H04L 12/1453
Methods or systems for payment or settlement of the charges for data
Official title: {Methods or systems for payment or settlement of the charges for data transmission involving significant interaction with the data transmission network}
H04L12/1453 (Methods or systems for payment or settlement of the charges for data) appears on 935 US grants and 1,176 published applications in this corpus.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Charging for the use of resources in a distributed network10 Mar 2026US 12,572,963 B2Dfinity Stiftung
- Interactive management of hosted content24 Feb 2026US 12,563,000 B2Subflow, Inc.
- Hands-free communication and automated billing system and method17 Feb 2026US 12,556,419 B2Vuzix Corporation
- Adapting network policies based on device service processor configuration3 Feb 2026US 12,543,031 B2Headwater Research LLC
- Business-to-business netting30 Dec 2025US 12,511,653 B1United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
- Enterprise Access Control and Accounting Allocation for Access Networks8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313724 A1Headwater Research LLC
- Parallel on-demand slice connections via customer premises equipment1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303461 A1T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Hands-free communication and automated billing system and method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180816 A1Vuzix Corporation
- Operating a customer premises equipment with a broadband access network of a telecommunications network, wherein the broadband access network comprises at least one access node7 May 2026US 2026/0128917 A1Deutsche Telekom AG
- Adapting Network Policies Based on Device Service Processor Configuration7 May 2026US 2026/0129425 A1Headwater Research LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works1,495US 5,629,980 AXerox Corporation · 1997
- System, method and article of manufacture for communications utilizing calling, plans in a hybrid network1,175US 5,867,495 AMCI Communications Corporations · 1999
- System for automatically updating personal profile server with updates to additional user information gathered from monitoring user's electronic consuming habits generated on computer during use968US 5,710,884 AIntel Corporation · 1998
- System and method for providing requested quality of service in a hybrid network755US 6,335,927 B12002
- System, method and article of manufacture with integrated video conferencing billing in a communication system architecture751US 5,867,494 AMCI Communication Corporation · 1999