Patents by Inventor Timo Vataja

Timo Vataja 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).

  • Patent number: 9948456
    Abstract: Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in interactive session provision. One or more nodes and/or other computers might, for example, provide to one or more other nodes and/or other computers the ability to employ certain software for an interactive session. A node and/or other computer providing the ability might, for instance, provide to a node and/or other computer receiving the ability software to be used in the interactive session, and/or one or more appropriate keys. A node and/or other computer that has received the ability might, for example, lose the ability with interactive session termination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Publication number: 20170155506
    Abstract: Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in interactive session provision. One or more nodes and/or other computers might, for example, provide to one or more other nodes and/or other computers the ability to employ certain software for an interactive session. A node and/or other computer providing the ability might, for instance, provide to a node and/or other computer receiving the ability software to be used in the interactive session, and/or one or more appropriate keys. A node and/or other computer that has received the ability might, for example, lose the ability with interactive session termination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Timo VATAJA
  • Patent number: 9571527
    Abstract: Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in interactive session provision. One or more nodes and/or other computers might, for example, provide to one or more other nodes and/or other computers the ability to employ certain software for an interactive session. A node and/or other computer providing the ability might, for instance, provide to a node and/or other computer receiving the ability software to be used in the interactive session, and/or one or more appropriate keys. A node and/or other computer that has received the ability might, for example, lose the ability with interactive session termination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Publication number: 20150134836
    Abstract: Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in interactive session provision. One or more nodes and/or other computers might, for example, provide to one or more other nodes and/or other computers the ability to employ certain software for an interactive session. A node and/or other computer providing the ability might, for instance, provide to a node and/or other computer receiving the ability software to be used in the interactive session, and/or one or more appropriate keys. A node and/or other computer that has received the ability might, for example, lose the ability with interactive session termination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Timo VATAJA
  • Patent number: 8948012
    Abstract: Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in interactive session provision. One or more nodes and/or other computers might, for example, provide to one or more other nodes and/or other computers the ability to employ certain software for an interactive session. A node and/or other computer providing the ability might, for instance, provide to a node and/or other computer receiving the ability software to be used in the interactive session, and/or one or more appropriate keys. A node and/or other computer that has received the ability might, for example, lose the ability with interactive session termination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Patent number: 8271390
    Abstract: A method, device, and system including a digital rights management (DRM) license manager to protect software applications from unauthorized use. The DRM license manager system binds essential application data to a software license. This binding is achieved by adding an encryption key to a software license and encrypting the application data with that key. The essential application data is any kind of data which is required for proper operation of the program, such as media files, game levels or state tables. The DRM license manager system performs a check and decrypt operation of the essential application data during program run time. It requires that the license is available on the system. It also ensures that the decryption operation can only take place if the conditions defined in the license are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Eckhart Koppen, Timo Vataja, Simo Kivimaki
  • Patent number: 7617542
    Abstract: A system and system is disclosed to protect media content via location-based data. Multimedia devices are equipped with locator devices, such as a GPS unit, or similar device. The multimedia devices preferably contain the device's International Mobile Equipment Identification (IMEI), and International Mobile Subscriber Identification (IMSI). When multimedia content is created on the multimedia device, such as image or sound files, the present invention encodes the multimedia content with location data from the locator device. Additionally, the multimedia device's IMEI and IMSI, as well as the time and the date, may be encoded onto the multimedia content. Under an alternate embodiment, a remote server performs the encoding of the multimedia content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Patent number: 7580894
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method, device and computer program product for activating the right of use of at least one secured content item in a device. The method comprises providing a device with at least one unencrypted rights object, wherein the at least one rights object assigns the right of use of at least one secured content item. When the device is powered on for the first time, a device-resident program is executed and the program encrypts at least one rights object with a device-specific encryption key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Timo Vataja, Virve Inget
  • Patent number: 7500270
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, electronic device and computer program for providing digital rights management. The electronic device comprises a first clock and an optional second clock. The electronic device may store at least one protected media object and rights associated with the media object. A time attack event is detected in the electronic device. A barring time is increased when a time attack event occurs. The barring time is decreased regularly. It is checked whether the barring time exceeds a predefined value at a request to present at least one media object. The at least one media object is presented if that is allowed by rights associated with the at least one media object and the barring time does not exceed the predefined value. The benefits of the invention are related to improved enforcement of digital rights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Publication number: 20070208859
