A63F 13/216
Using geographical information
Official title: using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
A63F13/216 (Using geographical information) appears on 1,040 US grants and 1,411 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 1,040
- Published applications
- 1,411
- Assignees
- 425
- Inventors
- 1,896
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for training and applying virtual occurrences with modifiable outcomes to a virtual character using telematics data of one or more real trips22 Sep 2026US 12,741,217 B2Quanata, LLC
- Content item for display in location-based game18 Aug 2026US 12,708,852 B2Niantic, Inc.
- Metaverse system for providing economic management system to convergence space in which real world and virtual world are converged11 Aug 2026US 12,702,926 B2
- Geographic tracking and non-fungible token trading platform11 Aug 2026US 12,705,638 B2Wazuzu, Inc.
- Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and medium4 Aug 2026US 12,700,190 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Geofencing based parental control17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273420 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Video gaming system environments providing mini-games10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263944 A1Truist Bank
- Map tile generation using scan maps from client devices27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249194 A1Niantic Spatial, Inc.
- Third party enablement of game features27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249195 A1Coapperate, LLC
- Mapping traversable space in a scene using a three-dimensional mesh20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241292 A1Niantic Spatial, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Remote-auditing of computer generated outcomes, authenticated billing and access control, and software metering system using cryptographic and other protocols1,001US 5,970,143 AWalker Asset Management, L.P. · 1999
- System and method for augmented and virtual reality924US 9,215,293 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2015
- Wireless gaming method853US 5,999,808 AAeris Communications, Inc. · 1999
- Using an avatar to generate user profile information618US 7,468,729 B1AOL LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company · 2008
- Computer-implemented system and method for home page customization and e-commerce support552US 7,342,587 B2IMVU, Inc. · 2008