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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 67/53 using third party service providers since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H04L 67/535 CPC only CPC only
  • 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 67/55 Push-based network services 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

  1. QUALCOMM US 97,396
  2. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
  5. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
  6. LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
  7. CANON 33,341
  8. SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
  9. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327

Top Applicants (CPC)

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