Patents by Inventor Christopher Nyffeler

Christopher Nyffeler 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing soft reminders
    Patent number: 9275376
    Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting soft reminders (e.g., reminders for notes with no triggering criteria). A reminder manager receives an input, from a user, for specifying a note. The note is not associated with triggering criteria. In response to the request, the reminder manager retrieves contextual information from a device associated with the user, and causes, at least in part, presentation of a reminder of the note based, at least in part, on the contextual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Keith Barraclough, Stephen Hartford, David Irvine, James Gerlach, Erich Domingo, Christopher Dame, Christopher Nyffeler, Anke Pierik, Kristian Simsarian
  • Method and apparatus for presenting polymorphic notes in a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 8335989
    Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting polymorphic notes in a graphical user interface. A polymorphic note manager receives a request to display a plurality of polymorphic notes on a graphical user interface of a device. In response to the request, the polymorphic note manager determines an order of the plurality of polymorphic notes according to either an associated date or, if there is no associated date, a creation date corresponding to each of the plurality of polymorphic notes. The polymorphic note manager then causes, at least in part, actions that result in display of the plurality of polymorphic notes in the graphical user interface according to the determined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Barraclough, Stephen Andrew Hartford, David Michael Irvine, Energy Cruse, Abbe Don, Luke Patrick Woods, Christopher Mark Dame, Timm Kekeritz, Astrid Jantina Van Der Flier, Kristian Russell Thomas Simsarian, James Nathaniel Gerlach, Erich Ian Domingo, Christopher Nyffeler, Anke Pierik
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SOFT REMINDERS
    Publication number: 20110239158
    Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting soft reminders (e.g., reminders for notes with no triggering criteria). A reminder manager receives an input, from a user, for specifying a note. The note is not associated with triggering criteria. In response to the request, the reminder manager retrieves contextual information from a device associated with the user, and causes, at least in part, presentation of a reminder of the note based, at least in part, on the contextual information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Barraclough, Stephen Hartford, David Irvine, James Gerlach, Erich Domingo, Christopher Dame, Christopher Nyffeler, Anke Pierik, Kristian Simsarian
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING POLYMORPHIC NOTES IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20110099490
    Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting polymorphic notes in a graphical user interface. A polymorphic note manager receives a request to display a plurality of polymorphic notes on a graphical user interface of a device. In response to the request, the polymorphic note manager determines an order of the plurality of polymorphic notes according to either an associated date or, if there is no associated date, a creation date corresponding to each of the plurality of polymorphic notes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Barraclough, Stephen Hartford, David Irvine, Energy Cruse, II, Abbe Don, Luke Woods, Christopher Dame, Timm Kekeritz, Astrid Van Der Flier, Kristian Simsarian, James Gerlach, Erich Domingo, Christopher Nyffeler, Anke Pierik
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A POLYMORPHIC NOTE
    Publication number: 20110099153
    Abstract: An approach is provided for generating a polymorphic note. A polymorphic note manager receives a request, from a device, to generate a polymorphic note, wherein the polymorphic note includes information of a plurality of application types that is developed over a period of time. The polymorphic note manager then generates the polymorphic note in response to the request and stores the polymorphic note for access by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Barraclough, Stephen Hartford, David Irvine, Erich Domingo, Christopher Dame, Christopher Nyffeler, Anke Pierik, Kristian Simsarian, James Gerlach