H04L 51/56
Unified messaging
Official title: Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
H04L51/56 (Unified messaging) appears on 2,254 US grants and 2,689 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 2,254
- Published applications
- 2,689
- Assignees
- 777
- Inventors
- 4,240
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 18 |
| 2002 | 19 | 49 |
| 2003 | 21 | 97 |
| 2004 | 25 | 59 |
| 2005 | 20 | 69 |
| 2006 | 39 | 61 |
| 2007 | 41 | 70 |
| 2008 | 33 | 80 |
| 2009 | 38 | 101 |
| 2010 | 54 | 76 |
| 2011 | 68 | 89 |
| 2012 | 76 | 96 |
| 2013 | 92 | 164 |
| 2014 | 125 | 155 |
| 2015 | 142 | 150 |
| 2016 | 147 | 216 |
| 2017 | 131 | 159 |
| 2018 | 140 | 105 |
| 2019 | 155 | 138 |
| 2020 | 146 | 130 |
| 2021 | 175 | 145 |
| 2022 | 138 | 124 |
| 2023 | 135 | 134 |
| 2024 | 129 | 101 |
| 2025 | 85 | 68 |
| 2026 | 41 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for AI based normalization and indexing of multi-protocol message content using universal message objects6 Oct 2026US 12,754,918 B2Entefy Inc.
- System and method for processing messages from an external communication platform22 Sep 2026US 12,744,751 B2Global Relay Communications Inc.
- System and method for multivariate testing of messages to subgroup in a one-to-many messaging platform22 Sep 2026US 12,744,754 B2Community.com, Inc.
- Power tracking using a soldier network middleware system25 Aug 2026US 12,717,297 B2Galvion Ltd.
- System and method for motivation-based content optimization with dynamic interaction routing25 Aug 2026US 12,718,198 B2Taptext LLC
- Scalable hyper-communication among human users and ai agents24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289507 A1Unanimous A. I., Inc.
- System and Methods for Subsidiary Channel-Based Thread Communications24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291900 A1Wrinkl, Inc.
- System and methods for universal secure messaging10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270229 A1Dignity Health
- Fault management in a communication system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244544 A1Afiniti AI Limited
- Cross-platform communication in security orchestration, automation, and response (soar) systems20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244742 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Personal communications internetworking1,899US 5,742,905 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1998
- Unified messaging system and method1,307US 5,608,786 AAlphanet Telecom Inc. · 1997
- Messaging system and method1,123US 8,332,475 B2Triplay Communications Ltd. · 2012
- Messaging system and method1,086US 9,100,807 B2Triplay, Inc. · 2015
- Messaging system and method1,084US 8,874,677 B2Triplay Communications Ltd. · 2014