G06F 16/444
Spatial browsing
Official title: {Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces}
G06F16/444 (Spatial browsing) appears on 557 US grants and 648 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 557
- Published applications
- 648
- Assignees
- 226
- Inventors
- 989
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 10 |
| 2008 | 1 | 11 |
| 2009 | 4 | 16 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13 |
| 2011 | 7 | 26 |
| 2012 | 14 | 32 |
| 2013 | 24 | 32 |
| 2014 | 27 | 52 |
| 2015 | 44 | 57 |
| 2016 | 55 | 74 |
| 2017 | 53 | 83 |
| 2018 | 59 | 52 |
| 2019 | 61 | 41 |
| 2020 | 43 | 28 |
| 2021 | 32 | 25 |
| 2022 | 34 | 30 |
| 2023 | 33 | 19 |
| 2024 | 21 | 14 |
| 2025 | 19 | 13 |
| 2026 | 9 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for predictive visualization in an industrial application25 Aug 2026US 12,717,317 B2Datifex Inc.
- Generating augmented reality prerenderings using template images25 Aug 2026US 12,717,837 B2Google Inc.
- Context-aware voice guidance7 Jul 2026US 12,677,096 B2Apple Inc.
- Systems and methods for provisioning embedded Internet of Things Universal IDs (IoT UIDs) in Greenfield devices9 Jun 2026US 12,651,268 B2Somos, Inc.
- Systems and methods for provisioning embedded internet of things universal IDS (IoT UIDs) in brownfield devices14 Apr 2026US 12,602,697 B2Somos, Inc.
- Systems and methods for an internet of things device registry2 Jul 2026US 2026/0187654 A1
- Geospatial data analytics and visualization platform25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178619 A1Foursquare Labs, Inc.
- Anomaly detection based on ensemble machine learning model18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170419 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Anomaly detection based on ensemble machine learning model12 Mar 2026US 2026/0073310 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Multiple shared views for collaboration between devices19 Feb 2026US 2026/0050355 A1Raytheon Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Network security threat detection by user/user-entity behavioral analysis997US 9,516,053 B1Splunk Inc. · 2016
- Displaying layers of search results on a map489US 8,489,641 B1Google Inc. · 2013
- System and method for proactive content delivery by situation location363US 6,456,234 B12002
- Three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing method and system, an information recording medium and method, an information transmission medium and method, an information processing method, a client terminal, and a shared server terminal301US 5,956,038 ASony Corporation · 1999
- System and method for proactive content delivery by situation location296US 6,731,238 B22004