H04L 41/18
Delegation of network management function
Official title: Delegation of network management function, e.g. customer network management [CNM]
H04L41/18 (Delegation of network management function) appears on 411 US grants and 425 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 411
- Published applications
- 425
- Assignees
- 207
- Inventors
- 1,056
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 |
| 2002 | 10 | 32 |
| 2003 | 12 | 28 |
| 2004 | 9 | 14 |
| 2005 | 9 | 19 |
| 2006 | 20 | 26 |
| 2007 | 8 | 17 |
| 2008 | 15 | 18 |
| 2009 | 17 | 7 |
| 2010 | 13 | 14 |
| 2011 | 23 | 8 |
| 2012 | 12 | 7 |
| 2013 | 8 | 13 |
| 2014 | 10 | 18 |
| 2015 | 20 | 29 |
| 2016 | 23 | 24 |
| 2017 | 22 | 15 |
| 2018 | 16 | 18 |
| 2019 | 22 | 24 |
| 2020 | 38 | 23 |
| 2021 | 22 | 20 |
| 2022 | 16 | 12 |
| 2023 | 20 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automating remediation actions in a cloud environment19 May 2026US 12,634,312 B1Fortinet, Inc.
- Automated device os and application management at the edge5 May 2026US 12,621,218 B2Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc.
- System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing mobile device support services7 Apr 2026US 12,598,456 B2Assurant, Inc.
- Packet processing method, apparatus, and system, and computer-readable storage medium3 Mar 2026US 12,568,063 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Operation management system, operation management method, and operation management program13 Jan 2026US 12,526,181 B2Hitachi, Ltd.
- System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing mobile device support services8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313364 A1Assurant, Inc.
- System and Method of a Customer Management System with Auto-Provisioning AI-Based Dialog Services13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236134 A1Nextiva, Inc.
- Managing data in iot systems13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238566 A1Honeywell International Inc.
- Protection of management network30 Apr 2026US 2026/0121956 A1Dell Products L. P.
- System and Method of a Customer Management System7 Aug 2025US 2025/0251840 A1Nextiva, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for providing requested quality of service in a hybrid network755US 6,335,927 B12002
- Systems and methods for providing unified multimedia communication services484US 6,782,412 B2Verizon Laboratories Inc. · 2004
- Integrated systems for providing communications network management services and interactive generating invoice documents471US 7,225,249 B1MCI, Inc. · 2007
- Integrated customer interface for web based data management455US 6,615,258 B1WorldCom, Inc. · 2003
- WAP service personalization, management and billing object oriented platform443US 6,640,097 B2Markport Limited · 2003