G06Q 20/386
Using messaging services or messaging apps
Official title: {using messaging services or messaging apps (using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255)}
G06Q20/386 (Using messaging services or messaging apps) appears on 714 US grants and 1,156 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 714
- Published applications
- 1,156
- Assignees
- 298
- Inventors
- 1,750
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 16 |
| 2007 | 1 | 11 |
| 2008 | 1 | 17 |
| 2009 | 2 | 15 |
| 2010 | 8 | 31 |
| 2011 | 16 | 39 |
| 2012 | 13 | 34 |
| 2013 | 24 | 33 |
| 2014 | 27 | 103 |
| 2015 | 38 | 68 |
| 2016 | 32 | 116 |
| 2017 | 33 | 59 |
| 2018 | 31 | 56 |
| 2019 | 46 | 66 |
| 2020 | 69 | 78 |
| 2021 | 74 | 81 |
| 2022 | 86 | 69 |
| 2023 | 57 | 72 |
| 2024 | 60 | 71 |
| 2025 | 52 | 63 |
| 2026 | 38 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Location based transaction authentication6 Oct 2026US 12,755,285 B2Motorola Mobility LLC
- Multi-agent computer software framework for a conversational artificial intelligence system18 Aug 2026US 12,711,499 B2Paypal, Inc.
- Systems and methods for computer message conversion and validation18 Aug 2026US 12,711,502 B2Mastercard International Incorporated
- Efficient and secure communication using wireless service identifiers11 Aug 2026US 12,705,642 B2Secure Communication Technologies, LLC
- Efficient and secure communication using wireless service identifiers11 Aug 2026US 12,705,643 B2Secure Communication Technologies, LLC
- Low friction bank selection and checkout method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311178 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- Multi-user collaborative transaction management with shared interface10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268317 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Processing interrupted transactions over non-persistent network connections3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260245 A1Payrange Inc.
- Method and apparatus for improving security of a computer network utilizing simple mail transfer protocol (smtp)27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253083 A1Swoop IP Holdings LLC
- Sending funds via an email payment gateway27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253109 A1Swoop IP Holdings LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Virtual wallet card selection apparatuses, methods and systems676US 8,577,803 B2Visa International Service Association · 2013
- Method and apparatus for acquiring, maintaining, and using information to be communicated in bar code form with a mobile communications device399US 6,736,322 B2ecrio, inc. · 2004
- Visual identification information used as confirmation in a wireless communication365US 8,090,616 B22012
- System and method for verification, authentication, and notification of transactions328US 8,589,271 B22013
- Smart device307US 9,849,364 B22017