H04M 3/36
Statistical metering
Official title: Statistical metering, e.g. recording occasions when traffic exceeds capacity of trunks
H04M3/36 (Statistical metering) appears on 1,023 US grants and 505 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Method for evaluating network service, electronic device and storage medium25 Nov 2025US 12,483,913 B2Zte Corporation
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- Searching calls based on contextual similarity among calls27 Nov 2025US 2025/0363980 A1Calabrio, Inc.
- Computer-implemented systems and methods for evaluating contact center performance using simulated contact-agent pairings27 Nov 2025US 2025/0365367 A1Afiniti AI Limited
- Systems and methods for tagging fraudulent phone numbers31 Jul 2025US 2025/0247474 A1
- Telephone service delay and connection system8 May 2025US 2025/0150529 A1Callfire, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for generating a dynamic interface via a communications network2,178US 6,850,949 B2Right Now Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- Computer-based method and apparatus for controlling, monitoring, recording and reporting telephone access584US 7,106,843 B1T-Netix, Inc. · 2006
- Method and apparatus for determining and initiating interaction directionality within a multimedia communication center530US 6,170,011 AGenesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. · 2001
- System and method for detecting fraudulent network usage patterns using real-time network monitoring519US 5,627,886 AElectronic Data Systems Corporation · 1997
- Apparatus and methods in routing internet protocol network telephony calls in a centrally-managed call center system435US 6,373,836 B1Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. · 2002