Patents by Inventor Ilkka Kansala

Ilkka Kansala 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: 8407593
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a user interface specified at least in part by a user. The mobile terminal includes a user interface specification unit that operates in accordance with a programmed data processor to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger and an action, which together form a rule; to automatically generate a directory structure comprising a set of available events in accordance with a hierarchical information model; to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger value from the available set of events and to define an action to be performed by the mobile terminal in responsive to the at least one trigger value being satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventors: Panu Korpipää, Jonna Häkkilä, Juha Kela, Sami Ronkainen, Ilkka Känsälä, Jani Mäntyjärvi, Urpo Tuomela
  • Patent number: 7545271
    Abstract: Pre-stored or bundled content such as programs can be enabled by using an RFID tag with suitable authorization information according to a process, in which the informs a host device of contents that can be activated with the RFID tag, the host device obtains respective authorization information from the RFID tag and subsequently refreshes the authorization in order to extend the activation over a desired period of time. Unless refreshed, the authorization is terminated after a given interval as of the authorization so that the substantial use of the content is subjected to the possession of the RFID tag and a license can be sold or transferred together with the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Janne Jalkanen, Ilkka Känsälä
  • Patent number: 7400250
    Abstract: A RF-ID tag, preferably passive, provides an event indicating the tag has been successfully interrogated by a reader for data transmission. The event may be voice, light, color, vibration, odor, or different combinations of event indicators. The tag includes an antenna linked to a micro processor and a memory. A non-linear device and for example a light emitting device (LED) are coupled to the microprocessor and memory as an indicator circuit. The reader transmits electromagnetic energy received by the tag antenna when within the reader transmission zone. The energy is sufficient for the tag to transmit data from the memory to the reader. As the tag is read by the reader, the data stream includes a few bytes at the end to indicate the reading was successful. The reader energy is also sufficient to cause the illumination of the LED providing a tag indication that a successful tag transmission has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Ilkka Känsälä, Heikki Huomo
  • Patent number: 7251331
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for controlling access in a telecommunication system comprising a first transmitter-receiver unit, a second transmitter-receiver unit and a remote-controllable server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Ilkka Känsälä, Mikko Lukkaroinen
  • Publication number: 20070035411
    Abstract: An electronic device for using wireless access modules such as RFID tags, which device has a wireless transponder access module capable of detecting a wireless transponder brought into the proximity of the device and of receiving information from wireless transponder, wherein the electronic device and the wireless transponder module are configured to provide a set of services when the wireless transponder is accessible to the wireless transponder access module. The electronic device contains a sensor that is capable of determining spatial information related to the access module and producing a corresponding spatial signal and a processor capable of selecting one service out of the set of services using the spatial signal. Hence, the way an RFID tag is swept close to the device determines the way in which the RFID tag should be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Janne Jalkanen, Ilkka Känsälä
  • Publication number: 20070001852
    Abstract: Pre-stored or bundled content such as programs can be enabled by using an RFID tag with suitable authorization information according to a process, in which the informs a host device of contents that can be activated with the RFID tag, the host device obtains respective authorization information from the RFID tag and subsequently refreshes the authorization in order to extend the activation over a desired period of time. Unless refreshed, the authorization is terminated after a given interval as of the authorization so that the substantial use of the content is subjected to the possession of the RFID tag and a license can be sold or transferred together with the RFID tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Janne Jalkanen, Ilkka Kansala
  • Publication number: 20060244592
    Abstract: A RF-ID tag, preferably passive, provides an event indicating the tag has been successfully interrogated by a reader for data transmission. The event may be voice, light, color, vibration, odor, or different combinations of event indicators. The tag includes an antenna linked to a micro processor and a memory. A non-linear device and for example a light emitting device (LED) are coupled to the microprocessor and memory as an indicator circuit. The reader transmits electromagnetic energy received by the tag antenna when within the reader transmission zone. The energy is sufficient for the tag to transmit data from the memory to the reader. As the tag is read by the reader, the data stream includes a few bytes at the end to indicate the reading was successful. The reader energy is also sufficient to cause the illumination of the LED providing a tag indication that a successful tag transmission has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Ilkka Kansala, Heikki Huomo
  • Publication number: 20060005156
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a user interface specified at least in part by a user. The mobile terminal includes a user interface specification unit that operates in accordance with a programmed data processor to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger and an action, which together form a rule; to automatically generate a directory structure comprising a set of available events in accordance with a hierarchical information model; to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger value from the available set of events and to define an action to be performed by the mobile terminal in responsive to the at least one trigger value being satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Panu Korpipaa, Jonna Hakkila, Juha Kela, Sami Ronkainen, Ilkka Kansala, Jani Mantyjarvi, Urpo Tuomela
  • Publication number: 20030194089
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for controlling access in a telecommunication system comprising a first transmitter-receiver unit, a second transmitter-receiver unit and a remote-controllable server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Ilkka Kansala, Mikko Lukkaroinen