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G06Q 20/08

Payment architectures

Introduced: January 2012

Full Title

Payment architectures, schemes or protocols > Payment architectures

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
Subclass:
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G06Q 20/1 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
  • G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
  • G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
  • G06Q 20/16 Payments settled via telecommunication systems
  • G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
  • G06Q 20/2 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 66,669
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,313
  3. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 41,918
  4. GOOGLE US 32,969
  5. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 30,822
  6. INTEL CORPORATION US 30,010
  7. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 28,235
  8. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 26,079
  9. APPLE US 21,891
  10. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,505