H04W 88/18
Service support devices
Official title: Service support devices; Network management devices
H04W88/18 (Service support devices) appears on 3,571 US grants and 3,760 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 3,571
- Published applications
- 3,760
- Assignees
- 951
- Inventors
- 6,794
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 33 | 0 |
| 1996 | 39 | 0 |
| 1997 | 38 | 0 |
| 1998 | 73 | 0 |
| 1999 | 67 | 0 |
| 2000 | 85 | 0 |
| 2001 | 57 | 41 |
| 2002 | 51 | 109 |
| 2003 | 70 | 156 |
| 2004 | 69 | 169 |
| 2005 | 70 | 164 |
| 2006 | 111 | 135 |
| 2007 | 99 | 194 |
| 2008 | 94 | 181 |
| 2009 | 98 | 117 |
| 2010 | 131 | 171 |
| 2011 | 135 | 114 |
| 2012 | 147 | 134 |
| 2013 | 153 | 115 |
| 2014 | 159 | 121 |
| 2015 | 118 | 146 |
| 2016 | 145 | 134 |
| 2017 | 138 | 97 |
| 2018 | 117 | 154 |
| 2019 | 142 | 168 |
| 2020 | 156 | 196 |
| 2021 | 184 | 185 |
| 2022 | 147 | 211 |
| 2023 | 172 | 203 |
| 2024 | 157 | 132 |
| 2025 | 153 | 131 |
| 2026 | 71 | 82 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Radio access network optimization based on edge device classification6 Oct 2026US 12,757,039 B2Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
- Reconfigurable intelligent surface calibration8 Sep 2026US 12,732,231 B2QUALCOMM Incorproated
- Apparatus and method for supporting slice interworking25 Aug 2026US 12,720,614 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Device and method for adaptively controlling path in wireless communication system25 Aug 2026US 12,720,621 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for providing edge computing service18 Aug 2026US 12,713,220 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Emotionally Intelligent Wireless Router with Biometric-Responsive Ambient Interface1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299677 A1Harpdome Technologies Inc, USA
- Setting management system, non-transitory computer readable medium and control method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281678 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- System and method for communicating 5g nas messages using short message service function20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247114 A1Jio Platforms Limited
- Overhearing of reference signals13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238532 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Method and device for synchronizing ue policy between network and ue in wireless communication system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238548 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Personal communications internetworking1,899US 5,742,905 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1998
- Electronic massaging network759US 5,742,668 ABell Communications Research, Inc. · 1998
- Multiple input data management for wireless location-based applications690US 6,321,092 B1Signal Soft Corp. · 2001
- Personal communications service using wireline/wireless integration592US 5,353,331 ABell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. · 1994
- Method and system for instant messaging across cellular networks and a public data network498US 6,714,793 B1America Online, Inc. · 2004