H04W 76/40
Connection management: for selective distribution or broadcast
Official title: for selective distribution or broadcast
H04W76/40 (Connection management: for selective distribution or broadcast) appears on 3,098 US grants and 4,256 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 3,098
- Published applications
- 4,256
- Assignees
- 671
- Inventors
- 5,423
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11 | 57 |
| 2003 | 16 | 54 |
| 2004 | 21 | 89 |
| 2005 | 27 | 152 |
| 2006 | 51 | 228 |
| 2007 | 52 | 186 |
| 2008 | 55 | 167 |
| 2009 | 86 | 130 |
| 2010 | 152 | 136 |
| 2011 | 134 | 100 |
| 2012 | 122 | 124 |
| 2013 | 151 | 198 |
| 2014 | 180 | 169 |
| 2015 | 174 | 167 |
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| 2017 | 164 | 206 |
| 2018 | 173 | 161 |
| 2019 | 168 | 122 |
| 2020 | 157 | 169 |
| 2021 | 149 | 196 |
| 2022 | 156 | 210 |
| 2023 | 137 | 332 |
| 2024 | 126 | 304 |
| 2025 | 215 | 256 |
| 2026 | 151 | 172 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Multicast service transmission, transmission indication method and apparatus, terminal, and network side device6 Oct 2026US 12,757,292 B2Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for bandwidth part switching for a multicast session in a wireless communication system6 Oct 2026US 12,757,293 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Mrb architecture with pdcp retransmission8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312733 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Method and apparatus for managing a user equipment for multicast broadcast service multicast reception8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313749 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and method of header compression for multicast reception in rrc inactive state in wireless communication system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304540 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Multiple signal/channel block structures1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304556 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Wireless relay device and communication method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282164 A1Ntt Docomo, Inc.
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- Method and system for connecting proximately located mobile users based on compatible attributes580US 6,542,749 B2Telcontar · 2003
- Method and system for selectively connecting mobile users based on physical proximity522US 6,542,750 B2Telcontar · 2003
- System and method for providing group communication services in an existing communication system417US 6,477,150 B1QUALCOMM Incorporated · 2002