Patents by Inventor Tilmann Singer

Tilmann Singer 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).

  • Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing user location information
    Patent number: 8260553
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided, which may provide activity user location information. An apparatus may include a processor configured to maintain data describing a first user's location timeline. The processor may be further configured to receive a request for the first user's current location. The first user's current location may define the first user's location at a current time. The processor may also be configured to estimate the first user's current location based at least in part upon the maintained data. The processor may additionally be configured to provide the first user's current location to a second user. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Klein, Klaus Hartl, Andreas Follmann, Tilmann Singer, Sean Treadway, Jeanny Wang
  • METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING ACTIVITY COORDINATION SERVICES
    Publication number: 20100082357
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided, which may provide activity coordination service. An apparatus may include a processor configured to maintain data regarding a user's previous activities and contacts invited to those previous activities. The processor may be further configured to retrieve the maintained data in response to creation of a new activity by the user. The processor may also be configured to determine one or more suggested contacts to invite to the new activity based at least in part upon the maintained data. The processor may additionally be configured to provide the one or more suggested contacts to the user. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Follmann, Stefan Kellner, Felix Petersen, Klaus Hartl, Sean Treadway, Tilmann Singer, Jeanny Wang
  • METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING USER LOCATION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20100082247
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided, which may provide activity user location information. An apparatus may include a processor configured to maintain data describing a first user's location timeline. The processor may be further configured to receive a request for the first user's current location. The first user's current location may define the first user's location at a current time. The processor may also be configured to estimate the first user's current location based at least in part upon the maintained data. The processor may additionally be configured to provide the first user's current location to a second user. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Klein, Klaus Hartl, Andreas Follmann, Tilmann Singer, Sean Treadway, Jeanny Wang