H04M 15/51
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: for resellers, retailers or service
Official title: {for resellers, retailers or service providers}
H04M15/51 (Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication: for resellers, retailers or service) appears on 580 US grants and 704 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 580
- Published applications
- 704
- Assignees
- 298
- Inventors
- 1,312
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 12 |
| 2002 | 20 | 61 |
| 2003 | 26 | 70 |
| 2004 | 19 | 62 |
| 2005 | 25 | 43 |
| 2006 | 32 | 40 |
| 2007 | 17 | 32 |
| 2008 | 21 | 18 |
| 2009 | 21 | 20 |
| 2010 | 27 | 25 |
| 2011 | 22 | 24 |
| 2012 | 30 | 36 |
| 2013 | 35 | 33 |
| 2014 | 48 | 34 |
| 2015 | 41 | 25 |
| 2016 | 19 | 24 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 |
| 2018 | 16 | 21 |
| 2019 | 9 | 27 |
| 2020 | 30 | 19 |
| 2021 | 17 | 14 |
| 2022 | 16 | 15 |
| 2023 | 18 | 17 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Producing routing information for voice over IP communications4 Aug 2026US 12,701,077 B2VolP-Pal.com, Inc.
- Systems and methods for flexible access to priority access tiers in shared radio frequency (RF) spectrum bands16 Jun 2026US 12,659,753 B2Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
- Managing a charging operation in a communication network10 Mar 2026US 12,574,463 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Systems and methods for flexible access to priority access tiers in shared radio frequency (RF) spectrum bands9 Dec 2025US 12,495,308 B2Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
- Techniques for optimizing application development on a cellular network30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219843 A1T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- On-demand dynamic wireline and wireless global unique identifier system for cross carrier interworking15 Jan 2026US 2026/0019729 A1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Detection of traffic from a relayed device in a communications network8 Jan 2026US 2026/0012370 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Managing Service User Discovery and Service Launch Object Placement on a Device1 Jan 2026US 2026/0005883 A1Headwater Research LLC
- Systems and methods for an online media marketplace1 Jan 2026US 2026/0005885 A1Verona Holdings Sezc
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for using a prepaid card668US 6,473,500 B1Mastercard International Incorporated · 2002
- System for selective communication connection based on transaction pricing signals599US 5,802,502 ABritish Telecommunications Public Ltd.Co. · 1998
- Integrated customer interface for web based data management455US 6,615,258 B1WorldCom, Inc. · 2003
- Pool-based resource management in a data network396US 7,209,439 B2MCI, Inc. · 2007
- Graphical user interface for Web enabled applications360US 6,115,040 AMCI Communications Corporation · 2000