Patents by Inventor Sami Pienmäki

Sami Pienmäki 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 for providing a collect call service in a mobile communication system
    Patent number: 7039388
    Abstract: A method of processing a communication in a communications system includes setting up a communication between subscriber A and subscriber B. The method includes receiving a communication initiation from subscriber A, transmitting, in response to the communication initiation, an enquiry about whether subscriber B is willing to pay for a communication from said subscriber A by means of network elements of the communications system, and if subscriber B is willing to pay for the communication according to the enquiry, connecting a communication between subscriber A and subscriber B automatically by the network elements of the communications system so that subscriber B is defined as the payer of the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Sami Pienmäki, Ilkk Tiilikainen