Patents by Inventor Arto Lehtonen

Arto Lehtonen 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).

  • Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications
    Patent number: 6188909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communicator (1) having means for displaying and processing an information card containing information, and means for transmitting the information on the information card using radio communication, the transmission including an information card identifier and a destination identifier. The information on the information card is processed into characters, and a short message (103, 104) is formed of said characters, to be transmitted using radio communication, and sent to a receiver through a short message service center (SM-SC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seppo Alanara, Pekka Isomursu, Juhani Miettunen, Mikko Lietsalmi, Kalevi Kaartinen, Peter Decker, Arto Lehtonen, Pete Pihko, Teemu Tarnanen, Hannu H. Kari, Jari Maenpaa, Petri Nykanen, Mikko Terho, Patrik Gustafsson
  • Communication device with two modes of operation
    Patent number: 6047196
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile station which comprises two separate user interfaces and an outer covering (10, 11) which can be unfolded. The device has the appearance and the size of a common mobile phone when the outer covering (10, 11) is closed, whereby available is a first user interface being substantially a telephone user interface. When the outer covering (10, 11) of the device is unfolded it exposes a second user interface having a relatively large-sized display (12) and an alphanumeric keypad (15). Alphanumeric messages and graphical information can be transmitted and received using the second user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jarmo Makela, Arto Lehtonen, Veli-Matti Soini, Lasse Siitonen, Risto Ronkka
  • Function for facilitating use of a double-acting communication device and a double-acting communication device
    Patent number: 6014573
    Abstract: The invention relates to use of a double-acting communication device comprising a separate first user interface (1) which is substantially a telephone user interface including sound reproducing means, and a separate second user interface (2) which is substantially a keypad and display user interface. The first and the second user interface can be used at different times and simultaneously, whereby in the simultaneous use the communication device is substantially located on a table or in the lap and not at the ear like when using the telephone user interface only. Thus, when a simultaneous use is started, the sound reproducing volume is increased so that the user can hear the voice from the speaker (3, 5) even though the device is far from the user's ear. The second user interface (2) is located inside the device, so that it is preferable to locate the switch (15) affecting the sound reproduction volume so that it is attached to the opening mechanism of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd.
    Inventors: Arto Lehtonen, Jarmo Makela