    Abstract: Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in interactive session provision. One or more nodes and/or other computers might, for example, provide to one or more other nodes and/or other computers the ability to employ certain software for an interactive session. A node and/or other computer providing the ability might, for instance, provide to a node and/or other computer receiving the ability software to be used in the interactive session, and/or one or more appropriate keys. A node and/or other computer that has received the ability might, for example, lose the ability with interactive session termination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Publication number: 20060098615
    Abstract: Control of the use of automated content at a wireless communication terminal 10 able to access a wireless communication network 20 is shown. In order to enable a flexible control of the use of automated content, the network detects a terminal 10 accessing the network 20 and transmitting an indication to the terminal 10 indicating that the network 20 allows using exclusively Digital Rights Management (DRM) protected automated content. The terminal 10 receives such an indication from the network 20 and stores the indication in a storage 12. The stored indication may then be used for deciding whether a content selected by a user of the terminal 10 is allowed to be used as an automated content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Publication number: 20060069644
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method, device and computer program product for activating the right of use of at least one secured content item in a device. The method comprises providing a device with at least one unencrypted rights object, wherein the at least one rights object assigns the right of use of at least one secured content item. When the device is powered on for the first time, a device-resident program is executed and the program encrypts at least one rights object with a device-specific encryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Timo Vataja, Virve Inget
  • Publication number: 20050278716
    Abstract: A method, device, and system including a digital rights management (DRM) license manager to protect software applications from unauthorized use. The DRM license manager system binds essential application data to a software license. This binding is achieved by adding an encryption key to a software license and encrypting the application data with that key. The essential application data is any kind of data which is required for proper operation of the program, such as media files, game levels or state tables. The DRM license manager system performs a check and decrypt operation of the essential application data during program run time. It requires that the license is available on the system. It also ensures that the decryption operation can only take place if the conditions defined in the license are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Eckhart Koppen, Timo Vataja, Simo Kivimaki
  • Publication number: 20050204209
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, electronic device and computer program for providing digital rights management. The electronic device comprises a first clock and an optional second clock. The electronic device may store at least one protected media object and rights associated with the media object. A time attack event is detected in the electronic device. A barring time is increased when a time attack event occurs. The barring time is decreased regularly. It is checked whether the barring time exceeds a predefined value at a request to present at least one media object. The at least one media object is presented if that is allowed by rights associated with the at least one media object and the barring time does not exceed the predefined value. The benefits of the invention are related to improved enforcement of digital rights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Patent number: 6675132
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for maintaining an object (1), and a maintenance system. At the object (1), the operation is monitored to report the situation prevailing at the object (1) to on-call duty personnel (14). In the method, at least one transmission step is taken, in which at least one notice message is formed, and at least one formed notice message is transmitted by short-range communication means (4). If, within the range of the short-range wireless communication means (4), at least one device (10), equipped with means (5) for receiving said at least one transmitted notice message, detects the transmitted notice message, at least a receiving step to receive the transmitted notice message and a sorting step are further taken in said device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Publication number: 20030120940
    Abstract: A system and system is disclosed to protect media content via location-based data. Multimedia devices are equipped with locator devices, such as a GPS unit, or similar device. The multimedia devices preferably contain the device's International Mobile Equipment Identification (IMEI), and International Mobile Subscriber Identification (IMSI). When multimedia content is created on the multimedia device, such as image or sound files, the present invention encodes the multimedia content with location data from the locator device. Additionally, the multimedia device's IMEI and IMSI, as well as the time and the date, may be encoded onto the multimedia content. under an alternate embodiment, a remote server performs the encoding of the multimedia content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Publication number: 20020123327
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the transmission of a location-based message (6). In the method at least one recipient (2) is determined for the message, and the message is transmitted from a sender's (1) wireless communication device (3) to a wireless communication device (3′) of one or more said recipients (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventor: Timo Vataja
  • Publication number: 20020049567
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for maintaining an object (1), and a maintenance system. At the object (1), the operation is monitored to report the situation prevailing at the object (1) to on-call duty personnel (14). In the method, at least one transmission step is taken, in which at least one notice message is formed, and at least one formed notice message is transmitted by short-range communication means (4). If, within the range of the short-range wireless communication means (4), at least one device (10), equipped with means (5) for receiving said at least one transmitted notice message, detects the transmitted notice message, at least a receiving step to receive the transmitted notice message and a sorting step are further taken in said device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Timo Vataja