Patent Theme
Secure & Context-Aware Messaging
Methods and systems for enhancing the security and privacy of electronic messages, often by integrating contextual data such as location, social network graphs, or user authentication levels to control access, filter content, or enable specific group interactions.
19,774 US filings from 3,114 companies since 2023 · 2023: 5,274 · 2024: 6,265 · 2025: 5,824 · 2026 YTD: 2,411
Messaging & Email
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Snap Inc. | 911 | 303 | 315 | 244 | 49 | -22.5% |
| 2 | Capital One Services, LLC | 765 | 180 | 276 | 229 | 80 | -17.0% |
| 3 | GOOGLE LLC | 526 | 133 | 196 | 151 | 46 | -23.0% |
| 4 | Bank of America Corporation | 494 | 101 | 150 | 161 | 82 | +7.3% |
| 5 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 494 | 154 | 170 | 127 | 43 | -25.3% |
| 6 | International Business Machines Corporation | 431 | 162 | 121 | 115 | 33 | -5.0% |
| 7 | Apple Inc. | 351 | 92 | 113 | 109 | 37 | -3.5% |
| 8 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 291 | 73 | 76 | 95 | 47 | +25.0% |
| 9 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 247 | 48 | 74 | 85 | 40 | +14.9% |
| 10 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 244 | 50 | 69 | 88 | 37 | +27.5% |
| 11 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 222 | 59 | 67 | 70 | 26 | +4.5% |
| 12 | Visa International Service Association | 190 | 62 | 60 | 50 | 18 | -16.7% |
| 13 | Salesforce, Inc. | 189 | 53 | 77 | 50 | 9 | -35.1% |
| 14 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | 172 | 52 | 48 | 45 | 27 | -6.2% |
| 15 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 135 | 23 | 31 | 58 | 23 | +87.1% |
| 16 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | 127 | 39 | 35 | 37 | 16 | +5.7% |
| 17 | Kakao Corp. | 126 | 32 | 24 | 52 | 18 | +116.7% |
| 18 | Oracle International Corporation | 124 | 37 | 39 | 30 | 18 | -23.1% |
| 19 | PAYPAL, INC. | 121 | 44 | 37 | 31 | 9 | -16.2% |
| 20 | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 109 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 16 | -6.2% |
| 21 | Twilio Inc. | 108 | 21 | 36 | 41 | 10 | +13.9% |
| 22 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | 103 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 20 | -6.7% |
| 23 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 102 | 36 | 28 | 25 | 13 | -10.7% |
| 24 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | 101 | 32 | 57 | 12 | · | -78.9% |
| 25 | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | 100 | 34 | 26 | 33 | 7 | +26.9% |