Patents by Inventor Petri Luomala

Petri Luomala 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: 10192523
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided that facilitate an overview of a plurality of home screens in order to increase the efficiency with which users interact with the home screens. In this regard, a method is provided that includes causing a display of a first home screen and then causing the display to zoom out from the first home screen to a canvas overview representing a plurality of home screens including the first home screen. The canvas overview is configured to present the plurality of home screens in a continuous arrangement and to group items accessible via a respective home screen in proximity to one another. The method also receives a selection of a second home screen from the canvas overview and causes the display to be zoomed in from the canvas overview to the second home screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Petri Luomala, Janne V. Kyllonen, Jari Lahdenpera, Markku Rytivaara
  • Publication number: 20130083075
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided that facilitate an overview of a plurality of home screens in order to increase the efficiency with which users interact with the home screens. In this regard, a method is provided that includes causing a display of a first home screen and then causing the display to zoom out from the first home screen to a canvas overview representing a plurality of home screens including the first home screen. The canvas overview is configured to present the plurality of home screens in a continuous arrangement and to group items accessible via a respective home screen in proximity to one another. The method also receives a selection of a second home screen from the canvas overview and causes the display to be zoomed in from the canvas overview to the second home screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Petri Luomala, Janne V. Kyllonen, Jari Lahdenpera, Markku Rytivaara
  • Publication number: 20130007061
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments described herein, there is provided an apparatus having a processor, and at least one memory including computer program code. The memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform the following. Firstly, the apparatus is caused to identify, based on received gesture command signalling associated with two or more content items, one or more common aspects of metadata for those two or more content items. Secondly, the apparatus is caused to use an identified common aspect of said metadata to search for other content items with metadata in common to the identified common aspect of metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Petri Luomala, Janne Kyllönen, Ashley Colley