Patents by Inventor Hannu Viitala

Hannu Viitala 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 technical equipment for automatic notification generation
    Patent number: 10728182
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, comprising detecting a notifiable operation concerning an electronic object; automatically generating a notification relating to the detected operation; wherein the generating comprises creating the notification at least from data that is a metadata value of such electronic object that is a target of an indirect reference chain, which chain starts from the electronic object in question sending electronically the generated notification to a relevant user. The invention relates also to an apparatus and a computer program product. The invention may be utilized in a document management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: M-FILES OY
    Inventors: Hannu Viitala, Antti Nivala
  • METHOD AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION GENERATION
    Publication number: 20180131646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, comprising detecting a notifiable operation concerning an electronic object; automatically generating a notification relating to the detected operation; wherein the generating comprises creating the notification at least from data that is a metadata value of such electronic object that is a target of an indirect reference chain, which chain starts from the electronic object in question sending electronically the generated notification to a relevant user. The invention relates also to an apparatus and a computer program product. The invention may be utilized in a document management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Hannu Viitala, Antti Nivala
  • METHOD AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION GENERATION
    Publication number: 20150006642
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, comprising detecting a notifiable operation concerning an electronic object; automatically generating a notification relating to the detected operation; wherein the generating comprises creating the notification at least from data that is a metadata value of such electronic object that is a target of an indirect reference chain, which chain starts from the electronic object in question sending electronically the generated notification to a relevant user. The invention relates also to an apparatus and a computer program product. The invention may be utilized in a document management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hannu Viitala, Antti Nivala