H04M 17/103
Using sims or calling cards
Official title: {using SIMs (USIMs) or calling cards}
H04M17/103 (Using sims or calling cards) appears on 264 US grants and 299 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 264
- Published applications
- 299
- Assignees
- 141
- Inventors
- 469
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 3 |
| 2002 | 14 | 11 |
| 2003 | 8 | 20 |
| 2004 | 7 | 17 |
| 2005 | 8 | 10 |
| 2006 | 11 | 8 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 | 10 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12 |
| 2012 | 7 | 8 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6 |
| 2014 | 6 | 21 |
| 2015 | 6 | 7 |
| 2016 | 9 | 24 |
| 2017 | 17 | 9 |
| 2018 | 13 | 14 |
| 2019 | 22 | 20 |
| 2020 | 11 | 13 |
| 2021 | 18 | 16 |
| 2022 | 14 | 16 |
| 2023 | 13 | 16 |
| 2024 | 14 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for switching zero charge callers17 Jun 2025US 12,335,432 B2Starlogik IP LLC
- Communications device with secure data path processing agents6 May 2025US 12,294,602 B2Headwater Research LLC
- Methods and systems for emotive and contextual messaging11 Jun 2026US 2026/0163847 A1OnePIN, Inc.
- Esim activation system and a storage device storing program15 Jan 2026US 2026/0019798 A1Sky S.p.A.
- Systems and methods for digital account activation16 Oct 2025US 2025/0322385 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Communications Device with Secure Data Path Processing Agents10 Jul 2025US 2025/0227122 A1Headwater Research LLC
- Download of a Subscription Profile to a Communication Device12 Jun 2025US 2025/0193654 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Peel and stick activation code for activating service for a wireless device254US 10,362,179 B2TracFone Wireless, Inc. · 2019
- Mobile communication terminal and card information reading device253US 6,910,624 B1Ntt Docomo, Inc. · 2005
- Wireless telephone debit card system and method244US 5,359,182 AInterDigital Technology Corporation · 1994
- System and method for paying a merchant by a registered user using a cellular telephone account202US 8,606,640 B2Payfone, Inc. · 2013
- System, method and computer program product for a dynamic rules-based threshold engine162US 6,208,720 B1MCI Communications Corporation · 2001