With the rise of the IoT and incoming use of 5G, the Edge Computing sector is poised to grow dramatically. Many companies have already begun investing in the Edge Computing future, as demonstrated by their patent portfolios. The Edge Computing Patent Forecast® focuses on edge computing for IoT devices, but does not consider IoT devices, edge devices or hardware within the analysis. Click here to view category descriptions and context.
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Intel
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Cisco Systems
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Akamai Technologies
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Verizon
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Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc
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Red Hat
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Itron
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Limelight Networks
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IBM
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Microsoft
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Categorization and Classification | Patents and Published Applications |
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452 | |
210 Communications - Bandwidth , 147 Communications - Latency , 95 Communications - Geo/location | |
87 | |
78 PB-General , 9 PB-Metering | |
733 | |
684 PNB-General , 49 PNB-Metering |