Patents by Inventor Iiro Kaihlaniemi

Iiro Kaihlaniemi 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 running simultaneous applications through the same port using supplementary drivers through a main driver
    Patent number: 6370591
    Abstract: A computer has a hard disc drive (HDD) (12), a random access memory (RAM) (13), and an operating system (9) in which at least two communications modules (10,16) are provided for interfacing applications (7,8) running on the computer to an i/o device (1,4,5,6). The computer has a serial input/output port (5) to which is coupled a mobile telephone. The computer additionally comprises a main driver (14) stored on the HDD (12) and defining the communications protocol for the input/output port 5 and the telephone 1. A first supplementary driver (11) is registered to a first of the communication modules (10), the first supplementary driver (11) being arranged in use to cause the main driver (14) to be loaded from the HDD (12) to the RAM (13) and also to transfer a function interface (18) for the main driver (14) to the first communications module (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
    Inventor: Iiro Kaihlaniemi
  • DRIVERS FOR COMPUTERS
    Publication number: 20010039595
    Abstract: A computer has a hard disc drive (HDD) (12), a random access memory (RAM) (13), and an operating system (9) in which at least two communications modules (10,16) are provided for interfacing applications (7,8) running on the computer to an i/o device (1,4,5,6). The computer has a serial input/output port (5) to which is coupled a mobile telephone. The computer additionally comprises a main driver (14) stored on the HDD (12) and defining the communications protocol for the input/output port 5 and the telephone 1. A first supplementary driver (11) is registered to a first of the communication modules (10), the first supplementary driver (11) being arranged in use to cause the main driver (14) to be loaded from the HDD (12) to the RAM (13) and also to transfer a function interface (18) for the main driver (14) to the first communications module (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventor: IIRO KAIHLANIEMI