Patents by Inventor Sami Makelainen

Sami Makelainen 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).

  • Systems for providing peer-to-peer communications
    Patent number: 8437757
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods for establishing peer-to-peer calls such as voice over IP calls and video over IP calls. In various embodiments of the invention, SMTP messages are exchanged between devices using a SMTP server, with the SMTP messages including IP address information. With this arrangement, the need for SIP service providers can be eliminated. In other embodiments of the present invention, SMS messages including IP address information are transmitted between devices during a GSM or other type of telephone call, enabling the call to “migrate” to a VoIP or video over IP call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Manish Varma, Sami Makelainen, Ville Aarni, Tommy Lindgren, Teemu Harju, Matti Vesterinen, Javier Lafuente, Jaakko Teinila, Harri Hakulinen, Heikki Kokkinen
  • Generating and providing access and content charges for different services to a user device in a communication system
    Patent number: 8131256
    Abstract: A user device (20) is provided with information relating to a service wherein content is communicated to the user device via an access system provided by a communications network (22). In the method information regarding access charges from a charging entity (26) associated with the access system is provided to a service provider entity (24), where after an indication of total cost of the service covering content charges and the access charges is sent from the service provider entity to the user device. Alternatively, indication of the total costs can be sent directly to the user device from the charging entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jyrki Martti, Sami Mäkeläinen
  • Systems for providing peer-to-peer communications
    Publication number: 20080123685
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods for establishing peer-to-peer calls such as voice over IP calls and video over IP calls. In various embodiments of the invention, SMTP messages are exchanged between devices using a SMTP server, with the SMTP messages including IP address information. With this arrangement, the need for SIP service providers can be eliminated. In other embodiments of the present invention, SMS messages including IP address information are transmitted between devices during a GSM or other type of telephone call, enabling the call to “migrate” to a VoIP or video over IP call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Manish Varma, Sami Makelainen, Ville Aarni, Tommy Lindgren, Teemu Harju, Matti Vesterinen, Javier Lafuente, Jaakko Teinila, Harri Hakulinen, Heikki Kokkinen
  • Services in a communication system
    Publication number: 20060253294
    Abstract: A user device (20) is provided with information relating to a service wherein content is communicated to the user device via an access system provided by a communications network (22). In the method information regarding access charges from a charging entity (26) associated with the access system is provided to a service provider entity (24), where after an indication of total cost of the service covering content charges and the access charges is sent from the service provider entity to the user device. Alternatively, indication of the total costs can be sent directly to the user device from the charging entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Jyrki Martti, Sami Makelainen