H04L 51/043
Using or handling presence information
Official title: using or handling presence information
H04L51/043 (Using or handling presence information) appears on 1,282 US grants and 1,510 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 1,282
- Published applications
- 1,510
- Assignees
- 402
- Inventors
- 2,395
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 7 |
| 2003 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 33 |
| 2005 | 2 | 17 |
| 2006 | 7 | 21 |
| 2007 | 8 | 39 |
| 2008 | 10 | 41 |
| 2009 | 23 | 61 |
| 2010 | 26 | 63 |
| 2011 | 45 | 68 |
| 2012 | 59 | 77 |
| 2013 | 62 | 120 |
| 2014 | 85 | 71 |
| 2015 | 98 | 102 |
| 2016 | 90 | 118 |
| 2017 | 86 | 74 |
| 2018 | 57 | 73 |
| 2019 | 113 | 81 |
| 2020 | 116 | 78 |
| 2021 | 88 | 73 |
| 2022 | 78 | 76 |
| 2023 | 73 | 69 |
| 2024 | 58 | 61 |
| 2025 | 62 | 56 |
| 2026 | 22 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Message notification method of online messenger, and computing device using same15 Sep 2026US 12,739,221 B2Samsung Sds Co., Ltd.
- Obscuring elements based on user input4 Aug 2026US 12,699,802 B2Snap Inc.
- Communication bridging in a remote office environment4 Aug 2026US 12,701,024 B18x8, Inc.
- Method and electronic device for message notification based on client active status14 Jul 2026US 12,683,917 B2Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for generating context-aware device prompts and transmission protocols14 Jul 2026US 12,683,918 B1AI Leadership Labs, LLC
- Obscuring elements based on user input1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300543 A1Snap Inc.
- Automatically incremented read-watermark24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291906 A1Snap Inc.
- Intelligent messaging delivery24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291908 A1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Method and apparatus for instant message presentation, and electronic device and medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281067 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Summary generation based on trip3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259928 A1Snap Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method providing a computer user interface enabling access to distributed workgroup members981US 5,793,365 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 1998
- Assignable associate priorities for user-definable instant messaging buddy groups935US 6,301,609 B1Lucent Technologies Inc. · 2001
- System and method for a user interface directed to discovering and publishing presence information on a network632US 7,607,096 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2009
- Reactive avatars490US 10,504,266 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC · 2019
- Method for spell check based upon target and presence of avatars within a virtual environment489US 8,095,878 B2International Business Machines Corporation · 2012