A63F 2300/404
Characterized by a local network connection
Official title: characterized by a local network connection
A63F2300/404 (Characterized by a local network connection) appears on 349 US grants and 431 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 349
- Published applications
- 431
- Assignees
- 147
- Inventors
- 651
- Latest grant
- 18 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 6 |
| 2003 | 8 | 13 |
| 2004 | 4 | 15 |
| 2005 | 2 | 22 |
| 2006 | 3 | 31 |
| 2007 | 5 | 32 |
| 2008 | 5 | 24 |
| 2009 | 6 | 30 |
| 2010 | 18 | 23 |
| 2011 | 15 | 31 |
| 2012 | 36 | 42 |
| 2013 | 29 | 24 |
| 2014 | 36 | 32 |
| 2015 | 36 | 17 |
| 2016 | 28 | 7 |
| 2017 | 24 | 29 |
| 2018 | 17 | 13 |
| 2019 | 16 | 12 |
| 2020 | 13 | 4 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Location-based games and augmented reality systems18 Nov 2025US 12,472,425 B2Mullen Industries LLC
- Coin operated entertainment system21 Oct 2025US 12,450,978 B2TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Mixed standard accessory device communication utilizing host-coordinated transmission16 Sep 2025US 12,418,950 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Control of mobile game play on a mobile vehicle11 Mar 2025US 12,246,261 B2Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for previewing in-game action in out-of-game environment, terminal, and storage medium7 Jan 2025US 12,186,659 B2Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Photo captioning game3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257131 A1
- Coin operated entertainment system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0011213 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Player device proximity detection for a location-based game10 Jul 2025US 2025/0222361 A1Niantic, Inc.
- Mixed standard accessory device communication utilizing host-coordinated transmission18 Jul 2024US 2024/0244693 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Location-based games and augmented reality systems21 Mar 2024US 2024/0091633 A1Mullen Industries LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Distributed electronic entertainment method and apparatus1,916US 7,657,910 B1E-Cast, Inc. · 2010
- Video game steering system causing translation, rotation and curvilinear motion on the object512US 5,704,837 ANamco Ltd. · 1998
- Dynamic tournament gaming method and system450US 6,287,202 B1Silicon Gaming, Inc. · 2001
- System and method for providing interactive content for multiple networked users in a shared venue401US 7,938,727 B12011
- Player tracking communication mechanisms in a gaming machine333US 7,112,138 B2Igt · 2006