Patents by Inventor Jani Heikkinen

Jani Heikkinen 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).

  • Power control for serial bus peripheral device
    Patent number: 9235249
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and a device connected to a serial bus, said method comprising transmitting a message that indicates a power requirement for a suspended mode of said serial bus; in response to a received authorization message, setting a first or a second operating state; entering said suspended mode; drawing a current in accordance with said indicated power requirement that may exceed a predetermined current limit if said operating state is said first state, and drawing a current at or below said predetermined current limit if said operating state is said second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Daniel Bencak, Thomas Block, Sten Carlsen, Jani Heikkinen
  • Method and Apparatus for Controlling Broadcast Receivers
    Publication number: 20120015618
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is described comprising a control interface, a detection unit configured to detect that an external broadcast receiver is coupled on the control interface, a control unit configured to select one of the external broadcast receiver and another broadcast receiver, and a user interface application configured to control the selected broadcast receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jani Heikkinen, Olaf Joeressen
  • POWER CONTROL FOR SERIAL BUS PERIPHERAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100037074
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and a device connected to a serial bus, said method comprising transmitting a message that indicates a power requirement for a suspended mode of said serial bus; in response to a received authorization message, setting a first or a second operating state; entering said suspended mode; drawing a current in accordance with said indicated power requirement that may exceed a predetermined current limit if said operating state is said first state, and drawing a current at or below said predetermined current limit if said operating state is said second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Bencak, Thomas Block, Sten Carlsen, Jani Heikkinen