H04W 4/02
Services making use of location information
H04W4/02 (Services making use of location information) appears on 44,115 US grants and 54,499 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 44,115
- Published applications
- 54,499
- Assignees
- 9,035
- Inventors
- 67,198
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 61 | 0 |
| 2001 | 54 | 68 |
| 2002 | 75 | 258 |
| 2003 | 89 | 238 |
| 2004 | 102 | 378 |
| 2005 | 96 | 380 |
| 2006 | 236 | 428 |
| 2007 | 264 | 550 |
| 2008 | 211 | 873 |
| 2009 | 262 | 806 |
| 2010 | 376 | 989 |
| 2011 | 586 | 1024 |
| 2012 | 893 | 1503 |
| 2013 | 1197 | 2162 |
| 2014 | 1779 | 2866 |
| 2015 | 2265 | 3532 |
| 2016 | 2854 | 4263 |
| 2017 | 3603 | 4195 |
| 2018 | 3740 | 4034 |
| 2019 | 4139 | 4087 |
| 2020 | 4210 | 4626 |
| 2021 | 3636 | 4249 |
| 2022 | 3441 | 3739 |
| 2023 | 3260 | 3076 |
| 2024 | 2947 | 2497 |
| 2025 | 2437 | 2323 |
| 2026 | 1209 | 1355 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04W 4/029Location-based management or tracking services20,286
- H04W 4/021Services related to particular areas11,344
- H04W 4/023Using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [lbs]9,938
- H04W 4/025Using location based information parameters9,303
- H04W 4/024Guidance services2,825
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic content delivery system1,734US 6,226,618 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2001
- Situation information system1,520US 6,091,956 A2000
- Dynamic page generator1,236US 5,983,227 AYahoo! Inc. · 1999
- Interactive advisory system1,220US 6,980,909 B2WeatherBank, Inc. · 2005
- Method and apparatus for scheduling presentation of digital content on a personal communication device1,212US 6,834,195 B22004