Patent Theme
Location-Aware Mobile Services
Mobile applications and systems leveraging wireless communication and location data (e.g., GPS, RFID, geo-fencing) to provide context-specific services, transactions, or user interactions.
6,951 US filings from 1,293 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,956 · 2024: 2,174 · 2025: 2,062 · 2026 YTD: 759
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Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 421 | 96 | 135 | 135 | 55 | 0.0% |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 336 | 95 | 95 | 103 | 43 | +8.4% |
| 3 | Apple Inc. | 265 | 77 | 84 | 75 | 29 | -10.7% |
| 4 | T-Mobile USA, Inc. | 152 | 47 | 41 | 46 | 18 | +12.2% |
| 5 | GOOGLE LLC | 145 | 39 | 56 | 36 | 14 | -35.7% |
| 6 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | 132 | 47 | 30 | 43 | 12 | +43.3% |
| 7 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 120 | 28 | 38 | 39 | 15 | +2.6% |
| 8 | Snap Inc. | 117 | 37 | 37 | 32 | 11 | -13.5% |
| 9 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | 116 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 19 | +9.7% |
| 10 | Nokia Technologies Oy | 100 | 22 | 31 | 32 | 15 | +3.2% |
| 11 | Capital One Services, LLC | 92 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 7 | -13.3% |
| 12 | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC | 89 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 19 | +90.0% |
| 13 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 87 | 20 | 27 | 29 | 11 | +7.4% |
| 14 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | 78 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 3 | -27.6% |
| 15 | HERE GLOBAL B.V. | 72 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 6 | -14.3% |
| 16 | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | 67 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 6 | +25.0% |
| 17 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 60 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 2 | -13.0% |
| 18 | DISH Wireless L.L.C. | 58 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 7 | +153.8% |
| 19 | International Business Machines Corporation | 58 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 3 | -26.3% |
| 20 | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 57 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 7 | +60.0% |
| 21 | PAYPAL, INC. | 49 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 6 | -50.0% |
| 22 | Lyft, Inc. | 46 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 6 | -11.8% |
| 23 | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 43 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 4 | +16.7% |
| 24 | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | 41 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0.0% |
| 25 | GeoFrenzy, Inc. | 39 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 5 | -30.8% |