H04M 15/00
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication
Official title: Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication {; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP}
H04M15/00 (Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication) appears on 10,037 US grants and 10,202 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 10,037
- Published applications
- 10,202
- Assignees
- 2,209
- Inventors
- 15,947
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 21 | 0 |
| 1994 | 50 | 0 |
| 1995 | 46 | 0 |
| 1996 | 73 | 0 |
| 1997 | 80 | 0 |
| 1998 | 171 | 0 |
| 1999 | 184 | 0 |
| 2000 | 165 | 0 |
| 2001 | 211 | 113 |
| 2002 | 210 | 356 |
| 2003 | 237 | 407 |
| 2004 | 222 | 461 |
| 2005 | 213 | 421 |
| 2006 | 282 | 425 |
| 2007 | 254 | 404 |
| 2008 | 212 | 363 |
| 2009 | 209 | 306 |
| 2010 | 268 | 373 |
| 2011 | 316 | 395 |
| 2012 | 384 | 514 |
| 2013 | 515 | 489 |
| 2014 | 612 | 558 |
| 2015 | 560 | 587 |
| 2016 | 555 | 614 |
| 2017 | 616 | 488 |
| 2018 | 498 | 423 |
| 2019 | 517 | 486 |
| 2020 | 479 | 424 |
| 2021 | 380 | 386 |
| 2022 | 361 | 350 |
| 2023 | 330 | 308 |
| 2024 | 280 | 241 |
| 2025 | 235 | 187 |
| 2026 | 101 | 123 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04M 15/80Rating or billing plans3,467
- H04M 15/70Administration or customization aspects2,189
- H04M 15/66Policy and charging system1,649
- H04M 15/41Billing record details, i.e. parameters, identifiers, structure of call data record [cdr]1,517
- H04M 15/83Notification aspects1,423
- H04M 15/82Criteria or parameters used for performing billing operations1,416
- H04M 15/58Based on statistics of usage or network monitoring1,362
- H04M 15/43Billing software details921
All 47 subgroupsShow fewer
- H04M 15/44Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation809
- H04M 15/04Recording calls , or communications in printed, perforated or other permanent form771
- H04M 15/88Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure733
- H04M 15/61Based on the service used679
- H04M 15/47Fraud detection or prevention means631
- H04M 15/56Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: for voip communications621
- H04M 15/68Payment of value-added services619
- H04M 15/51Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: for resellers, retailers or service580
- H04M 15/49Connection to several service providers578
- H04M 15/28Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: with meter at substation or461
- H04M 15/08Metering calls to called party , i.e. b-party charged for the communication449
- H04M 15/60Based on actual use of network resources389
- H04M 15/62Based on trigger specification367
- H04M 15/90Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: using intelligent networks [in] or362
- H04M 15/55Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: for hybrid networks346
- H04M 15/57Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: for integrated multimedia messaging subsystem342
- H04M 15/50Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: for cross-charging network operators340
- H04M 15/64On-line charging system [ocs]326
- H04M 15/81Dynamic pricing299
- H04M 15/09Third party charged communications292
- H04M 15/63Based on the content carried by the session initiation protocol [sip] messages287
- H04M 15/48Secure or trusted billing233
- H04M 15/53Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: using mediation213
- H04M 15/10Metering calls from calling party , i.e. a-party charged for the communication178
- H04M 15/07Split billing, i.e. both a-party and b-party charged for the communication166
- H04M 15/59Based on real time162
- H04M 15/31Distributed metering or calculation of charges161
- H04M 15/65Off-line charging system147
- H04M 15/46Real-time negotiation between users and providers or operators127
- H04M 15/67Transmitting arrangements for sending billing related information122
- H04M 15/52Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: for operator independent billing system100
- H04M 15/39Arrangements for preventing metering, charging or billing92
- H04M 15/93Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: using near field or similar87
- H04M 15/42Dynamic individual rates per user76
- H04M 15/34Charging, billing or metering arrangements for private branch exchanges75
- H04M 15/54Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: for revenue sharing39
- H04M 15/36Charging, billing or metering arrangements for party-lines12
- H04M 15/32Charging, billing or metering arrangements for satellites or concentrators which connect one10
- H04M 15/38Charging, billing or metering by apparatus other than mechanical step-by-step counter type4
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