H04M 3/487
Arrangements for providing information services
Official title: Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
H04M3/487 (Arrangements for providing information services) appears on 6,248 US grants and 6,052 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 6,248
- Published applications
- 6,052
- Assignees
- 1,700
- Inventors
- 9,939
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 154 | 0 |
| 2000 | 154 | 0 |
| 2001 | 149 | 108 |
| 2002 | 169 | 355 |
| 2003 | 155 | 334 |
| 2004 | 182 | 340 |
| 2005 | 166 | 371 |
| 2006 | 241 | 345 |
| 2007 | 217 | 397 |
| 2008 | 191 | 391 |
| 2009 | 177 | 322 |
| 2010 | 195 | 292 |
| 2011 | 293 | 242 |
| 2012 | 338 | 261 |
| 2013 | 401 | 274 |
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| 2017 | 246 | 172 |
| 2018 | 178 | 135 |
| 2019 | 213 | 150 |
| 2020 | 191 | 166 |
| 2021 | 157 | 189 |
| 2022 | 133 | 108 |
| 2023 | 143 | 130 |
| 2024 | 125 | 102 |
| 2025 | 85 | 78 |
| 2026 | 56 | 62 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Integrated computer based tools and techniques for health and dental care practice management6 Oct 2026US 12,755,833 B2Virtual Front Desk, LLC
- Audio authentication for digital telephony1 Sep 2026US 12,726,477 B1Zoom Communications, Inc.
- Reducing telephone network traffic through utilization of pre-call information1 Sep 2026US 12,726,569 B2Google Inc.
- Facilitating sub-group hopping in call sessions for adaptive content flows1 Sep 2026US 12,726,570 B2Assured Insurance Technologies, Inc.
- System and method for performing dual channel communications25 Aug 2026US 12,719,984 B2Bank of America Corporation
- Using frames for action dialogs1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300421 A1Google Inc.
- System and method for performing dual channel communications1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303724 A1Bank of America Corporation
- Call classification through analysis of dtmf events17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281227 A1Pindrop Security, Inc.
- Voice-synchronized visual interface17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281240 A1Airbnb, Inc.
- Generative and adaptive mediator for real-time interactions with conversational agents17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281241 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for accessing CRM data via voice2,268US 6,804,330 B1Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2004
- System and method for generating a dynamic interface via a communications network2,178US 6,850,949 B2Right Now Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- Providing collaborative installation management in a network-based supply chain environment1,805US 6,606,744 B1Accenture LLP · 2003
- Apparatus and method for recording, communicating and administering digital images1,305US 6,038,295 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2000
- System, method and article of manufacture for communications utilizing calling, plans in a hybrid network1,175US 5,867,495 AMCI Communications Corporations · 1999