Patents by Inventor Laura Maria Wirola

Laura Maria Wirola 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).

  • Signal strength profiling
    Patent number: 9560532
    Abstract: A system for supporting electronic positioning in apparatuses. Apparatuses may receive various wireless signals over time. The strength of the received wireless signals may be determined by the apparatuses, and based on this determination an occurrence for each received wireless signal may be accumulated in a histogram in the apparatus. Information based on the histogram may then be transmitted to a mapping database. The mapping database may then utilize this information to, for example, create signal-based maps for use in apparatus positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Laura Maria Wirola
  • Signal strength profiling
    Patent number: 9113434
    Abstract: A system for supporting electronic positioning in apparatuses. Apparatuses may receive various wireless signals over time (800). The strength of the received wireless signals may be determined by the apparatuses (802), and based on this determination an occurrence for each received wireless signal may be accumulated in a histogram in the apparatus (804). Information based on the histogram may then be transmitted to a mapping database (810). The mapping database may then utilize this information to, for example, create signal-based maps for use in apparatus positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Laura Maria Wirola
  • Generation and use of coverage area models
    Patent number: 8983477
    Abstract: For enhancing the positioning of a mobile device, a server may generate parameters for each of a plurality of models of a coverage area of a transmission node on the assumption of a different spatial constraint for a location of a receiving device. The parameters of each of the models may be provided along with the associated indication of the spatial constraint for transmission. The position of a mobile device may be determined by evaluating the parameters of each of the models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Laura Maria Wirola, Tommi Antero Perala
  • SIGNAL STRENGTH PROFILING
    Publication number: 20130288704
    Abstract: A system for supporting electronic positioning in apparatuses. Apparatuses may receive various wireless signals over time (800). The strength of the received wireless signals may be determined by the apparatuses (802), and based on this determination an occurrence for each received wireless signal may be accumulated in a histogram in the apparatus (804). Information based on the histogram may then be transmitted to a mapping database (810). The mapping database may then utilize this information to, for example, create signal-based maps for use in apparatus positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Jari Syrjarinne, Laura Maria Wirola
  • GENERATION AND USE OF COVERAGE AREA MODELS
    Publication number: 20130260771
    Abstract: For enhancing the positioning of a mobile device, a server may generate parameters for each of a plurality of models of a coverage area of a transmission node on the assumption of a different spatial constraint for a location of a receiving device. The parameters of each of the models may be provided along with the associated indication of the spatial constraint for transmission. The position of a mobile device may be determined by evaluating the parameters of each of the models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lauri Wirola, Laura Maria Wirola, Tommi Antero Perala