H04W 4/18
Information format or content conversion
Official title: Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
H04W4/18 (Information format or content conversion) appears on 4,134 US grants and 4,825 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 4,134
- Published applications
- 4,825
- Assignees
- 1,384
- Inventors
- 7,476
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 20 | 23 |
| 2002 | 33 | 121 |
| 2003 | 31 | 142 |
| 2004 | 58 | 130 |
| 2005 | 68 | 171 |
| 2006 | 114 | 171 |
| 2007 | 80 | 163 |
| 2008 | 88 | 187 |
| 2009 | 94 | 203 |
| 2010 | 134 | 222 |
| 2011 | 189 | 250 |
| 2012 | 193 | 300 |
| 2013 | 252 | 339 |
| 2014 | 310 | 382 |
| 2015 | 318 | 373 |
| 2016 | 332 | 326 |
| 2017 | 312 | 229 |
| 2018 | 251 | 196 |
| 2019 | 263 | 207 |
| 2020 | 249 | 178 |
| 2021 | 175 | 150 |
| 2022 | 123 | 100 |
| 2023 | 115 | 91 |
| 2024 | 105 | 71 |
| 2025 | 71 | 75 |
| 2026 | 35 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Technique for enriching user plane traffic in a core network domain with sensual content29 Sep 2026US 12,750,640 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Methods and systems for personalized information content and delivery22 Sep 2026US 12,745,063 B1United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
- Assessment of utility components using airborne remote sensing1 Sep 2026US 12,723,993 B2Florida Power & Light Company
- Exclusive delivery of content within geographic areas1 Sep 2026US 12,725,183 B2
- Process and arrangement for transmitting a voice message1 Sep 2026US 12,726,796 B2Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
- Methods and apparatus to compensate for server-generated errors in database proprietor impression data due to misattribution and/or non-coverage1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301011 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Content and icon representation via dual icon types in a map interface10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267463 A1Snap Inc.
- Location-based media content aggregation and map-based access10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267466 A1Snap Inc.
- Gesture-based interactive map interface for media content10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267468 A1Snap Inc.
- Dual-configuration map-based graphical user interface10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267469 A1Snap Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Personal communications internetworking1,899US 5,742,905 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1998
- Audio network distribution system1,807US 7,643,894 B2Netstreams, LLC · 2010
- Messaging system and method1,123US 8,332,475 B2Triplay Communications Ltd. · 2012
- Messaging system and method1,086US 9,100,807 B2Triplay, Inc. · 2015
- Messaging system and method1,084US 8,874,677 B2Triplay Communications Ltd. · 2014