Patent Theme
Real-time Multimedia Conferencing
Technologies enabling synchronous, interactive multimedia communication sessions, including user interfaces, content sharing, and underlying session management for multiple participants.
5,220 US filings from 836 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,522 · 2024: 1,727 · 2025: 1,405 · 2026 YTD: 566
Streaming & Real-Time Media
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | 493 | 170 | 259 | 61 | 3 | -76.4% |
| 2 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 286 | 96 | 90 | 70 | 30 | -22.2% |
| 3 | Zoom Communications, Inc. | 238 | · | · | 154 | 84 | — |
| 4 | GOOGLE LLC | 207 | 43 | 67 | 63 | 34 | -6.0% |
| 5 | International Business Machines Corporation | 145 | 39 | 60 | 34 | 12 | -43.3% |
| 6 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 126 | 32 | 45 | 33 | 16 | -26.7% |
| 7 | Snap Inc. | 106 | 32 | 40 | 28 | 6 | -30.0% |
| 8 | Apple Inc. | 105 | 25 | 33 | 36 | 11 | +9.1% |
| 9 | Rovi Guides, Inc. | 70 | 29 | 37 | 3 | 1 | -91.9% |
| 10 | Adeia Guides Inc. | 69 | · | 14 | 39 | 16 | +178.6% |
| 11 | MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC | 66 | 27 | 14 | 19 | 6 | +35.7% |
| 12 | Salesforce, Inc. | 65 | 12 | 28 | 20 | 5 | -28.6% |
| 13 | RingCentral, Inc. | 53 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 6 | +13.3% |
| 14 | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 51 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 10 | +11.1% |
| 15 | Twilio Inc. | 50 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 5 | +50.0% |
| 16 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 48 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 4 | +13.3% |
| 17 | Avaya Management L.P. | 40 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | -76.9% |
| 18 | CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. | 38 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 3 | -16.7% |
| 19 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 38 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | -50.0% |
| 20 | T-Mobile USA, Inc. | 38 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 6 | -35.7% |
| 21 | 8x8, Inc. | 37 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 1 | -20.0% |
| 22 | Capital One Services, LLC | 35 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | -8.3% |
| 23 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 34 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | -62.5% |
| 24 | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | · | -50.0% |
| 25 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 33 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +266.7% |