Patents by Inventor Roope Tapio Takala

Roope Tapio Takala 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION-BASED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR DYNAMIC POINTS OF INTEREST
    Publication number: 20130332279
    Abstract: An approach is provided for advertising up-to-date information for dynamic points of interest. A point-of-interest platform causes, at least in part, an activation or a deactivation of at least one point-of-interest record. The point-of-interest platform then determines whether to cause, at least in part, a generation of the at least one point-of-interest record based, at least in part, on the activation or the deactivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Juha Harri Tapio Kuusela, Ari Antero Aarnio, Roope Tapio Takala, Janne Joonas Itaranta
  • Apparatus, Methods And Computer Program Products Providing Finger-Based And Hand-Based Gesture Commands For Portable Electronic Device Applications
    Publication number: 20120056804
    Abstract: A method includes executing a gesture with a user-manipulated physical object in the vicinity of a device; generating data that is descriptive of the presence of the user-manipulated object when executing the gesture; and interpreting the data as pertaining to at least one object, such as an object displayed by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Yanming Zou, Kong Qiao Wang, Roope Tapio Takala, Vuokko Tuulikki Lantz, Reijo Lehtiniemi, Jukka Iimari Rantala, Ramin Vatanparast
  • Apparatus, methods and computer program products providing finger-based and hand-based gesture commands for portable electronic device applications
    Patent number: 8086971
    Abstract: A method includes executing a gesture with a user-manipulated physical object in the vicinity of a device; generating data that is descriptive of the presence of the user-manipulated object when executing the gesture; and interpreting the data as pertaining to at least one object, such as an object displayed by the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Yanming Zou, Kong Qiao Wang, Roope Tapio Takala, Vuokko Tuulikki Lantz, Reijo Lehtiniemi, Jukka Ilmari Rantala, Ramin Vatanparast
  • Apparatus, Methods and computer program products providing finger-based and hand-based gesture commands for portable electronic device applications
    Publication number: 20080005703
    Abstract: A method includes executing a gesture with a user-manipulated physical object in the vicinity of a device; generating data that is descriptive of the presence of the user-manipulated object when executing the gesture; and interpreting the data as pertaining to at least one object, such as an object displayed by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Zoran Radivojevic, Yanming Zou, Kong Qiao Wang, Roope Tapio Takala, Vuokko Tuulikki Lantz, Reijo Lehtiniemi, Jukka Ilmari Rantala, Ramin Vatanparast