Patents by Inventor Sten Minör

Sten Minör 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).

  • Adaptive display for enhancing audio playback
    Patent number: 8676869
    Abstract: An audio playback device and method searches initiates a web search for images related to music or other audio files being played, downloads images from selected web pages returned by the search engine, and outputs one or more images from the selected web pages on a display to enhance the user's listening experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Jacobus Cornelis Haartsen, Sten Minör, Bengt Stavenow, William O. Camp, Jr., Ronald A. Louks, Björn Martin Gunnar Lindquist
  • Communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for publishing, sharing and accessing media files
    Patent number: 8229405
    Abstract: A method for publishing and sharing media files includes: making a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from a publisher wireless communication terminal; establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files; sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal; sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file; sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request; and executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Sten Minör
  • Communication Terminals, Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Publishing, Sharing and Accessing Media Files
    Publication number: 20120059877
    Abstract: A method for publishing and sharing media files includes: making a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from a publisher wireless communication terminal; establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files; sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal; sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file; sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request; and executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Sten Minör
  • Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for publishing, sharing and accessing media files
    Patent number: 8090360
    Abstract: A method for publishing and sharing media files includes: making a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from a publisher wireless communication terminal; establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files; sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal; sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file; sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request; and executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Sten Minör
  • Neighbouring device aiding in receiving sets of data
    Patent number: 8009651
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a first wireless communication device may receive a data file via a first wireless network interface, determine if the whole file has been properly received, receive at least the data of the file that have not been properly received via the first wireless interface from a neighboring second wireless communication device and combine the data received via the first wireless network interface with data received from the neighboring wireless communication device in order to obtain the complete file. The second wireless communication device may also receive the data file via a second wireless network interface and send at least the data of the file that have not been properly received over a neighbor device interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Henrik Bengtsson, Bo Larsson, Mats Lindoff, Mats Blomberg, Anders Östsjö, Sten Minör
  • Mobile Wireless Communication Terminals, Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Publishing, Sharing and Accessing Media Files
    Publication number: 20110143735
    Abstract: A method for publishing and sharing media files includes: making a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from a publisher wireless communication terminal; establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files; sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal; sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file; sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request; and executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Sten Minör
  • Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for publishing, sharing and accessing media files
    Patent number: 7925244
    Abstract: A method for publishing and sharing media files includes: making a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from a publisher wireless communication terminal; establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files; sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal; sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file; sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request; and executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Sten Minör
  • Method and system for accessing a network using voice recognition
    Patent number: 7062297
    Abstract: A method of accessing a network using a network access application is disclosed. The network has a plurality of locations which have respective location addresses in the network. The method includes defining a plurality of address components, combinations of which forming respective location addresses, assigning reference voice signals to the address components, comparing input voice signals with the reference voice signals and producing a network access address location on the basis of address components associated with matched input and reference voice signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Sten Minör, Magnus Tillgren, Patrik Olsson
  • Communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for publishing, sharing and accessing media files
    Patent number: RE46258
    Abstract: A method for publishing and sharing media files includes: making a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from a publisher wireless communication terminal; establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files; sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal; sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file; sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request; and executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Sten Minör