Patents by Inventor Kari Heikkilä

Kari Heikkilä 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: 8249550
    Abstract: A method (and corresponding equipment) for use by a device (10) in establishing a network connection on behalf of an application (14a-d) hosted by the device (10), including: a step (23b) of obtaining information about currently active cellular network systems, which may include information about connections currently in use; and a step (24) of deciding whether to allow establishing the connection based on factors including the information about currently active cellular network systems. The information about connections currently in use may include identifiers for applications using the connections currently in use. The factors can also include the identity of the application making the request and the identities of the applications using connections currently in use, so as to make the decision as to whether or not to allow establishing the connection after taking into account the importance and type of the different applications contending for the network resources (connections).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan Baggström, Kari Heikkilä
  • Patent number: 6453645
    Abstract: A method for packaging flat articles in a stack in a package such as a box. In particular, the method is used to stack articles having different thicknesses at different ends in the direction of their plane. A stack portion is gripped by a gripping device and rotated 180° from the direction of an adjacent stack portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Jomet Oy
    Inventors: Jouni Suokas, Kari Heikkilä