to create a third graphical object being associated with said first and second graphical objects and render said third graphical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Sanna Maarit Belitz, Jorma Tapio Suutarinen, Ari Pekka Hirvonen
  • Publication number: 20120284658
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating management of widgets. A method may include determining a selection of a graphical widget displayed in a widget tray for addition to a home screen. The widget tray may contain one or more widgets available to add to the home screen and may be displayed concurrently with at least a portion of the home screen. The selected graphical widget may be displayed in the widget tray with an appearance substantially similar to how the selected graphical widget would appear if added to the home screen. The method may further include, responsive to the selection of the graphical widget, causing the selected graphical widget to be added to the home screen. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: Ari-Pekka Hirvonen
  • Publication number: 20120198347
    Abstract: An approach is provided for enhancing presentment of content data. The content personalization platform determining one or more data categories for presentation in a user interface of a device. The content personalization platform also determines use information associated with the one or more data categories, one or more items within the data categories, or a combination thereof. Then, the content personalization platform then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the use information to determine proportions of the user interface for presenting one or more of the data categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Ari-Pekka Hirvonen, Lauri Rauhanen
  • Publication number: 20120198343
    Abstract: An approach is provided for representing content data. The cleanup manager determines one or more data types of content associated with a device. Next, the cleanup manager determines effect information regarding one or more effects on one or more resources of the device with respect to the one or more data types. Then, the cleanup manager presents one or more representations of the one or more data types, wherein the one or more representations are based, at least in part, on the effect information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Ari-Pekka Hirvonen, Lauri Rauhanen, Aapo Matias Hasu, Jari Tapio Ijäs, Rit Mishra, Jonatan Hedberg
  • Publication number: 20100325211
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing uniform content management for a user equipment. A uniform content management platform determines new content from a plurality of content of different categories. The uniform content management platform further initiates presentation of the new content via a graphical user interface that includes: a dashboard providing a layout of the new content, a content manager that is invoked upon selection of a particular one of the new content for managing a group of content of a common category, and a content editor that is invoked upon selection of one of the content in the group for editing the selected content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Samuli Ylinen, Teemu Kankaanpää, Ari-Pekka Hirvonen, Jaana Huotari, Andrew Daymond, Aki Tamminen, Aki Lehto, Kalle Ojala, Marko Lindgren
  • Publication number: 20100058212
    Abstract: A user interface comprising a controller configured to display a map and to display at least one marked location on said map. The location is associated with at least one graphical object. The controller is further configured to determine whether a first graphical object will overlap a second graphical object when rendered and if so said controller is configured to create a third graphical object being associated with said first and second graphical objects and render said third graphical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sanna Maarit Belitz, Jorma Tapio Suutarinen, Ari Pekka Hirvonen