H04L 61/4594
Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents
Official title: Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents (telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453)
H04L61/4594 (Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents) appears on 537 US grants and 629 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 537
- Published applications
- 629
- Assignees
- 219
- Inventors
- 904
- Latest grant
- 20 Jan 2026
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| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 0 | 15 |
| 2008 | 1 | 11 |
| 2009 | 1 | 24 |
| 2010 | 4 | 17 |
| 2011 | 7 | 26 |
| 2012 | 17 | 25 |
| 2013 | 27 | 31 |
| 2014 | 22 | 39 |
| 2015 | 41 | 55 |
| 2016 | 56 | 58 |
| 2017 | 48 | 70 |
| 2018 | 43 | 45 |
| 2019 | 74 | 88 |
| 2020 | 63 | 34 |
| 2021 | 38 | 24 |
| 2022 | 33 | 13 |
| 2023 | 18 | 19 |
| 2024 | 23 | 10 |
| 2025 | 14 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for matching electronic activities directly to record objects of systems of record with node profiles20 Jan 2026US 12,530,661 B2People. ai, Inc.
- Entity matching across telemetries6 Jan 2026US 12,519,748 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Systems and methods for generating new record objects based on electronic activities23 Dec 2025US 12,505,409 B2People. ai, Inc.
- Voice intercom system and method therefor18 Nov 2025US 12,477,086 B2Motorola Solutions, Inc.
- Method for determining proximity between mobile devices, method for managing a database, computer program product, and mobile device23 Sep 2025US 12,425,810 B2Nearfaces Ug
- Systems and methods for confirming meeting events using electronic activities11 Jun 2026US 2026/0162067 A1People. ai, Inc.
- Systems and methods for measuring goals based on matching electronic activities to record objects28 May 2026US 2026/0149756 A1People. ai, Inc.
- Method for determining proximity between mobile devices, method for managing a database, computer program product, and mobile device25 Dec 2025US 2025/0392885 A1Nearfaces Ug
- Systems and methods for updating record objects of a system of record21 Aug 2025US 2025/0265549 A1People. ai, Inc.
- Gtld domain name registries rdap architecture12 Jun 2025US 2025/0193186 A1VeriSign, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Location dependent non-commercial messaging161US 7,813,743 B1Loeb Enterprises, LLC · 2010
- Systems and methods for updating labels assigned to electronic activities127US 10,489,462 B1People. ai, Inc. · 2019
- Contact resolution for communications systems125US 10,706,843 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2020
- Method and apparatus for formulating connection addresses on a PC conferencing system supporting multiple transport type124US 5,754,775 AIntel Corporation · 1998
- Organizing entries in participant lists based on communications strengths121US 7,716,287 B2AOL Inc. · 2010