H04M 17/204
On-line recharging
Official title: {on-line recharging, e.g. cashless}
H04M17/204 (On-line recharging) appears on 158 US grants and 200 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 158
- Published applications
- 200
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 353
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 18 |
| 2004 | 4 | 10 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 10 | 12 |
| 2007 | 6 | 12 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9 |
| 2010 | 9 | 12 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 9 | 4 |
| 2013 | 7 | 12 |
| 2014 | 8 | 11 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12 |
| 2016 | 10 | 13 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 9 | 13 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 |
| 2020 | 13 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for providing telecommunication service21 Jul 2026US 12,689,875 B2Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
- Managing a charging operation in a communication network10 Mar 2026US 12,574,463 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Method and apparatus for information exchange in online charging12 Aug 2025US 12,388,933 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Transferring funds between two parties7 May 2024US 11,978,026 B2Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Methods and nodes for maintaining a communication session for a subscriber7 May 2024US 11,979,517 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Managing a charging operation in a communication network19 Oct 2023US 2023/0336664 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Systems and methods for providing telecommunication service19 Oct 2023US 2023/0336665 A1Dish Wireless L. L. C.
- Transferring funds between two parties12 Oct 2023US 2023/0325795 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- System and Method for Purchasing Wireless Battery Charge for Electronic Devices26 Jan 2023US 2023/0023108 A1
- Method and Apparatus for Information Exchange in Online Charging8 Dec 2022US 2022/0394134 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for providing prepaid telecommunications services355US 6,188,752 B1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) · 2001
- Prepaid security cellular telecommunications system239US 5,854,975 AFreedom Wireless, Inc. · 1998
- Pre and post-paid service plan manager169US 8,249,552 B1Sprint Communications Co.L.P. · 2012
- Advanced air time management167US 6,564,047 B1Motorola, Inc. · 2003
- System and method for managing prepaid wireless service130US 6,480,710 B1Telemac Corporation · 2002