DIFF Subgroup
H04L 67/50 Network services
Introduced: January 2022
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications > Network services
CPC:
Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications (user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00) > Network services
Of 9 combined children, 8 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 2022.
Child Classifications
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- H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources (admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70) since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 97,396
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
- CANON 33,341
- SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
- QUALCOMM US 101,139
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
- SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
- INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498