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H04M 2215/00

Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements

Filing statistics

CPC H04M 2215/00 belongs to the parent subclass H04M, which recorded 236,508 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 19,559 in 2013 to 13,232 in 2023 (-32%), peaking at 28,340 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class H04 are HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY (101,476 applications), QUALCOMM (101,139 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (96,655 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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  • H04M 2215/22 Bandwidth or usage-sensitve billing
  • H04M 2215/24 Voice over IP billing
  • H04M 2215/26 Data billing charged as a voice call, i.e. based on time or unit charging
  • H04M 2215/28 SMS billing
  • H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
  • H04M 2215/34 Roaming
  • H04M 2215/42 Least cost routing, i.e. provision for selecting the lowest cost tariff
  • H04M 2215/44 Charging/billing arrangements for connection made over different networks, e.g. wireless and PSTN, ISDN, etc.
  • H04M 2215/46 Connection to several service providers
  • H04M 2215/48 Sending information over a non-traffic network channel or another connection than the one actually used, e.g. signalling, D-channel, data and voice
  • H04M 2215/52 Interconnection, inter-exchange, reseller billing, billing agreements between different operators, e.g. billing identifier added on the CDR in order to cross charge the other operator, inter-operator accounting, reconciliation, bill directly resellers customers
  • H04M 2215/54 Resellers-retail or service providers billing, e.g. agreements with telephone service operator, activation, charging/recharging of accounts
  • H04M 2215/56 On line or real-time flexible agreements between service providers and telecoms operators
  • H04M 2215/62 Called party billing, e.g. reverse billing, freephone, collect call, 0800 or 0900
  • H04M 2215/64 Split billing, sharing the cost of calls, e.g. between calling and called parties
  • H04M 2215/66 Third party billing, i.e. third party can also be the predetermined telephone line of the caller if he is calling from another telephone set
  • H04M 2215/68 Billing calls completely to the calling party, except POTS, e.g. charge on caller's choice service

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
  2. QUALCOMM US 101,139
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
  5. LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
  6. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
  7. SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
  8. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
  9. INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498