Edge Computing Patent Application Trends 2024

Edge Computing patent applications in 2024

Top Technology Areas in Edge Computing

Top CPC Codes

• G06N20/00 (Machine learning)
  • Count: 13 patents
  • Example: 20240231770. Interoperable Composite Data Units for use in Distributed Computing Execution Environments simplified abstract (Futureverse IP Limited)
• H04L67/10 (in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment)
  • Count: 12 patents
  • Example: 20240015203. APPLICATION COMPUTATION OFFLOADING FOR MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING simplified abstract (Intel Corporation)
• G06F9/45558 ({Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects})
  • Count: 11 patents
  • Example: 20240231874. PER SERVICE VERSION ROLL BACK IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS simplified abstract (VMWARE, INC.)
• H04L9/50 (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication)
  • Count: 8 patents
  • Example: 20240231770. Interoperable Composite Data Units for use in Distributed Computing Execution Environments simplified abstract (Futureverse IP Limited)
• H04L67/51 (Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services)
  • Count: 8 patents
  • Example: 20240235930. METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE EDGE COMPUTING SERVICE INFORMATION VIA A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM simplified abstract (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
• G06F9/5072 (Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU])
  • Count: 8 patents
  • Example: 20240235961. SERVICE-LEVEL OBJECTIVE (SLO) AWARE EXECUTION OF CONCURRENCE INFERENCE REQUESTS ON A FOG-CLOUD NETWORK simplified abstract (Tata Consultancy Services Limited)
• G06V20/52 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
  • Count: 7 patents
  • Example: 20240013633. IDENTIFYING BARCODE-TO-PRODUCT MISMATCHES USING POINT OF SALE DEVICES simplified abstract (Target Brands, Inc.)
• G06F2009/4557 ({Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing})
  • Count: 6 patents
  • Example: 20240231874. PER SERVICE VERSION ROLL BACK IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS simplified abstract (VMWARE, INC.)
• H04L41/12 (Discovery or management of network topologies)
  • Count: 5 patents
  • Example: 20240235889. CUSTOMER ACTIVATION ON EDGE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT simplified abstract (Level 3 Communications, LLC)
• H04L41/16 (using machine learning or artificial intelligence)
  • Count: 5 patents
  • Example: 20240129236. DQN-BASED DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING NETWORK COORDINATE FLOW SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD simplified abstract (ZHEJIANG LAB)

Top Companies in Edge Computing

Intel Corporation

• Number of Edge Computing patents: 10
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06F9/505 (Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]): 2 patents
  • G06F9/5072 (Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]): 2 patents
  • H04L67/10 (in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240171657. DIGITAL EDGE SERVICES ORCHESTRATION OF AWARENESS, ON-DEMAND, AND EVENT-TRIGGERED SERVICES simplified abstract (Intel Corporation) (20240523)
  • 20240195879. PREFERRED APP REGISTRATION IN MEC DUAL DEPLOYMENTS simplified abstract (Intel Corporation) (20240613)
  • 20240155025. USES OF CODED DATA AT MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING SERVER simplified abstract (Intel Corporation) (20240509)

Dell Products L.P.

• Number of Edge Computing patents: 9
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06F21/6218 ({to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database}): 1 patents
  • H04L9/3273 ({for mutual authentication (network architectures or network communication protocols for achieving mutual authentication in a packet data network): 1 patents
  • H04L9/30 (Public key, i.e. encryption algorithm being computationally infeasible to invert or user's encryption keys not requiring secrecy): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240073094. DYNAMIC VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTION PLACEMENT IN EDGE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS simplified abstract (Dell Products L.P.) (20240229)
  • 20240039706. SECURE REMOTE SUPPORT FOR EDGE COMPUTING PLATFORM simplified abstract (Dell Products L.P.) (20240201)
  • 20240031337. Edge Platform Service Mesh with Connectivity Module for Heterogeneous Endpoints simplified abstract (Dell Products L.P.) (20240125)

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

• Number of Edge Computing patents: 9
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06F9/45558 ({Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects}): 4 patents
  • G06F2009/45595 ({Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances}): 3 patents
  • G06F21/6263 (Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240205300. GENERATING SERVICE-TO-SERVICE DEPENDENCY MAP FROM DNS AND AUTHENTICATION LOGS simplified abstract (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC) (20240620)
  • 20240095101. REAL-TIME EVENT DATA REPORTING ON EDGE COMPUTING DEVICES simplified abstract (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC) (20240321)
  • 20240069999. DETECTING AND MITIGATING CROSS-LAYER IMPACT OF CHANGE EVENTS ON A CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM simplified abstract (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC) (20240229)

International Business Machines Corporation

• Number of Edge Computing patents: 7
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06F9/4893 (Program initiating; Program switching, e.g. by interrupt): 1 patents
  • G06F9/3838 ({Dependency mechanisms, e.g. register scoreboarding}): 1 patents
  • G05D1/0214 (SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240007547. EDGE NODE AUTONOMY simplified abstract (International Business Machines Corporation) (20240104)
  • 20240176636. DEADLOCK AND HANG AVOIDANCE IN A LARGE DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEM simplified abstract (International Business Machines Corporation) (20240530)
  • 20240193443. ANALYZING AND ALTERING AN EDGE DEVICE POLICY USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) REASONING MODEL simplified abstract (International Business Machines Corporation) (20240613)

