Company patents

CDW LLC

CDW LLC's patent strategy reveals a surprising and strong emerging focus on Business Methods & Fintech, with a remarkable 300.0% year-over-year growth in 2026 (so far), despite it representing only 21.1% of their total portfolio. While Network Security & Access Control remains their largest category at 29.8% of the portfolio, the complete absence of patent filings in this area and Operating Systems & Program Control so far in 2026 suggests a potential shift in priorities, contrasting with their significant growth in these areas in 2025.

Patent Trend by Technology Area

Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

57 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 16 themes

Context-Aware Conversational AI

AI systems designed to engage in natural language dialogue, maintain conversation state, understand user intent, and generate relevant responses, often across multiple communication channels or modalities.

Natural Language ProcessingSpeech ProcessingTelephone Equipment
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14since 2023
0.0%YoY
Virtualization & Secure Remote Access

Technologies enabling the creation and management of virtual computing environments, including virtual machines and virtual desktops, with an emphasis on secure and efficient remote access, updates, and performance.

Operating Systems & Program Control
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11since 2023
+66.7%YoY
Automated Network Provisioning

Systems and methods for automatically deploying, configuring, and updating network devices and services, including software updates, client onboarding, and topology management across various network types.

Network Management & Monitoring
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8since 2023
+33.3%YoY
AI for Medical Diagnostics

Utilizing machine learning, particularly deep learning, to analyze medical data such as images, sensor readings, or physiological signals for disease prediction, diagnosis, or treatment assessment.

Healthcare Informatics
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8since 2023
-66.7%YoY
Automated Call Handling & Routing

Systems and methods for automatically managing telephone calls, including intelligent routing based on various criteria, scheduling callbacks, and processing emergency calls.

Telephone Equipment
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8since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Adaptive Speech Synthesis & Messaging

Technologies for generating artificial speech that is personalized, context-aware, or adaptable to specific virtual agents or messaging campaigns, often utilizing text-to-speech (TTS) and audio caching for efficient delivery.

Speech Processing
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5since 2023
+200.0%YoY
Network Data Management

Systems and methods for collecting, processing, and ensuring the quality and consistency of data used for network monitoring, asset management, and operational decision-making, including conflict detection and reliability scoring.

Network Management & Monitoring
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3since 2023
new
AI Information Synthesis

Systems and methods utilizing artificial intelligence, particularly large language models and neural networks, to extract, summarize, generate, or categorize information from unstructured or semi-structured data sources.

Databases & Information Retrieval
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3since 2023
new
AI/ML for Cryptographic Security

Applying artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to enhance cryptographic systems, such as generating encryption models, improving zero-trust architectures, or enabling privacy-preserving computations like federated learning.

Computer Security
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3since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Large Model Text Generation

Techniques for generating human-like text or other content using large pre-trained models, often involving prompt engineering, speculative decoding, or multi-modal inputs for content creation.

Natural Language ProcessingMachine Learning & AI
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2since 2023
new
Automated Transaction Systems

Systems designed to streamline and automate various commercial transactions, including mobile-enhanced processes, secure online checkouts, customer service interactions, and privilege issuance, often leveraging digital authentication.

Business Methods & Fintech
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2since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Secure Data Sharing & Rights Management

Mechanisms to facilitate the secure exchange of data between different entities or systems while enforcing usage policies, managing digital content rights, and ensuring data consistency during replication or transfer.

Computer Security
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2since 2023
new
Access Control & Identity Management

Systems and methods for authenticating users, devices, or applications, authorizing their access to resources based on policies, and managing digital identities across various platforms.

Computer Security
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2since 2023
n/a
Data Resiliency & Recovery

Encompasses strategies and technologies to ensure the availability, integrity, and recoverability of data and systems, including robust backup, replication, error correction, and efficient data restoration.

System Reliability & Diagnostics
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2since 2023
n/a
Network Operations, Reliability & Traffic

Techniques and systems designed to monitor network health, diagnose issues, optimize traffic flow, and ensure continuous operation and reduced downtime in complex network environments, including cloud and storage area networks.

Network Management & Monitoring
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1since 2023
new
Intelligent Decision Support

Systems that process data to provide personalized recommendations, predict events, or automate decision-making processes based on learned patterns, user behavior, or environmental factors.

Databases & Information Retrieval
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1since 2023
new

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