H04M 2215/00
Metering arrangements
Official title: Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
H04M2215/00 (Metering arrangements) appears on 4,598 US grants and 4,367 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 4,598
- Published applications
- 4,367
- Assignees
- 1,251
- Inventors
- 8,007
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 187 | 108 |
| 2002 | 204 | 341 |
| 2003 | 222 | 380 |
| 2004 | 195 | 420 |
| 2005 | 194 | 391 |
| 2006 | 263 | 348 |
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| 2023 | 46 | 24 |
| 2024 | 37 | 25 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04M 2215/01Details of billing arrangementsIndexing code3,009
- H04M 2215/20Technology dependant meteringIndexing code1,504
- H04M 2215/32Involving wireless systemsIndexing code1,285
- H04M 2215/74Rating aspectsIndexing code915
- H04M 2215/22Bandwidth or usage-sensitve billingIndexing code516
- H04M 2215/81Notifying aspectsIndexing code421
- H04M 2215/72Account specificationsIndexing code393
- H04M 2215/54Resellers-retail or service providers billingIndexing code352
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- H04M 2215/42Least cost routing, i.e. provision for selecting the lowest cost tariffIndexing code351
- H04M 2215/78Metric aspectsIndexing code347
- H04M 2215/46Connection to several service providersIndexing code320
- H04M 2215/70Administration aspects, modify settings or limits or counter-check correct chargesIndexing code295
- H04M 2215/62Called party billingIndexing code244
- H04M 2215/82Advice-of-charge [aoc], i.e. notify subscriber of charges/cumulative chargeIndexing code244
- H04M 2215/34RoamingIndexing code165
- H04M 2215/44Charging/billing arrangements for connection made over different networksIndexing code160
- H04M 2215/52Interconnection, inter-exchange, reseller billing, billing agreements between different operatorsIndexing code144
- H04M 2215/64Split billing, sharing the cost of callsIndexing code93
- H04M 2215/66Third party billing, i.e. third party can also be the predetermined telephoneIndexing code85
- H04M 2215/28Sms billingIndexing code79
- H04M 2215/96Distributed calculation of chargesIndexing code78
- H04M 2215/92Autonomous calculations of charges in terminal, i.e. meter not controlled from exchangeIndexing code75
- H04M 2215/14Billing aspects relating to the actual chargeIndexing code63
- H04M 2215/56On line or real-time flexible agreements between service providers and telecoms operatorsIndexing code60
- H04M 2215/48Sending information over a non-traffic network channel or another connection than theIndexing code48
- H04M 2215/68Billing calls completely to the calling party, except potsIndexing code38
- H04M 2215/24Voice over ip billingIndexing code5
- H04M 2215/26Data billing charged as a voice call, i.e. based on time orIndexing code4
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