H04L 12/2856
Access arrangements
Official title: {Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access (asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W)}
H04L12/2856 (Access arrangements) appears on 3,441 US grants and 3,542 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 77 | 168 |
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| 2024 | 124 | 84 |
| 2025 | 60 | 44 |
| 2026 | 37 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Proxy device with delay measuring capability22 Sep 2026US 12,744,828 B2Bright Data Ltd.
- Initiating a communication or connectivity service between a first location and a second location based on optical data transmission of a user-defined optical signal15 Sep 2026US 12,739,048 B2Deutsche Telekom AG
- Apparatus, system, and method for selectively configuring line cards to conserve power in network fabrics15 Sep 2026US 12,739,172 B1Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Content fetching by mobile device selected based on battery charge level15 Sep 2026US 12,739,296 B2Bright Data Ltd.
- Broadband access management systems and methods1 Sep 2026US 12,726,566 B2Epic Lane Networks, LP
- Systems and methods for supporting phase adjustments over docsis1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303247 A1ARRIS Enterprises LLC
- System and Method for Improving Content Fetching by Selecting Tunnel Devices1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303681 A1Bright Data Ltd.
- Analog and digital communication system for interfacing plain old telephone service devices with a network17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281861 A1Granite Telecommunications, LLC
- Modular apparatus for network connectivity2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189426 A1DataRemote, Inc.
- Electronic device for communicating through virtual private network connection and storage medium thereof2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189430 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for providing content, management, and interactivity for client devices1,890US 7,130,616 B2Simple Devices · 2006
- System and methodology for managing internet access on a per application basis for client computers connected to the internet1,331US 5,987,611 AZone Labs, Inc. · 1999
- Automatic configuration for internet access device763US 6,012,088 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 2000
- Access to telecommunications networks in multi-service environment695US 5,610,910 ANorthern Telecom Limited · 1997
- Single sign-on access in an orchestration framework for connected devices695US 8,613,070 B1Citrix Systems, Inc. · 2013