H04L 63/0492
By using a location-limited connection
Official title: {by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities}
H04L63/0492 (By using a location-limited connection) appears on 1,189 US grants and 1,487 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 15 |
| 2003 | 3 | 27 |
| 2004 | 0 | 26 |
| 2005 | 6 | 28 |
| 2006 | 10 | 48 |
| 2007 | 10 | 54 |
| 2008 | 19 | 40 |
| 2009 | 28 | 56 |
| 2010 | 30 | 51 |
| 2011 | 40 | 61 |
| 2012 | 46 | 74 |
| 2013 | 38 | 85 |
| 2014 | 92 | 117 |
| 2015 | 93 | 109 |
| 2016 | 102 | 117 |
| 2017 | 101 | 126 |
| 2018 | 110 | 115 |
| 2019 | 128 | 99 |
| 2020 | 84 | 58 |
| 2021 | 62 | 54 |
| 2022 | 58 | 39 |
| 2023 | 39 | 34 |
| 2024 | 41 | 25 |
| 2025 | 30 | 24 |
| 2026 | 10 | 5 |
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