H04M 15/80
Rating or billing plans
Official title: {Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects}
H04M15/80 (Rating or billing plans) appears on 3,467 US grants and 3,717 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 3,467
- Published applications
- 3,717
- Assignees
- 1,005
- Inventors
- 6,226
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 68 | 39 |
| 2002 | 80 | 146 |
| 2003 | 90 | 111 |
| 2004 | 76 | 131 |
| 2005 | 70 | 127 |
| 2006 | 69 | 119 |
| 2007 | 72 | 88 |
| 2008 | 72 | 107 |
| 2009 | 64 | 81 |
| 2010 | 78 | 143 |
| 2011 | 86 | 131 |
| 2012 | 119 | 195 |
| 2013 | 192 | 210 |
| 2014 | 246 | 215 |
| 2015 | 211 | 244 |
| 2016 | 200 | 241 |
| 2017 | 239 | 185 |
| 2018 | 204 | 169 |
| 2019 | 197 | 175 |
| 2020 | 167 | 143 |
| 2021 | 137 | 166 |
| 2022 | 144 | 166 |
| 2023 | 136 | 150 |
| 2024 | 124 | 112 |
| 2025 | 103 | 84 |
| 2026 | 43 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04M 15/8044Least cost routing1,137
- H04M 15/8083Involving reduced rates or discounts798
- H04M 15/8033Location-dependent646
- H04M 15/8038Roaming or handoff609
- H04M 15/8016Based on quality of service [qos]541
- H04M 15/8027Based on network load situation171
- H04M 15/8022Determining tariff or charge band154
- H04M 15/8005Flat-fee73
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