Patents by Inventor Melanie Wendland

Melanie Wendland 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).

  • Apparatus and method for providing contact-related information items
    Patent number: 10255327
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for determining contact-related information items for presentation to a user, such that the user can refer to the information items to enhance the user's communication with the contact. Contact-related information items that have a high relevance level may be accessed and presented to the user. In a case in which no or limited high relevance level information items exist, contact-related information items associated with incrementally lower levels of relevance may be accessed and presented. Moreover, according to some example embodiments, relevance may be derived based on the relationship of the user with the particular contact and/or the frequency of communications with the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGY OY
    Inventors: Don Yamato Kuramura, Bryan Thomas Biniak, Peter Matthew Mauro, Roope Rainisto, Melanie Wendland
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTACT-RELATED INFORMATION ITEMS
    Publication number: 20140244630
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for determining contact-related information items for presentation to a user, such that the user can refer to the information items to enhance the user's communication with the contact. Contact-related information items that have a high relevance level may be accessed and presented to the user. In a case in which no or limited high relevance level information items exist, contact-related information items associated with incrementally lower levels of relevance may be accessed and presented. Moreover, according to some example embodiments, relevance may be derived based on the relationship of the user with the particular contact and/or the frequency of communications with the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Don Yamato Kuramura, Bryan Thomas Biniak, Peter Matthew Mauro, Roope Rainisto, Melanie Wendland