A63F 2300/556
Player lists
Official title: Player lists, e.g. online players, buddy list, black list
A63F2300/556 (Player lists) appears on 447 US grants and 525 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63F- Granted patents
- 447
- Published applications
- 525
- Assignees
- 132
- Inventors
- 735
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 12 |
| 2006 | 2 | 13 |
| 2007 | 3 | 14 |
| 2008 | 2 | 14 |
| 2009 | 2 | 21 |
| 2010 | 12 | 24 |
| 2011 | 13 | 31 |
| 2012 | 33 | 81 |
| 2013 | 44 | 69 |
| 2014 | 50 | 42 |
| 2015 | 39 | 39 |
| 2016 | 50 | 28 |
| 2017 | 58 | 28 |
| 2018 | 27 | 13 |
| 2019 | 26 | 19 |
| 2020 | 18 | 15 |
| 2021 | 16 | 17 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7 |
| 2023 | 13 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Information processing apparatus and inputting apparatus for sharing image data8 Sep 2026US 12,728,349 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Tracking and representing video game help sessions28 Jul 2026US 12,691,380 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- System and a method for playing and managing an interactive social game between a plurality of client computers connected to a network5 Aug 2025US 12,377,356 B2JF936 ehf
- Non-transitory computer readable medium, information processing method, game device, and information processing system for party creation20 May 2025US 12,303,785 B2Cygames, Inc.
- Information processing apparatus and inputting apparatus for sharing image data15 Apr 2025US 12,274,938 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Tracking and representing video game help sessions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306949 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Program, information processing system, and information processing method7 May 2026US 2026/0124546 A1Cygames, Inc.
- Tracking and representing video game help sessions12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042009 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Information processing apparatus and inputting apparatus for sharing image data19 Jun 2025US 2025/0195998 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Social networked gaming mercenary19 Jun 2025US 2025/0196012 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Persistent customized social media environment489US 10,039,988 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC · 2018
- Use of online messaging to facilitate selection of participants in game play478US 7,240,093 B1Microsoft Corporation · 2007
- Electronic invitations for an on-line game337US 7,828,661 B1AOL Inc. · 2010
- Changing virtual items based on real-world events300US 8,287,383 B1Zynga Inc. · 2012
- Using a participant list to invite players to an on-line game276US 7,819,749 B1AOL Inc. · 2010