H04W 4/021
Services related to particular areas
Official title: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
H04W4/021 (Services related to particular areas) appears on 11,344 US grants and 13,617 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 11,344
- Published applications
- 13,617
- Assignees
- 3,289
- Inventors
- 20,644
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 8 |
| 2002 | 7 | 23 |
| 2003 | 16 | 26 |
| 2004 | 13 | 34 |
| 2005 | 8 | 35 |
| 2006 | 22 | 43 |
| 2007 | 27 | 71 |
| 2008 | 19 | 79 |
| 2009 | 21 | 92 |
| 2010 | 42 | 132 |
| 2011 | 64 | 184 |
| 2012 | 135 | 380 |
| 2013 | 215 | 431 |
| 2014 | 348 | 653 |
| 2015 | 538 | 815 |
| 2016 | 716 | 1138 |
| 2017 | 968 | 1078 |
| 2018 | 947 | 974 |
| 2019 | 1119 | 1145 |
| 2020 | 1206 | 1338 |
| 2021 | 1055 | 1260 |
| 2022 | 1013 | 1067 |
| 2023 | 955 | 862 |
| 2024 | 821 | 702 |
| 2025 | 722 | 647 |
| 2026 | 329 | 400 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Using magnetic-sensor data to correct for INS drift6 Oct 2026US 12,754,020 B2Astra Navigation, Inc.
- Services and applications for a communications network6 Oct 2026US 12,754,327 B2
- Radio wave generation device, address association method, and recording medium6 Oct 2026US 12,757,010 B2NEC Corporation
- Cartop advertisement vehicle-based routing and matching29 Sep 2026US 12,749,094 B2Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Counting device and corresponding method29 Sep 2026US 12,750,635 B2Intersec
- System and method for intermodal facility management8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311076 A1BNSF Railway Company
- Perimeter Subarea Supervisor System (PSSS)8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311582 A1
- Determining user equipment candidates for network slice management service/interactive demand-based network slice management service8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312880 A1T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Ue mbs configuration8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313320 A1Nokia Technologies Oy
- Protecting users from unwanted tracking8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313368 A1Google Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Location dependent user matching system1,117US 6,618,593 B1RovingRadar, Inc. · 2003
- Apparatus and method for supplying content aware photo filters882US 9,225,897 B1Snapchat, Inc. · 2015
- Method and apparatus to connect consumer to expert791US 6,223,165 B1Keen.com, Inc. · 2001
- Location-based messaging703US 9,628,950 B1Investment Asset Holdings LLC · 2017
- Apparatus and method for supplying content aware photo filters657US 9,407,816 B1Snapchat, Inc. · 2016