H04L 67/1051
Group master selection mechanisms
Official title: {Group master selection mechanisms}
H04L67/1051 (Group master selection mechanisms) appears on 277 US grants and 307 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 277
- Published applications
- 307
- Assignees
- 149
- Inventors
- 703
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
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| 2014 | 15 | 9 |
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| 2017 | 29 | 17 |
| 2018 | 15 | 23 |
| 2019 | 23 | 29 |
| 2020 | 28 | 29 |
| 2021 | 29 | 23 |
| 2022 | 27 | 17 |
| 2023 | 19 | 16 |
| 2024 | 19 | 9 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Remotely controlling playback devices22 Sep 2026US 12,744,955 B2Apple Inc.
- Cooperation techniques for low-power devices23 Jun 2026US 12,666,226 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Systems and methods for selecting and utilizing a committee of validator nodes in a distributed system14 Oct 2025US 12,443,569 B2Cypherium Blockchain Inc.
- Discovery and configuration of IoT devices14 Oct 2025US 12,445,523 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Techniques for electing a leader device in a network of user devices16 Sep 2025US 12,418,855 B2Apple Inc.
- Distribution of query-based tasks to on-network ai models17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277696 A1Lenovo (United States) Inc.
- Scalable leadership election in a multi-processing computing environment using a zero-compute witness17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281178 A1Nutanix, Inc.
- Leader election for multi-device operations20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247130 A1Apple Inc.
- Primary node election with cloud intent flexibility16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205512 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Primary node election in known group16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205513 A1Dell Products L. P.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for internetworked wireless integrated network sensors (WINS)466US 8,140,658 B1Borgia/Cummins, LLC · 2012
- Apparatus for compact internetworked wireless integrated network sensors (WINS)408US 7,797,367 B12010
- Apparatus for vehicle internetworks291US 7,484,008 B1Borgia/Cummins, LLC · 2009
- Apparatus for compact internetworked wireless integrated network sensors (WINS)270US 8,836,503 B2Borgia/Cummins, LLC · 2014
- Method for internetworked hybrid wireless integrated network sensors (WINS)265US 7,844,687 B12010