H04W 4/06
Selective distribution of broadcast services
Official title: Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
H04W4/06 (Selective distribution of broadcast services) appears on 12,394 US grants and 15,315 published applications in this corpus.
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- 6 Oct 2026
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Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Communication method and communications apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,757,268 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Information processing apparatus, communication system, information processing method and program29 Sep 2026US 12,750,163 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Monitoring of remote identification (rid) broadcasting using road-side unit (rsu)8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311606 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Dynamic antenna tuning for broadcasts based on advertisement packet feedback8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313319 A1Google Inc.
- Ue mbs configuration8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313320 A1Nokia Technologies Oy
- Wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and wireless communication program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313321 A1Denso Corporation
- Complex computing network for improving establishment and access of communication among computing devices8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313322 A1Rizz IP Ltd
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