H04W 40/246
Connectivity information discovery
Official title: {Connectivity information discovery}
H04W40/246 (Connectivity information discovery) appears on 1,538 US grants and 1,876 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 1,538
- Published applications
- 1,876
- Assignees
- 549
- Inventors
- 3,122
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 5 |
| 2002 | 5 | 37 |
| 2003 | 8 | 48 |
| 2004 | 17 | 89 |
| 2005 | 20 | 61 |
| 2006 | 37 | 65 |
| 2007 | 24 | 51 |
| 2008 | 43 | 45 |
| 2009 | 52 | 53 |
| 2010 | 58 | 41 |
| 2011 | 64 | 43 |
| 2012 | 50 | 43 |
| 2013 | 37 | 47 |
| 2014 | 51 | 108 |
| 2015 | 75 | 123 |
| 2016 | 93 | 99 |
| 2017 | 109 | 81 |
| 2018 | 90 | 91 |
| 2019 | 104 | 81 |
| 2020 | 90 | 109 |
| 2021 | 108 | 108 |
| 2022 | 83 | 115 |
| 2023 | 95 | 106 |
| 2024 | 73 | 91 |
| 2025 | 80 | 78 |
| 2026 | 57 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for updating network topology and control node6 Oct 2026US 12,756,631 B2Moxa Inc.
- Electronic device supporting nan connection and P2P connection, terminal device and controlling method therefor29 Sep 2026US 12,750,763 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- HF electric field Rydberg sensor15 Sep 2026US 12,739,731 B2Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Service deployment device, service execution device, and ad-hoc network1 Sep 2026US 12,726,885 B2Airbus SAS
- Encapsulating an SCTP packet in a UDP packet25 Aug 2026US 12,720,408 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Systems and methods for triggering data channel setup in user equipment using operations, administration, and maintenance device management8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313006 A1Nokia Technologies Oy
- Distributed coordination of duplicate address detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313365 A1
- Methods and apparatus for establishing mesh networks on mobile devices for off-grid communication1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304287 A1Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Enabling ran traffic discard notifications1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304288 A1InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
- Scale by using a tiered multi-level scheduling approach17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282003 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Routing and mobility management protocols for ad-hoc networks509US 6,304,556 B1Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 2001
- Data collection device having dynamic access to multiple wireless networks489US 8,881,987 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Method and apparatus for assigning spectrum of a local area network325US 6,208,629 B13Com Corporation · 2001
- Radio frequency local area network290US 5,428,636 ANorand Corporation · 1995
- Personal data storage and transaction device system and method276US 6,331,972 B1Motorola, Inc. · 2001