Patents by Inventor Juha Sippola

Juha Sippola 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: 6501967
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a ringing tone of a telephone and a telephone, which comprises a sound generator for generating the ringing tone as a response to an incoming call, a memory for storing a signal representing the ringing tone, means for retrieving the signal from the memory and for inputting the signal into the sound generator for generating the ringing tone, and sound reproduction means for reproducing the ringing tone generated by the sound generator. In the method, information defining the ringing tone is input as characters, each character defining both pitch and duration of a tone and stored in the memory of the telephone, for which the telephone comprises means for inputting information defining the ringing tone as characters, each character defining both pitch and duration of a tone. Thus, a desired melody is produced as the ringing tone. Notes can be produced on a stave displayed on a display of the telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jarmo Mäkelä, Heikki Särkkä, Sakari Pelkonen, Juha Sippola, Jani Leppälammi
  • Patent number: 5870683
    Abstract: A wireless mobile station (10), such as a cellular telephone, executes a method to selectively display one of a plurality of graphical information sequences on a display (20) of the mobile station. The graphical information sequence is displayed during an Idle state of the mobile station, that is, when the mobile station is not involved in receiving a call or during a call. By example, the graphical information sequence can be displayed when the mobile station is in a Keyguard state, and/or in a Charging state, or when the mobile station is first powered on. In a further aspect of this invention the user interface (20, 22) of the mobile station is adapted to enable the user to selectively: enable or disable the display of a graphical information sequence; and/or select a graphical information sequence to be displayed from a plurality of pre-stored graphical information sequences; and/or input a definition of a graphical information sequence from an external source for storage in the mobile station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventors: Susan T. Wells, Juha Sippola, Pertti Kangas, Jaakko Vanttila