Patents by Inventor Pekka Ala-Pietila
Pekka Ala-Pietila 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).
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Patent number: 8903855Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for profiling recipients into recipient categories on the basis of responses to content items provided to users. The profiling is based on rankings that are assigned to the content items, recipient categories, links between the content items and links between the content items and recipient categories. In one embodiment the ranking of a given content item is calculated on the basis of rankings of other content items having a link to the given content item, together with the ranking of the link between the content items, while the ranking of a given respondent in respect of a given recipient category is calculated on the basis of rankings of content items and/or categories that have a link to that recipient category. The links between content items and to the recipient categories indicate a particular response, by the respondent, in respect of content items.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sami Saru, Janne Aaltonen, Timo Ahopelto, Pekka Ala-Pietila
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Publication number: 20130268371Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for profiling recipients into recipient categories on the basis of responses to content items provided to users. The profiling is based on rankings that are assigned to the content items, recipient categories, links between the content items and links between the content items and recipient categories. In one embodiment the ranking of a given content item is calculated on the basis of rankings of other content items having a link to the given content item, together with the ranking of the link between the content items, while the ranking of a given respondent in respect of a given recipient category is calculated on the basis of rankings of content items and/or categories that have a link to that recipient category. The links between content items and to the recipient categories indicate a particular response, by the respondent, in respect of content items.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sami Saru, Janne Aaltonen, Timo Ahopelto, Pekka Ala-Pietila
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Patent number: 8417722Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for profiling recipients into recipient categories on the basis of responses to content items provided to users. The profiling is based on rankings that are assigned to the content items, recipient categories, links between the content items and links between the content items and recipient categories. In one embodiment the ranking of a given content item is calculated on the basis of rankings of other content items having a link to the given content item, together with the ranking of the link between the content items, while the ranking of a given respondent in respect of a given recipient category is calculated on the basis of rankings of content items and/or categories that have a link to that recipient category. The links between content items and to the recipient categories indicate a particular response, by the respondent, in respect of content items.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sami Saru, Janne Aaltonen, Timo Ahopelto, Pekka Ala-Pietila
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Publication number: 20120066225Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for profiling recipients into recipient categories on the basis of responses to content items provided to users. The profiling is based on rankings that are assigned to the content items, recipient categories, links between the content items and links between the content items and recipient categories. In one embodiment the ranking of a given content item is calculated on the basis of rankings of other content items having a link to the given content item, together with the ranking of the link between the content items, while the ranking of a given respondent in respect of a given recipient category is calculated on the basis of rankings of content items and/or categories that have a link to that recipient category. The links between content items and to the recipient categories indicate a particular response, by the respondent, in respect of content items.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: CVON INNOVATIONS LTDInventors: Sami Saru, Janne Aaltonen, Timo Ahopelto, Pekka Ala-Pietila
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Publication number: 20120036216Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for characterizing recipients into recipient categories on the basis of responses to questions provided to users. The characterization is based on rankings that are assigned to the questions, recipient categories, links between the questions and links between the questions and recipient categories. In one embodiment the ranking of a given recipient category is calculated on the basis of rankings of another recipient category having a link to the given recipient category, together with the ranking of the link between the recipient categories. The links between questions and recipient categories indicate a particular response, by the respondent, in respect of questions. The recipients are characterized with respect to the recipient categories on the basis of the rankings assigned to the recipient categories.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: CVON INNOVATIONS LTDInventors: Janne Aaltonen, Timo Ahopelto, Sami Saru, Pekka Ala-Pietila
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Publication number: 20100312619Abstract: An advertisement system of a mobile services operator manages advertising campaigns and comprises a database that contains all relevant information for advertisement campaigns to be run. Marketing messages are delivered to mobile users via a communication network. The mobile services operator provides mobile communications services for the mobile users in return of receiving the marketing messages. The communications services and the marketing messages are billed from advertisers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: Pekka Ala-Pietila, Antti Ohrling
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Publication number: 20100274661Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for optimizing advertising campaigns on mobile networks using feedback from the advertisement audience community.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2006Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Cvon Innovations LTDInventors: Janne Aaltonen, Timo Ahopelto, Pekka Ala-Pietilä
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Publication number: 20080288589Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a scheduling process and apparatus which may include constraints which determine the amount of messaging events available in a particular category (e.g. sports, music, food content) in a particular time period, for example on a particular day (or perhaps even within smaller time periods, such as afternoon/morning slots or even hourly slots.) The amount allocated per category may vary according to the time period—so that, for example, Monday may be “Music Day”, during which the content will be predominantly music-related. By having a variation period-by-period, e.g. day-by-day (or according to other slots) over a weekly (or other) period then the recipient becomes more familiar with, and involved in, receiving the message content. Since the recipient gets to understand the periodic formatting, they will come to expect a particular type of message content at a particular time, or at least during a particular period or timing characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: CVON Innovations Ltd.Inventor: Pekka Ala-Pietila