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

• Number of Edge Computing patents: 6
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06F9/5094 (Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]): 2 patents
  • G06F9/5083 (Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]): 2 patents
  • G06F2209/505 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240134717. POWER AND ENERGY OPTIMIZATION ACROSS DISTRIBUTED CLOUD ENVIRONMENT simplified abstract (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) (20240425)
  • 20240020106. EDGE APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT AND PROCESSING simplified abstract (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) (20240118)
  • 20240179062. CREATING SETS OF HETEROGENEOUS INTERNET-OF-THINGS (IoT) DEVICES FROM WHICH TO UPLOAD DATA AS A PRE-STEP TO EDGE COMPUTING simplified abstract (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) (20240530)

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

• Number of Edge Computing patents: 6
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04W28/0268 (Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control): 2 patents
  • H04W4/08 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication): 1 patents
  • H04W48/02 (Access restriction performed under specific conditions): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240163725. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING USING APPLICATION-BASED QUALITY OF SERVICE FLOWS simplified abstract (Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.) (20240516)
  • 20240019852. CLOUD EDGE NETWORK PROCESS AUTOMATION CONTROL simplified abstract (Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.) (20240118)
  • 20240155475. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC EDGE COMPUTING DEVICE ASSIGNMENT AND REASSIGNMENT simplified abstract (Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.) (20240509)

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

• Number of Edge Computing patents: 5
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04L67/51 (Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services): 2 patents
  • H04W8/20 (Transfer of user or subscriber data): 2 patents
  • H04L41/0806 (for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240056897. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING EDGE COMPUTING SERVICE SESSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM simplified abstract (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) (20240215)
  • 20240073798. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING IDENTIFIER OF UE IN EDGE COMPUTING SERVICE simplified abstract (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) (20240229)
  • 20240224009. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING OFFLOADING POLICY FOR VPLMN EDGE SERVICE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM simplified abstract (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) (20240704)

RED HAT, INC.

• Number of Edge Computing patents: 5
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06F15/163 (Interprocessor communication): 1 patents
  • G06F9/45558 ({Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects}): 1 patents
  • G06F2009/4557 ({Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing}): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240143446. NODE FAILURE SOURCE DETECTION IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS USING MACHINE LEARNING simplified abstract (RED HAT, INC.) (20240502)
  • 20240061494. MONITORING ENERGY CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH USERS OF A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM USING TRACING simplified abstract (RED HAT, INC.) (20240222)
  • 20240095215. UPDATING EDGE NODES IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS USING PARTITIONS simplified abstract (RED HAT, INC.) (20240321)

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

• Number of Edge Computing patents: 4
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06F16/2358 ({Change logging, detection, and notification (replication): 1 patents
  • G06F11/3409 ({for performance assessment}): 1 patents
  • G06F16/258 ({Data format conversion from or to a database}): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240144076. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CENTRALIZED DATA GOVERNANCE WITHIN DISTRIBUTED COMPONENT COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS simplified abstract (BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION) (20240502)
  • 20240073021. SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY TRACKING RESOURCES USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS simplified abstract (BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION) (20240229)
  • 20240073154. REAL-TIME ADJUSTMENT OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION BASED ON USAGE MAPPING VIA AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENGINE simplified abstract (BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION) (20240229)

Level 3 Communications, LLC

• Number of Edge Computing patents: 4
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06N3/08 (Learning methods): 2 patents
  • H04L12/4641 ({Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] (LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone): 2 patents
  • H04L45/48 (Routing tree calculation): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240235889. CUSTOMER ACTIVATION ON EDGE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT simplified abstract (Level 3 Communications, LLC) (20240711)
  • 20240135179. ENHANCED TESTING OF PERSONALIZED SERVERS IN EDGE COMPUTING simplified abstract (Level 3 Communications, LLC) (20240425)
  • 20240137248. CUSTOMER ACTIVATION ON EDGE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT simplified abstract (Level 3 Communications, LLC) (20240425)

New Companies in Edge Computing (Last Month)

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Emerging Technology Areas in Edge Computing

• H04W80/06 (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240049000. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IAB MEC simplified abstract (APPLE INC.)
• H04W16/28 (using beam steering)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240049000. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IAB MEC simplified abstract (APPLE INC.)
• G06F16/119 ({Details of migration of file systems (migration mechanisms in storage systems)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045831. UTILIZING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO MIGRATE A SYSTEM TO A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT simplified abstract (Accenture Global Solutions Limited)
• G06F11/1464 ({for networked environments})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045771. TECHNIQUES FOR SCALABLE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM BACKUPS simplified abstract (Oracle International Corporation)
• H04L45/123 ({Evaluation of link metrics (techniques for monitoring network metrics)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045732. Event processing in a distributed computing environment simplified abstract (Vantiq, Inc.)
• G06F2209/5014 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045730. DISTRIBUTED EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD simplified abstract (Rakuten Mobile, Inc.)
• H04L67/10015 (for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240031427. CLOUD-NETWORK INTEGRATION ORIENTED MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE simplified abstract (SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY)
• H04L12/66 (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240031337. Edge Platform Service Mesh with Connectivity Module for Heterogeneous Endpoints simplified abstract (Dell Products L.P.)
• H04L63/0281 ({Proxies})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240031337. Edge Platform Service Mesh with Connectivity Module for Heterogeneous Endpoints simplified abstract (Dell Products L.P.)
• G06V10/70 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240029069. COMPUTER-VISION BASED DETECTION OF SCAMS AT PHYSICAL POINT OF SALE TERMINALS simplified abstract (TARGET BRANDS, INC.)

Top Companies in Emerging Edge Computing Technologies

• Dell Products L.P.: 2 patents
• APPLE INC.: 2 patents
• Oracle International Corporation: 1 patents
• TARGET BRANDS, INC.: 1 patents
• SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY: 1 patents
• Rakuten Mobile, Inc.: 1 patents
• Vantiq, Inc.: 1 patents
• Accenture Global Solutions Limited: 1 patents