Patents by Inventor Taneli Armanto

Taneli Armanto 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).

  • Programming of a telephone's ringing tone
    Patent number: 6094587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for programming a ringing tone of a telephone, wherein, in the telephone, the ringing tone is stored in a ringing tone memory and reproduced by means of sound reproduction devices as a response to an incoming call. In the method, the ringing tone is transformed into characters containing specifications of notes and the characters are sent to the telephone, e.g., in a short message. In the telephone, the received characters are modified into such a form that they can be stored in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
    Inventors: Taneli Armanto, Vesa Ylitolva, Jani Leppalammi