H04W 4/14
Short messaging services
Official title: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
H04W4/14 (Short messaging services) appears on 5,509 US grants and 6,455 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 5,509
- Published applications
- 6,455
- Assignees
- 1,655
- Inventors
- 9,152
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 20 |
| 2002 | 33 | 62 |
| 2003 | 32 | 77 |
| 2004 | 33 | 134 |
| 2005 | 39 | 153 |
| 2006 | 88 | 137 |
| 2007 | 62 | 161 |
| 2008 | 69 | 176 |
| 2009 | 71 | 186 |
| 2010 | 103 | 176 |
| 2011 | 136 | 217 |
| 2012 | 199 | 254 |
| 2013 | 256 | 319 |
| 2014 | 325 | 357 |
| 2015 | 338 | 488 |
| 2016 | 448 | 542 |
| 2017 | 454 | 477 |
| 2018 | 416 | 414 |
| 2019 | 485 | 370 |
| 2020 | 419 | 422 |
| 2021 | 358 | 330 |
| 2022 | 288 | 293 |
| 2023 | 255 | 211 |
| 2024 | 250 | 184 |
| 2025 | 174 | 184 |
| 2026 | 91 | 111 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for an artificial intelligence system6 Oct 2026US 12,755,852 B2HealthStream, Inc.
- Remote control via short message service (SMS) commands6 Oct 2026US 12,756,992 B1SimpliSafe, Inc.
- Conditional message routing in a telecommunications network6 Oct 2026US 12,757,006 B2British Telecommunications Public Ltd.Co.
- Electronic device for supporting non-terrestrial network and operation method thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,757,061 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Fraud prevention with inbound telephony-based verification29 Sep 2026US 12,750,672 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Systems and methods for variable reporting of sensor data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311589 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- Satellite communication method, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313324 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Methods and apparatus for establishing mesh networks on mobile devices for off-grid communication1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304287 A1Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Efficient paging for short messages1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304382 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- System and method for a multi-channel notification service24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292039 A1Twilio Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Location-based messaging703US 9,628,950 B1Investment Asset Holdings LLC · 2017
- Method and apparatus for distributing location-based messages in a wireless communication network678US 6,505,046 B1Nortel Networks Limited · 2003
- Transmission system for relaying short messages670US 6,665,531 B1Nokia Corporation · 2003
- Mobile terminal having network services activation through the use of point-to-point short message service634US 5,794,142 ANokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · 1998
- Location-based services616US 7,848,765 B2Where, Inc. · 2010