H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services
Introduced: January 2022
Full Title
Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications > Network services > Provisioning of proxy services
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- Subclass:
- TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
Filing statistics
IPC H04L 67/56 belongs to the parent subclass H04L, which recorded 1,397,397 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 91,584 in 2013 to 136,803 in 2023 (+49%), peaking at 147,432 applications in 2022. The most active applicants in class H04 are QUALCOMM (97,396 applications), HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY (96,502 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (86,981 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
- H04L 67/562 Brokering proxy services
- H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
- H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
- H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content
- H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing
- H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers
- H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
- H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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