Patents by Inventor Tanja Riionheimo

Tanja Riionheimo 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).

  • Apparatus, method, computer program and user interface for enabling access to functions
    Patent number: 8023700
    Abstract: An apparatus including a memory for storing information associating a fingerprint input with a function of the apparatus; a user input device including a device for detecting a multi-fingerprint input, the multi-fingerprint input including a plurality of fingerprints where each fingerprint is associated with a different function of the apparatus; and a processor configured to identify the plurality of fingerprints within the multi-fingerprint input and, in response to the identification of the plurality of fingerprints, determine a function associated with the multi-fingerprint input and enable access to that function, wherein the function associated with the multi-fingerprint input is a combination of the functions associated with the plurality of fingerprints within the multi-fingerprint input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Tanja Riionheimo
  • Apparatus, method, computer program and user interface for enabling access to functions
    Publication number: 20090028395
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a memory for storing information associating a fingerprint input with a function of the apparatus; a user input device comprising a device for detecting a multi-fingerprint input, the multi-fingerprint input comprising a plurality of fingerprints where each fingerprint is associated with a different function of the apparatus; and a processor configured to identify the plurality of fingerprints within the multi-fingerprint input and, in response to the identification of the plurality of fingerprints, determine a function associated with the multi-fingerprint input and enable access to that function, wherein the function associated with the multi-fingerprint input is a combination of the functions associated with the plurality of fingerprints within the multi-fingerprint input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Tanja Riionheimo