G06Q 10/40
Business processes related to social networking or social networking services
G06Q10/40 (Business processes related to social networking or social networking services) appears on 14,447 US grants and 22,988 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 14,447
- Published applications
- 22,988
- Assignees
- 4,553
- Inventors
- 33,532
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 0 | 22 |
| 2003 | 1 | 36 |
| 2004 | 5 | 31 |
| 2005 | 7 | 54 |
| 2006 | 6 | 52 |
| 2007 | 24 | 64 |
| 2008 | 15 | 140 |
| 2009 | 25 | 187 |
| 2010 | 75 | 268 |
| 2011 | 115 | 446 |
| 2012 | 195 | 913 |
| 2013 | 362 | 1565 |
| 2014 | 619 | 2198 |
| 2015 | 859 | 2066 |
| 2016 | 1148 | 2079 |
| 2017 | 1221 | 1963 |
| 2018 | 1203 | 1831 |
| 2019 | 1543 | 1715 |
| 2020 | 1577 | 1398 |
| 2021 | 1320 | 1304 |
| 2022 | 1094 | 1159 |
| 2023 | 1064 | 1165 |
| 2024 | 925 | 1088 |
| 2025 | 679 | 786 |
| 2026 | 359 | 454 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of analyzing social influence between internet forums and apparatus for the same6 Oct 2026US 12,755,206 B2Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- System, method, and application for exchanging content in a social network environment6 Oct 2026US 12,755,256 B2Adeia Media Holdings LLC
- Method and system for assessment of environmental and/or social risks6 Oct 2026US 12,755,298 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Facial synthesis in augmented reality content for advertisements6 Oct 2026US 12,756,902 B2Snap Inc.
- Blockchain-based system for storing handle data of online platforms29 Sep 2026US 12,748,815 B2T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Method for providing channel profile and electronic device supporting the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310338 A1Kakao Corp.
- Method, System, and Apparatus For A Content Platform with Classification System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311134 A1Mearth Discovery EMEA
- Platform for connecting employers and candidates8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311137 A1Egtos GmbH
- Content posting8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311143 A1
- System for enhancing user engagement in a dating application through incentivized in-app currency rewards8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311144 A1Prevue Holdings, LLC.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Networked personal contact manager1,124US 6,269,369 B1Amazon.Com Holdings, Inc. · 2001
- Method and system for customizing views of information associated with a social network user1,014US 7,269,590 B2Yahoo! Inc. · 2007
- System, method and apparatus for connecting users in an online computer system based on their relationships within social networks942US 7,069,308 B2Friendster, Inc. · 2006
- Tagging digital media909US 7,945,653 B2Facebook, Inc. · 2011
- Selecting key phrases for serving contextually relevant content868US 8,073,850 B1WordNetworks, Inc. · 2011