Company Analysis

Smith Micro Software, Inc. (SMSI)

Nasdaq: SMSI · Services-Prepackaged Software · Pittsburgh, PA · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade3.3
◀ Past 1.8● Present 3.7▶ Future 4.0
1 est.

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

67 patents granted to the 2 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Smith Micro Software, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
67
67 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
41
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology3
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Smith Micro Software, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
67 granted
40 published
Smith Micro Software, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Mar 7, 202311,599,661Methods and systems for controlling a device using a model trained on network requestsComputer technologySmith Micro Software, Inc.
Aug 2, 202211,403,936Hygienic device interaction in retail environmentsComputer technologySmith Micro Software, Inc.
Feb 8, 202211,244,065Application monitoring and device restriction system and methodComputer technologySmith Micro Software, Inc.
Oct 3, 20179,781,645Self-adjusting mobile platform policy enforcement agent for controlling network access, mobility and efficient use of local and network resourcesDigital communicationSmith Micro Software, Inc.
Jan 31, 20179,560,683Displaying visual representation of voice messagesTelecommunicationsSmith Micro Software, Inc.
Jan 17, 20179,549,018Message exchange between a native application and a web browserDigital communicationSmith Micro Software, Inc.
Mar 22, 20169,292,274Efficient method and system for reducing the time to apply update packageComputer technologySmith Micro Software, Inc.
Dec 22, 20159,220,065Enabling a mobile broadband hotspot by an auxiliary radioDigital communicationSmith Micro Software, Inc.
Nov 10, 20159,185,228Buffering voice data in network-based instant connect communicationTelecommunicationsSmith Micro Software, Inc.
Oct 27, 20159,173,144Self-adjusting mobile platform policy enforcement agent for controlling network access, mobility and efficient use of local and network resourcesDigital communicationSmith Micro Software, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 19, 20222022/0156400Methods and Systems for Controlling a Device Using a Model Trained on Network RequestsComputer technologySmith Micro Software, Inc. · patent 11,599,661 granted from it
Dec 16, 20212021/0390843Hygienic Device Interaction in Retail EnvironmentsComputer technologySmith Micro Software, Inc. · patent 11,403,936 granted from it
Jan 7, 20162016/0007258Self-Adjusting Mobile Platform Policy Enforcement Agent for Controlling Network Access, Mobility and Efficient Use of Local and Network ResourcesDigital communicationSmith Micro Software, Inc. · patent 9,781,645 granted from it
Aug 20, 20152015/0237116Message Exchange Between a Native Application and a Web BrowserDigital communicationSmith Micro Software, Inc. · patent 9,549,018 granted from it
Apr 17, 20142014/0105069Mobile Network Management Using Multiple Wireless ModemsDigital communicationSmith Micro Software, Inc.
Aug 29, 20132013/0227711Controlled Access by Applications to Mobile Device ResourcesComputer technologySmith Micro Software, Inc.
Jul 18, 20132013/0182693Enabling a Mobile Broadband Hotspot by an Auxiliary RadioDigital communicationSmith Micro Software, Inc. · patent 9,220,065 granted from it
May 16, 20132013/0122910Self-Adjusting Mobile Platform Policy Enforcement Agent for Controlling Network Access, Mobility and Efficient Use of Local and Network ResourcesDigital communicationSmith Micro Software, Inc. · patent 9,173,144 granted from it
May 2, 20132013/0107943Video Quantizer Unit and Method ThereofAudio-visual technologySmith Micro Software, Inc.
Mar 28, 20132013/0080560System and Method for Sharing Digital Data on a Presenter Device to a Plurality of Participant DevicesDigital communicationSmith Micro Software, Inc.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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