Patents by Inventor Sotiris Makrygiannis

Sotiris Makrygiannis 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).

  • Publication number: 20150072663
    Abstract: An approach is provided for zone-based device interaction. The approach involves causing, at least in part, an activation of at least one zone at a device. The at least one zone specifies, at least in part, user interaction configuration information. The approach also involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the user interaction configuration information to select one or more applications, one or more services, application data, service data, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a rendering of a user interface for presenting one or more representations of the one or more applications, the one or more services, the application data, the service data, or a combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Suresh Chande, Sotiris Makrygiannis, Ahmad Qasim
  • Publication number: 20060178130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for payment in association with a group session in a communication system comprising at least a mobile station, a session control node and an application server. In the method the user in the mobile station selects a group session identifier. A session set-up request comprising the group session identifier is sent from the mobile station to the application server. The mobile station is engaged in the application server in a group session associated with the group session identifier. To the group session belongs at least one other communication device. A payment request message is sent from the communication device to the mobile station. The payment request message is accepted in the mobile station and a payment accept message is sent to the communication device via the session control node and the application server. The session control node submits a charging record to a billing center, the charging record comprising information from the payment accept message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventor: Sotiris Makrygiannis