H04M 3/50
Centralised arrangements for answering calls
Official title: Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers (H04M3/487 takes precedence; centralised dictation systems H04M11/10); {Centralised arrangements for recording messages}
H04M3/50 (Centralised arrangements for answering calls) appears on 14,200 US grants and 12,189 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 14,200
- Published applications
- 12,189
- Assignees
- 2,707
- Inventors
- 18,978
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 28 | 0 |
| 1989 | 46 | 0 |
| 1990 | 58 | 0 |
| 1991 | 57 | 0 |
| 1992 | 65 | 0 |
| 1993 | 75 | 0 |
| 1994 | 101 | 0 |
| 1995 | 135 | 0 |
| 1996 | 160 | 0 |
| 1997 | 135 | 0 |
| 1998 | 238 | 0 |
| 1999 | 300 | 0 |
| 2000 | 239 | 0 |
| 2001 | 304 | 129 |
| 2002 | 346 | 447 |
| 2003 | 304 | 451 |
| 2004 | 374 | 428 |
| 2005 | 265 | 525 |
| 2006 | 379 | 528 |
| 2007 | 309 | 533 |
| 2008 | 264 | 541 |
| 2009 | 248 | 520 |
| 2010 | 331 | 448 |
| 2011 | 447 | 354 |
| 2012 | 609 | 402 |
| 2013 | 713 | 524 |
| 2014 | 793 | 633 |
| 2015 | 717 | 605 |
| 2016 | 680 | 582 |
| 2017 | 703 | 516 |
| 2018 | 644 | 482 |
| 2019 | 702 | 461 |
| 2020 | 643 | 504 |
| 2021 | 558 | 639 |
| 2022 | 537 | 458 |
| 2023 | 561 | 494 |
| 2024 | 439 | 366 |
| 2025 | 390 | 352 |
| 2026 | 185 | 267 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method/system to convert text-to-voice / voice-to-text in service of emergency communications6 Oct 2026US 12,756,780 B2Intrado Life & Safety, Inc.
- Adapting AI voice interactions based on caller voice characteristics6 Oct 2026US 12,756,781 B1Rapidsos, Inc.
- System and method for detection and implementation of litigation-hold and release for interactions recordings within a contact center29 Sep 2026US 12,750,445 B2Nice Ltd.
- Systems and methods for automated contact center management based on analysis of agent state29 Sep 2026US 12,750,447 B2RingCentral, Inc.
- Voice AI container22 Sep 2026US 12,743,639 B2Bank of America Corporation
- Computer-implemented method for connecting a user to a mobile telephone-based language interpretation session8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310909 A1
- System and Method for Identity-Weighted Access Token Generation and Capability-Aware Delivery8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313051 A1Taptext LLC
- System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing mobile device support services8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313364 A1Assurant, Inc.
- System and Methods for Using Enhanced QR Codes in a Call to Action1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300918 A1Taptext LLC
- Publish and subscribe call center architecture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303701 A1Intrado Life & Safety, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for smart scripting call centers and configuration thereof2,196US 6,826,745 B2Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2004
- System and method for generating a dynamic interface via a communications network2,178US 6,850,949 B2Right Now Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- Computer telephony integration hotelling method and system2,172US 6,577,726 B1Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Personal communications internetworking1,899US 5,742,905 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1998
- Method and device for obtaining playlist content over a network1,821US 8,045,952 B2Horsham Enterprises, LLC · 2011