H04M 7/0048
Where the text-based messaging service is a short message service
Official title: {where the text-based messaging service is a Short Message Service}
H04M7/0048 (Where the text-based messaging service is a short message service) appears on 162 US grants and 160 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 162
- Published applications
- 160
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 253
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 10 |
| 2004 | 4 | 9 |
| 2005 | 2 | 9 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 8 | 4 |
| 2013 | 10 | 9 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7 |
| 2018 | 13 | 12 |
| 2019 | 16 | 10 |
| 2020 | 9 | 5 |
| 2021 | 11 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Identifying and processing, for priority, calls in data communications server8 Sep 2026US 12,732,579 B18x8, Inc.
- Telephone number deactivation process1 Jul 2025US 12,348,673 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- System and method for enabling dynamic multi-modal communication6 May 2025US 12,294,559 B2Twilio Inc.
- Dynamic message processing and aggregation of data in messaging4 Feb 2025US 12,219,090 B2Liveperson, Inc.
- Communication management system20 Aug 2024US 12,069,016 B2Callfire, Inc.
- Live chat client application for connecting with available agents of any website and application11 Dec 2025US 2025/0379933 A1
- System and method for enabling dynamic multi-modal communication24 Apr 2025US 2025/0133043 A1Twilio Inc.
- System and method for enabling dynamic multi-modal communication24 Apr 2025US 2025/0133044 A1Twilio Inc.
- Telephone number deactivation process15 Aug 2024US 2024/0275883 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- System and method for enabling dynamic multi-modal communication21 Mar 2024US 2024/0098049 A1Twilio Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Distributed system to intelligently establish sessions between anonymous users over various networks1,052US 6,564,261 B1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) · 2003
- Efficient instant messaging using a telephony interface534US 6,816,578 B1Nortel Networks Limited · 2004
- Text to speech conversion of text messages from mobile communication devices363US 8,345,665 B2Apple Inc. · 2013
- Mobile device for sending text messages289US 7,649,877 B2Braintexter, Inc. · 2010
- Computer readable medium with embedded instructions for providing communication services between a broadband network and an enterprise wireless communication platform within a residential or business environment240US 8,155,155 B1AT&T Intellectual Property II, L. P. · 2012