Patents by Inventor Jaakko Itavaara

Jaakko Itavaara 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: 7085257
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and system to provide a wireless terminal online access capability to a system phonebook, such as a WLAN, which calls for instructing the system to start a phonebook application such that for incoming calls the phonebook application commences in response to a phone number identification at the user terminal side and for outgoing calls the phonebook application commences through a User Interface (UI) of the user terminal; and performing a search query of the phonebook database to identify a caller corresponding to a phone number identification of an incoming call and/or at least one of a phone number and person or party of the call to be initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Heidi Karves, Eeva-Liisa Heinonen, Jaakko Itavaara, Kai Kronstrom, Kari Lehtinen, Jari Mononen, Petri Nykänen, Mikko Virtanen
  • Publication number: 20050028086
    Abstract: A method and system for browsing and navigating web pages on a small screen device using a keypad are disclosed. A web page is divided into logical sections. In one embodiment, each section is mapped to at least one key on a keypad, such that when a user presses a key, the corresponding section of the web page is displayed on the device's display panel. In another embodiment, each section is mapped to a symbol which can be remembered by the user. The user then selects the symbol corresponding to the section of the web page that he or she desires to view. As each section of the web page is being viewed, an icon may be included on the screen to indicate that portion of the web page that is being viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Applicant: NOKIA MOBILE PHONES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jaakko Itavaara, Semi Malinen, Pasi Nieminen, Bhavin Suthar, Honglang Zhang
  • Patent number: 6832353
    Abstract: A method and system for browsing and navigating web pages on a small screen device using a keypad are disclosed. A web page is divided into logical sections. In one embodiment, each section is mapped to at least one key on a keypad, such that when a user presses a key, the corresponding section of the web page is displayed on the device's display panel. In another embodiment, each section is mapped to a symbol which can be remembered by the user. The user then selects the symbol corresponding to the section of the web page that he or she desires to view. As each section of the web page is being viewed, an icon may be included on the screen to indicate that portion of the web page that is being viewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaakko Itavaara, Semi Malinen, Pasi Nieminen, Bhavin Suthar, Honglang Zhang
  • Patent number: 6816719
    Abstract: A method and system for making profile information of a plurality of users of wireless terminals in a network accessible to the network. A current operational mode of the wireless terminal is determined. The current operational mode is identified by an operational mode name. The wireless terminal identification is used to identify the wireless terminal and/or a user of the wireless terminal. Profile information of the wireless terminal is sent to the network where the profile information includes the operational mode name and the wireless terminal and/or user identification. The profile information is sent by the wireless terminal and the sent profile information is accessible from the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Eeva-Liisa Heinonen, Jaakko Itävaara, Heidi Karves, Kai Kronström, Kari Lehtinen, Jari Mononen, Petri Nykänen, Mikko Virtanen
  • Patent number: 6728530
    Abstract: Calendar display apparatus, and an associated method, displays the calendar display at a mobile terminal operable in a radio communication system. The calendar display includes calendar items retrieved from both a local storage element and from a network-based calendar database. The calendar items are displayed simultaneously. And, calendar items stored locally are exportable to the network database. Analogously, calendar items stored at the network database are downloadable to the mobile station to be stored thereat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Eeva-Liisa Heinonen, Jaakko Itävaara, Heidi Karves, Kai Kronström, Kari Lehtinen, Jari Mononen, Petri Nykänen, Mikko Virtanen
  • Patent number: 6671370
    Abstract: A telephone system includes a plurality of telephone terminals wherein a call that is placed from a calling telephone terminal to a receiving telephone terminal is announced by activating a standard ringing indication at the receiving telephone terminal. A data file is provided having a plurality of different ringing indications therein. These ringing indications include a plurality of sound information that are both different from each other and different from a standard ringing tone, and a plurality of different visual information. When a call is placed from a calling telephone terminal to a receiving telephone terminal, the user at the calling telephone terminal may optionally elect to announce the call at the receiving-telephone-terminal using ringing indication that is selected from the data-file, for example sound information that indicates the identity of the calling-users, and/or visual information that indicates the priority of the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Eeva-Liisa Heinonen, Jaakko Itävaara, Heidi Karves, Kai Kronström, Kari Lehtinen, Jari Mononen, Petri Nykänen, Mikko Virtanen
  • Publication number: 20020186262
    Abstract: A method and system for browsing and navigating web pages on a small screen device using a keypad is disclosed. A web page is divided into logical sections. In one embodiment, each section is mapped to at least one key on a keypad, such that when a user presses a key, the corresponding section of the web page is displayed on the device's display panel. In another embodiment, each section is mapped to a symbol which can be remember by the user. The user then selects the symbol corresponding to the section of the web page that he or she desires to view. As each section of the web page is being viewed, an icon may be included on the screen to indicate that portion of the web page that is being viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Jaakko Itavaara, Semi Malinen, Pasi Nieminen, Bhavin Suthar, Honglang Zhang