Patents by Inventor Jyri Kullervo Virtanen

Jyri Kullervo Virtanen 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SOCIAL NETWORKING RELATIONSHIPS
    Publication number: 20190188642
    Abstract: An approach is provided for recognizing one or more people from media content and determining if the one or more people are associated with a social networking service. A request is received from a user equipment specifying a media content. Electronically processing of the media content to recognize one or more people is initiated. It is determined whether the one or more people are associated with a member account of a social networking service. A prompting of the user is initiated with an option based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Brenda CASTRO, James Francis REILLY, Matti Johannes SILLANPÄÄ, Toni Peter STRANDELL, Jyri Kullervo VIRTANEN, Mikko Antero NURMI
  • Method and apparatus for determining social networking relationships
    Patent number: 10217085
    Abstract: An approach is provided for recognizing one or more people from media content and determining if the one or more people are associated with a social networking service. A request is received from a user equipment specifying a media content. Electronically processing of the media content to recognize one or more people is initiated. It is determined whether the one or more people are associated with a member account of a social networking service. A prompting of the user is initiated with an option based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Brenda Castro, James Francis Reilly, Matti Johannes Sillanpää, Toni Peter Strandell, Jyri Kullervo Virtanen, Mikko Antero Nurmi
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SOCIAL NETWORKING RELATIONSHIPS
    Publication number: 20100325218
    Abstract: An approach is provided for recognizing one or more people from media content and determining if the one or more people are associated with a social networking service. A request is received from a user equipment specifying a media content. Electronically processing of the media content to recognize one or more people is initiated. It is determined whether the one or more people are associated with a member account of a social networking service. A prompting of the user is initiated with an option based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Brenda CASTRO, James Francis Reilly, Matti Johannes Sillanpää, Toni Peter Strandell, Jyri Kullervo Virtanen, Mikko Antero Nurmi