H04W 8/02
Processing of mobility data
Official title: Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
H04W8/02 (Processing of mobility data) appears on 12,047 US grants and 14,105 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 12,047
- Published applications
- 14,105
- Assignees
- 1,753
- Inventors
- 15,791
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2002 | 86 | 282 |
| 2003 | 121 | 356 |
| 2004 | 121 | 486 |
| 2005 | 170 | 464 |
| 2006 | 272 | 545 |
| 2007 | 257 | 617 |
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| 2022 | 659 | 633 |
| 2023 | 627 | 577 |
| 2024 | 521 | 438 |
| 2025 | 396 | 357 |
| 2026 | 237 | 304 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Integrated access and backhaul communication device and method6 Oct 2026US 12,757,004 B21FINITY Inc.
- Automated sponsor selection management system6 Oct 2026US 12,757,005 B2Skytell AG
- Conditional message routing in a telecommunications network6 Oct 2026US 12,757,006 B2British Telecommunications Public Ltd.Co.
- PCF determining method, apparatus, and system6 Oct 2026US 12,757,007 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Lbo mode pdu session8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313349 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Slice-based Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Selection in Wireless Communication8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313529 A1
- Methods for access network exposure on core network service bus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304095 A1InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
- Roaming validation method for access network providers1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304096 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for data collection under dynamic network conditions1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304164 A1InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Authorized location reporting paging system2,396US 6,560,461 B12003
- IP-flow classification in a wireless point to multi-point (PTMP) transmission system910US 6,452,915 B1Malibu Networks, Inc. · 2002
- System and method for providing data to a wireless device upon detection of activity of the device on a wireless network694US 6,317,594 B1Openwave Technologies Inc. · 2001
- Multiple input data management for wireless location-based applications690US 6,321,092 B1Signal Soft Corp. · 2001
- Place specific buddy list services654US 6,968,179 B1Microsoft Corporation · 2005