H04L 41/50
Network service management
Official title: Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
H04L41/50 (Network service management) appears on 14,727 US grants and 16,801 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 14,727
- Published applications
- 16,801
- Assignees
- 2,538
- Inventors
- 28,322
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 40 | 0 |
| 2001 | 47 | 27 |
| 2002 | 74 | 280 |
| 2003 | 90 | 233 |
| 2004 | 104 | 207 |
| 2005 | 111 | 245 |
| 2006 | 169 | 269 |
| 2007 | 137 | 364 |
| 2008 | 203 | 393 |
| 2009 | 205 | 408 |
| 2010 | 362 | 379 |
| 2011 | 358 | 376 |
| 2012 | 391 | 400 |
| 2013 | 396 | 545 |
| 2014 | 551 | 838 |
| 2015 | 645 | 998 |
| 2016 | 747 | 972 |
| 2017 | 881 | 924 |
| 2018 | 865 | 1051 |
| 2019 | 1123 | 1166 |
| 2020 | 1399 | 1291 |
| 2021 | 1343 | 1165 |
| 2022 | 1200 | 1060 |
| 2023 | 1146 | 1037 |
| 2024 | 934 | 915 |
| 2025 | 735 | 763 |
| 2026 | 424 | 495 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04L 41/5003Managing sla7,752
- H04L 41/5041Characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service4,583
- H04L 41/508Based on type of value added network service under agreement2,835
- H04L 41/5061Characterised by the interaction between service providers and their network customers2,143
- H04L 41/5058Service discovery by the service manager662
- H04L 41/5032Generating service level reports615
- H04L 41/5029Service quality level-based billing435
- H04L 41/5077Wherein the managed service relates to simple transport services, i.e. providing only295
Recent patents
- Data usage categorization in telecommunication network6 Oct 2026US 12,756,638 B2Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
- Automated service level objectives for batch data6 Oct 2026US 12,756,639 B2Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
- AI-driven adaptive systems intelligence for enterprise it environments6 Oct 2026US 12,756,640 B1Soverion AI LLC
- In-flight incremental processing6 Oct 2026US 12,756,768 B2Intel Corporation
- System and methods for actively managing electric power over an electric power grid29 Sep 2026US 12,748,451 B2Causam Enterprises, Inc.
- Dual layer satellite network coverage8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312674 A1T-Mobile Innovations LLC
- Techniques for artificial intelligence capabilities at a network switch8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312885 A1Intel Corporation
- Managing a network function in a communication network domain8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312888 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Methods, architectures, apparatuses and systems for determining first and second configurations based on a qos profile8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312889 A1InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
- Common media client data reporting and configuration for a 5g media streaming client8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312890 A1InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Directory enabled policy management tool for intelligent traffic management997US 6,502,131 B1Novell, Inc. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for automatically updating software components on end systems over a network926US 6,009,274 A3Com Corporation · 1999
- Presenting a service-monitoring dashboard using key performance indicators derived from machine data787US 9,286,413 B1Splunk Inc. · 2016
- Using virtual networking devices and routing information to initiate external actions765US 8,224,971 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2012
- System and method for providing requested quality of service in a hybrid network755US 6,335,927 B12002