H04M 3/493
Interactive information services
Official title: Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries {; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals}
H04M3/493 (Interactive information services) appears on 4,890 US grants and 4,656 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 4,656
- Assignees
- 1,377
- Inventors
- 7,695
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 109 | 88 |
| 2025 | 78 | 72 |
| 2026 | 51 | 60 |
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