Patents by Inventor Marko Jaakko Hietala

Marko Jaakko Hietala 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).

  • Software application output volume control
    Patent number: 8595624
    Abstract: Apparatus comprises means for independently controlling the output volume levels of a plurality of software applications associated with the apparatus; means responsive to a user command to change a master volume level for changing the volume levels of each of the software applications in the same sense; and when one of the plurality of software applications is at a maximum volume level, means responsive to a user command to increase the master volume level for increasing the volume levels of each of the other software applications which are not at the maximum level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jarmo Antero Hiipakka, Marko Jaakko Hietala
  • SOFTWARE APPLICATION OUTPUT VOLUME CONTROL
    Publication number: 20120110452
    Abstract: Apparatus comprises means for independently controlling the output volume levels of a plurality of software applications associated with the apparatus; means responsive to a user command to change a master volume level for changing the volume levels of each of the software applications in the same sense; and when one of the plurality of software applications is at a maximum volume level, means responsive to a user command to increase the master volume level for increasing the volume levels of each of the other software applications which are not at the maximum level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Jarmo Antero Hiipakka, Marko Jaakko Hietala
  • Apparatus And A Method For Resource Management
    Publication number: 20110125902
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided with the apparatus being arranged to control access to one or more resources in a computing device by one or more clients in said computing device. The apparatus further arranged to receive a request for access to a said resource from a first client, determine whether or not said resource is being used by a second client, and, if said resource is being used, remove said resource from said second client and provide said resource to said first client. The method and computer program correspond to the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: James Ingham, John Forrest, Zemaraiam Kinfu, Brian Dale Evans, Marko Jaakko Hietala, Juha-Pekka Syrjälä, Heikki Kujala, Janne Juhani Ojanaho, Jari Mikael Takalo