H04M 17/206
By sending a message
Official title: {by sending a message, e.g. SMS, MMS or EMS}
H04M17/206 (By sending a message) appears on 26 US grants and 29 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 26
- Published applications
- 29
- Assignees
- 18
- Inventors
- 43
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
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By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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)
- Methods and nodes for maintaining a communication session for a subscriber7 May 2024US 11,979,517 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Systems and methods for providing telecommunication service22 Aug 2023US 11,736,624 B2Dish Wireless L. L. C.
- Recharging prepaid accounts based on charging detail records within a telecommunications network28 Sep 2021US 11,134,157 B2T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- 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.
- Systems and methods for providing telecommunication service25 Aug 2022US 2022/0272205 A1Dish Wireless L. L. C.
- Methods and nodes for maintaining a communication session for a subscriber3 Mar 2022US 2022/0070303 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Recharging prepaid accounts within a telecommunications network6 Jan 2022US 2022/0006907 A1T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pre and post-paid service plan manager169US 8,249,552 B1Sprint Communications Co.L.P. · 2012
- Delivery of value identifiers using short message service (SMS)7US 7,472,822 B2e2interactive, Inc. · 2009
- Airtime card for the sale and activation of wireless services for a wireless device3US 10,531,261 B2TracFone Wireless, Inc. · 2020
- Cellular telephone credit management3US 8,200,187 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated · 2012
- Device initiated replenishment procedures for wireless devices2US 8,699,993 B2TracFone Wireless, Inc. · 2014