G06Q 20/384
Using social networks
Official title: {using social networks}
G06Q20/384 (Using social networks) appears on 1,061 US grants and 1,964 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06Q- Granted patents
- 1,061
- Published applications
- 1,964
- Assignees
- 427
- Inventors
- 2,132
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 12 |
| 2009 | 1 | 23 |
| 2010 | 3 | 26 |
| 2011 | 7 | 73 |
| 2012 | 21 | 114 |
| 2013 | 34 | 144 |
| 2014 | 50 | 220 |
| 2015 | 44 | 181 |
| 2016 | 73 | 213 |
| 2017 | 72 | 121 |
| 2018 | 84 | 76 |
| 2019 | 108 | 144 |
| 2020 | 106 | 181 |
| 2021 | 87 | 97 |
| 2022 | 107 | 88 |
| 2023 | 104 | 80 |
| 2024 | 80 | 76 |
| 2025 | 50 | 53 |
| 2026 | 29 | 32 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for identifying and correlating an advertised object from a media asset with a demanded object from a group of interconnected computing devices embedded in a living environment of a user25 Aug 2026US 12,720,163 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Efficient and secure communication using wireless service identifiers11 Aug 2026US 12,705,642 B2Secure Communication Technologies, LLC
- Efficient and secure communication using wireless service identifiers11 Aug 2026US 12,705,643 B2Secure Communication Technologies, LLC
- Method and apparatus for improving security of a computer network utilizing simple mail transfer protocol (smtp)27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253083 A1Swoop IP Holdings LLC
- Federated identifiers for cross-platform interoperability20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245092 A1Block, Inc.
- Systems, Methods, and Devices to Determine Claim Event Data23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211869 A1Circlesx LLC
- Myriad of payment methods with alternate payment controls23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212326 A1Swoop IP Holdings LLC
- Web location implementing payment proxy23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212333 A1Block, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Virtual wallet card selection apparatuses, methods and systems676US 8,577,803 B2Visa International Service Association · 2013
- Methods and systems employing time and/or location data for use in transactions488US 8,880,426 B2Honeywell International Inc. · 2014
- Visual identification information used as confirmation in a wireless communication365US 8,090,616 B22012
- Automatic communication of damage and health in detected vehicle incidents270US 9,317,983 B2AutoConnect Holdings LLC · 2016
- Systems and methods to determine the name of a location visited by a user of a wireless device269US 8,229,458 B2Enhanced Geographic LLC · 2012