G06F 16/687
Using geographical or spatial information
Official title: using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
G06F16/687 (Using geographical or spatial information) appears on 177 US grants and 237 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 177
- Published applications
- 237
- Assignees
- 108
- Inventors
- 369
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 9 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 |
| 2014 | 14 | 16 |
| 2015 | 7 | 11 |
| 2016 | 12 | 16 |
| 2017 | 11 | 12 |
| 2018 | 8 | 10 |
| 2019 | 15 | 17 |
| 2020 | 14 | 19 |
| 2021 | 10 | 22 |
| 2022 | 17 | 20 |
| 2023 | 18 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for audio guide11 Aug 2026US 12,705,994 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Method, device and system of a voice responsive device based participative public engagement computing platform4 Aug 2026US 12,700,406 B2
- Method, device and system of contextual and user location based operational execution via a generative artificial intelligence (AI) computing platform in response to user interaction therewith28 Jul 2026US 12,694,875 B2
- Managing access to digital assets30 Dec 2025US 12,508,511 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Systems and methods for leveraging metadata for cross product playlist addition via voice control24 Jun 2025US 12,339,900 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Music Playing System Based on a Location and a Solar Term, and its Music Recommendation Method and Player30 Jul 2026US 2026/0220193 A1
- Computer-implemented method of song recommendation, electronic device and computer-readable storage medium16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203348 A1Linkplay Technology Inc. Nanjing
- System and method for audio guide8 Jan 2026US 2026/0011256 A1Universal City Studios LLC
- Systems and methods for leveraging metadata for cross product playlist addition via voice control30 Oct 2025US 2025/0335500 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Geo-Visual Search23 Oct 2025US 2025/0328581 A1EarthDaily Analytics USA, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Connected audio and other media objects859US 6,505,160 B1Digimarc Corporation · 2003
- Contextual mobile content placement on a mobile communication facility494US 7,548,915 B22009
- Controlling distributed audio outputs to enable voice output202US 9,898,250 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2018
- Connected audio and other media objects201US 7,349,552 B2Digimarc Corporation · 2008
- Methods and systems for utilizing contextual feedback to generate and modify playlists155US 7,962,482 B2Pandora Media, Inc. · 2011