H04M 7/006
Networks other than pstn/isdn providing telephone service
Official title: {Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer (H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42)}
H04M7/006 (Networks other than pstn/isdn providing telephone service) appears on 5,890 US grants and 5,848 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 5,890
- Published applications
- 5,848
- Assignees
- 1,457
- Inventors
- 8,717
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 31 | 0 |
| 1997 | 40 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 76 | 0 |
| 2000 | 74 | 0 |
| 2001 | 103 | 72 |
| 2002 | 161 | 275 |
| 2003 | 146 | 311 |
| 2004 | 198 | 305 |
| 2005 | 159 | 356 |
| 2006 | 246 | 427 |
| 2007 | 183 | 487 |
| 2008 | 218 | 392 |
| 2009 | 273 | 312 |
| 2010 | 303 | 281 |
| 2011 | 285 | 242 |
| 2012 | 376 | 217 |
| 2013 | 411 | 234 |
| 2014 | 336 | 226 |
| 2015 | 308 | 289 |
| 2016 | 308 | 254 |
| 2017 | 276 | 211 |
| 2018 | 233 | 174 |
| 2019 | 218 | 157 |
| 2020 | 203 | 164 |
| 2021 | 160 | 109 |
| 2022 | 125 | 119 |
| 2023 | 150 | 84 |
| 2024 | 94 | 65 |
| 2025 | 76 | 52 |
| 2026 | 34 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04M 7/0075Details of addressing, directories or routing tables610
- H04M 7/0066Details of access arrangements to the networks550
- H04M 7/0081Network operation, administration, maintenance, or provisioning393
- H04M 7/0078Security337
- H04M 7/0072Speech codec negotiation248
- H04M 7/0063Where the network is a peer-to-peer network110
Recent patents
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- System and method for restricting bit rate for enhanced voice services (EVS)22 Sep 2026US 12,744,850 B2Jio Platforms Limited
- Verifying subscriber information for device-based authentication15 Sep 2026US 12,739,255 B2TeleSign Corporation
- Identifying and processing, for priority, calls in data communications server8 Sep 2026US 12,732,579 B18x8, Inc.
- Audio authentication for digital telephony1 Sep 2026US 12,726,477 B1Zoom Communications, Inc.
- Artificial intelligence (ai) based network management1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304147 A1Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
- Voice over internet protocol (voip) transmit redundancy17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281170 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Cell Phone Travel Application (APP) to Replace Hotel Guest Room Push Button Phones17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281251 A1
- Fault management in a communication system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244544 A1Afiniti AI Limited
- Intelligent technical protocol-based app6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228739 A1Bank of America Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Personal communications internetworking1,899US 5,742,905 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1998
- System and method for instant VoIP messaging1,106US 7,535,890 B2Ayalogic, Inc. · 2009
- System and method for instant VoIP messaging1,083US 8,199,747 B2Ayalogic, Inc. · 2012
- System and method for instant VoIP messaging1,081US 8,724,622 B2Empire IP LLC · 2014
- System and method for instant VoIP messaging1,081US 8,995,433 B2Empire IP LLC · 2015