H04M 2017/26
Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems: with
Official title: {with real-time recharging of account/card, e.g. if limit is reached during connection user is asked if he wants to recharge or not}
H04M2017/26 (Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems: with) appears on 32 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 32
- Published applications
- 36
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 80
- Latest grant
- 16 May 2023
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for different mid-call announcements to both served and non-served parties at the same time16 May 2023US 11,652,920 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Wireless service provider system for selling and/or activating wireless services for a wireless device20 Dec 2022US 11,533,599 B2TracFone Wireless, Inc.
- Wireless service provider system for selling and/or activating wireless services for a wireless device7 Jul 2020US 10,708,742 B2TracFone Wireless, Inc.
- System and method for detecting and alerting risks of inputting incorrect account information in refill transactions12 Jun 2018US 9,998,609 B2Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- System and method for detecting and alerting risks of inputting incorrect account information in refill transactions12 Sep 2017US 9,762,747 B2Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- Methods and systems for different mid-call announcements to both served and non-served parties at the same time27 Jan 2022US 2022/0030107 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Wireless Service Provider System for Selling and/or Activating Wireless Services for a Wireless Device22 Oct 2020US 2020/0336880 A1TracFone Wireless, Inc.
- System and method for detecting and alerting risks of inputting incorrect account information in refill transactions28 Dec 2017US 2017/0374204 A1Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- Wireless Service Provider System for Selling and/or Activating Wireless Services for a Wireless Device23 Jun 2016US 2016/0180312 A1TracFone Wireless, Inc.
- System and method for detecting and alerting risks in refill transactions4 Feb 2016US 2016/0036995 A1Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for re-direction and handoff for pre-paid mobile services in third generation networks160US 6,973,309 B1UTStarcom, Inc. · 2005
- Internet telephony directory server119US 6,310,873 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2001
- Replenishment of pre-paid wireless telephone accounts using short message service (SMS)96US 6,934,529 B22005
- System and method for providing sponsored or universal telecommunications service and third party payer services90US 6,788,771 B2FreeTech, L.L.C. · 2004
- System and method for roaming for prepaid mobile telephone service89US 6,975,852 B1StarHome GmbH · 2005