Distributed Cloud/Edge Processing

Techniques for distributing computational tasks, data storage, and service logic across cloud data centers, edge devices, and user equipment to improve performance, resilience, or resource utilization. This includes architectures for split rendering, decentralized ledgers, and microservices.

21,607 US filings from 2,141 companies since 2023 · 2023: 6,733 · 2024: 6,385 · 2025: 6,012 · 2026 YTD: 2,477

Web & Cloud Service Protocols

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	DELL PRODUCTS L.P.	1,104	213	312	396	183	+26.9%
2	International Business Machines Corporation	918	332	266	228	92	-14.3%
3	INTEL CORPORATION	838	264	258	252	64	-2.3%
4	Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC	739	255	222	195	67	-12.2%
5	Oracle International Corporation	688	178	206	211	93	+2.4%
6	Amazon Technologies, Inc.	669	235	194	179	61	-7.7%
7	Pure Storage, Inc.	565	209	171	142	43	-17.0%
8	VMware, Inc.	410	269	118	20	3	-83.1%
9	Cisco Technology, Inc.	405	126	114	113	52	-0.9%
10	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	404	129	102	130	43	+27.5%
11	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	402	111	117	117	57	0.0%
12	GOOGLE LLC	345	118	96	89	42	-7.3%
13	SAP SE	333	94	103	91	45	-11.7%
14	Red Hat, Inc.	313	121	89	75	28	-15.7%
15	Capital One Services, LLC	306	87	96	86	37	-10.4%
16	NetApp, Inc.	287	72	91	96	28	+5.5%
17	Snowflake Inc.	284	103	78	72	31	-7.7%
18	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP	250	91	74	47	38	-36.5%
19	Nvidia Corporation	249	45	69	77	58	+11.6%
20	Bank of America Corporation	239	73	68	68	30	0.0%
21	VMware LLC	223	·	101	102	20	+1.0%
22	Salesforce, Inc.	210	59	83	50	18	-39.8%
23	EMC IP Holding Company LLC	176	115	44	15	2	-65.9%
24	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	175	36	63	47	29	-25.4%
25	Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	166	49	43	55	19	+27.9%