G06F 2221/2111
Location-sensitive
Official title: Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
G06F2221/2111 (Location-sensitive) appears on 3,281 US grants and 3,914 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 3,281
- Published applications
- 3,914
- Assignees
- 1,166
- Inventors
- 6,584
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 7 |
| 2002 | 6 | 36 |
| 2003 | 9 | 29 |
| 2004 | 9 | 26 |
| 2005 | 14 | 54 |
| 2006 | 21 | 53 |
| 2007 | 16 | 76 |
| 2008 | 20 | 73 |
| 2009 | 34 | 71 |
| 2010 | 44 | 94 |
| 2011 | 43 | 107 |
| 2012 | 73 | 116 |
| 2013 | 96 | 165 |
| 2014 | 172 | 244 |
| 2015 | 202 | 255 |
| 2016 | 223 | 310 |
| 2017 | 228 | 267 |
| 2018 | 232 | 276 |
| 2019 | 284 | 265 |
| 2020 | 277 | 294 |
| 2021 | 268 | 299 |
| 2022 | 237 | 259 |
| 2023 | 227 | 171 |
| 2024 | 221 | 190 |
| 2025 | 168 | 105 |
| 2026 | 95 | 72 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Self-defending computing device6 Oct 2026US 12,755,009 B2Bank of America Corporation
- System and method for preventing recorded voice access to an information handling system using a contextual engine6 Oct 2026US 12,755,063 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Method for managing authority to enter for a power supply vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,748,826 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Disposable browsers and authentication techniques for a secure online user environment29 Sep 2026US 12,750,353 B2Authentic8, Inc.
- Multifactor identity authentication via cumulative dynamic contextual identity8 Sep 2026US 12,730,877 B2Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Systems and methods for automated login1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300453 A1Netflix, Inc.
- Location interaction tracking system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292447 A1
- System and method for artificial intelligence governance platform for responsible artificial intelligence17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278136 A1Privasapien Technologies Private Limited
- Acknowledgment authentication system and method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267953 A1LAD Verification Services, LLC
- Systems and methods for suspicious login intercept using authentication confidence score on a trusted login27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252669 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods for surveying dissemination of proprietary empirical data1,132US 5,862,260 ADigimarc Corporation · 1999
- Messaging system apparatuses circuits and methods of operation thereof1,083US 9,443,227 B2TigerText, Inc. · 2016
- Messaging system apparatuses circuits and methods of operation thereof1,080US 9,489,661 B2TigerText, Inc. · 2016
- Method and apparatus for providing location-based information via a computer network718US 6,677,894 B2SnapTrack, Inc. · 2004
- Client-server based remote locator device710US 6,131,067 ASnapTrack, Inc. · 2000