H04M 2017/24
Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems: with
Official title: {with on-line recharging of an account or card, e.g. cashless}
H04M2017/24 (Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems: with) appears on 97 US grants and 108 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 97
- Published applications
- 108
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 208
- Latest grant
- 7 May 2024
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 18 |
| 2004 | 4 | 10 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 10 | 11 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 9 | 10 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04M 2017/241By calling a service number ivr, menuIndexing code9
- H04M 2017/243By sending a messageIndexing code8
- H04M 2017/246Using signallingIndexing code4
- H04M 2017/248Using wap or internet, i.e. including electronic payment, e-cash, etcIndexing code3
- H04M 2017/245Using money, i.e. physical input of coins or bank notesIndexing code0
Recent patents
- Methods and nodes for maintaining a communication session for a subscriber7 May 2024US 11,979,517 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Signal transmission system and signal transmission method23 Apr 2024US 11,968,324 B2Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- System and method for electronic prepaid account replenishment9 Feb 2021US 10,915,887 B2EWI Holdings, Inc.
- Transaction processing platform for facilitating electronic distribution of plural prepaid services7 Apr 2020US 10,614,447 B2EWI Holdings, Inc.
- Transaction processing platform for facilitating electronic distribution of plural prepaid services4 Feb 2020US 10,552,824 B2EWI Holdings, Inc.
- Signal transmission system and signal transmission method18 Aug 2022US 2022/0263948 A1Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Methods and nodes for maintaining a communication session for a subscriber3 Mar 2022US 2022/0070303 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- System and Method for Electronic Prepaid Account Replenishment13 Feb 2020US 2020/0051064 A1EWI Holdings, Inc.
- Transaction Processing Platform for Facilitating Electronic Distribution of Plural Prepaid Services15 Aug 2019US 2019/0251550 A1EWI Holdings, Inc.
- Transaction Processing Platform for Facilitating Electronic Distribution of Plural Prepaid Services1 Aug 2019US 2019/0236588 A1EWI Holdings, Inc.
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
- Advanced air time management167US 6,564,047 B1Motorola, Inc. · 2003
- System and method for managing prepaid wireless service130US 6,480,710 B1Telemac Corporation · 2002
- Prepaid security cellular telecommunications system118US 6,236,851 B1Freedom Wireless, Inc. · 2001