A63F 13/31
Communication aspects specific to video games
Official title: Communication aspects specific to video games, e.g. between several handheld game devices at close range
A63F13/31 (Communication aspects specific to video games) appears on 850 US grants and 949 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 850
- Published applications
- 949
- Assignees
- 246
- Inventors
- 1,307
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 19 |
| 2003 | 12 | 11 |
| 2004 | 9 | 14 |
| 2005 | 4 | 18 |
| 2006 | 2 | 16 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20 |
| 2008 | 7 | 24 |
| 2009 | 5 | 26 |
| 2010 | 8 | 21 |
| 2011 | 20 | 32 |
| 2012 | 29 | 54 |
| 2013 | 50 | 71 |
| 2014 | 55 | 61 |
| 2015 | 68 | 63 |
| 2016 | 68 | 82 |
| 2017 | 77 | 77 |
| 2018 | 66 | 65 |
| 2019 | 71 | 56 |
| 2020 | 55 | 46 |
| 2021 | 55 | 44 |
| 2022 | 32 | 33 |
| 2023 | 34 | 31 |
| 2024 | 36 | 29 |
| 2025 | 21 | 16 |
| 2026 | 10 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method, device, and system of input for a videogame console1 Sep 2026US 12,722,075 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Data item sharing via pointing device9 Jun 2026US 12,650,739 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Optical proximity sensors19 May 2026US 12,632,147 B2Neonode Inc.
- Live video game intervention28 Apr 2026US 12,611,597 B2South Park Digital Studios LLC
- Method for game data acceleration and system, and electronic device21 Apr 2026US 12,605,624 B2Netease (Hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd.
- Method of outputting audio signals from a computing system to multiple peripheral devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284532 A1
- Application event-based communication channel control13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233090 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Peripheral device hardware element with embedded identification interface13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233102 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Identifier-based application control13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233107 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Automatic communication based on auxiliary identifier device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236405 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Distributed electronic entertainment method and apparatus1,916US 7,657,910 B1E-Cast, Inc. · 2010
- Video game network660US 4,572,509 A1986
- Interactive multiple player game system and method of playing a game between at least two players617US 5,618,045 A1997
- System and method for communicating with a virtual world495US 8,425,322 B2Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC · 2013
- Interactive wireless gaming system418US 5,738,583 AMotorola, Inc. · 1998