Patents by Inventor Jani J. Mäenpää

Jani J. Mäenpää 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).

  • Emergency call handling using over-the-top services
    Patent number: 10299099
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for emergency call handling. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a user equipment, an indication from a network, the indication representative of at least one of whether a carrier grade voice over cellular packet data call is available at a cell serving the user equipment or whether an over-the-top service is available at the cell serving the user equipment; and initiating, by the user equipment based on the received indication from the network, a call via the over-the-top service, when the indication represents the carrier grade voice over cellular packet data call is not available at the cell serving the user equipment and the over-the-top service is available at the cell serving the user equipment. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Hannu Bergius, Jani J. Mäenpää
  • EMERGENCY CALL HANDLING USING OVER-THE-TOP SERVICES
    Publication number: 20170289783
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for emergency call handling. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a user equipment, an indication from a network, the indication representative of at least one of whether a carrier grade voice over cellular packet data call is available at a cell serving the user equipment or whether an over-the-top service is available at the cell serving the user equipment; and initiating, by the user equipment based on the received indication from the network, a call via the over-the-top service, when the indication represents the carrier grade voice over cellular packet data call is not available at the cell serving the user equipment and the over-the-top service is available at the cell serving the user equipment. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Hannu Bergius, Jani J. Mäenpää