Patents by Inventor Susan T. Wells

Susan T. Wells 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).

  • Mobile station having method and apparatus for displaying user-selectable animation sequence
    Patent number: 5870683
    Abstract: A wireless mobile station (10), such as a cellular telephone, executes a method to selectively display one of a plurality of graphical information sequences on a display (20) of the mobile station. The graphical information sequence is displayed during an Idle state of the mobile station, that is, when the mobile station is not involved in receiving a call or during a call. By example, the graphical information sequence can be displayed when the mobile station is in a Keyguard state, and/or in a Charging state, or when the mobile station is first powered on. In a further aspect of this invention the user interface (20, 22) of the mobile station is adapted to enable the user to selectively: enable or disable the display of a graphical information sequence; and/or select a graphical information sequence to be displayed from a plurality of pre-stored graphical information sequences; and/or input a definition of a graphical information sequence from an external source for storage in the mobile station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventors: Susan T. Wells, Juha Sippola, Pertti Kangas, Jaakko Vanttila