G06F 16/487
Using geographical or spatial information
Official title: using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
G06F16/487 (Using geographical or spatial information) appears on 791 US grants and 911 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Dynamic acoustic signature system with sensor fusion for illegal logging in rainforest8 Sep 2026US 12,730,837 B2Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
- Methods and systems for generating interactive composite media assets comprising common objects8 Sep 2026US 12,730,838 B2EmergeX, LLC
- Systems and methods for customizing delivery of advertisements25 Aug 2026US 12,720,169 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
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- Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing three-dimensional (3D) map14 Jul 2026US 12,681,960 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Audio-augmented image search for sub-location identification24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288865 A1Snap Inc.
- Methods and systems for generating interactive composite media assets comprising common objects17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277991 A1EmergeX, LLC
- Method and system for multi-modal event recreation17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281517 A1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Content and icon representation via dual icon types in a map interface10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267463 A1Snap Inc.
- Location-based media content aggregation and map-based access10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267466 A1Snap Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- User interface for accessing media at a geographic location428US 9,015,285 B1Snapchat, Inc. · 2015
- User interface for accessing media at a geographic location425US 9,143,681 B1Snapchat, Inc. · 2015
- Methods and system for use in network management of content350US 7,689,510 B2Sonic Solutions · 2010
- Storing and recalling information to augment human memories297US 6,513,046 B1Tangis Corporation · 2003
- Storing and recalling information to augment human memories296US 6,549,915 B2Tangis Corporation · 2003