H04M 2203/254
Where the visual mode comprises menus
Official title: where the visual mode comprises menus
H04M2203/254 (Where the visual mode comprises menus) appears on 158 US grants and 162 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 158
- Published applications
- 162
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 286
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Transcribing interactive voice response menu options to generate visualizations during a call18 Aug 2026US 12,712,971 B2Zoom Communications, Inc.
- Graphical user interface for a voice response system2 Dec 2025US 12,489,840 B2Google Inc.
- Call processing method, call processing apparatus, and related device18 Nov 2025US 12,477,064 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Call processing system and call processing method18 Feb 2025US 12,231,473 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for operating an interactive voice response system26 Nov 2024US 12,155,793 B2Celligence International LLC
- Call processing system and call processing method15 May 2025US 2025/0159026 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Interactive system combining automated voice mechanism with visual feedback mechanism and interactive method thereof13 Mar 2025US 2025/0088589 A1Dynalab Global Pte. Ltd.
- Language translation for smartphone applications9 Jan 2025US 2025/0016268 A1Zhuangzi Li and Associates
- Transmission and visualization of interactive voice response menus8 Aug 2024US 2024/0267460 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Transcribing Interactive Voice Response Menu Options To Generate Visualizations During A Call8 Aug 2024US 2024/0267463 A1Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for graphically displaying and navigating through an interactive voice response menu529US 5,802,526 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1998
- Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu262US 8,687,777 B12014
- Method and apparatus for entertaining callers in a queue213US 6,014,439 AWalker Asset Management Limited Partnership · 2000
- Electronic classified advertising interface method and instructions with continuous search notification196US 5,745,882 AUS West Marketing Resources Group, Inc. · 1998
- Interactive voice response system with call trainable routing193US 6,016,336 AAT&T Corp. · 2000