DISCORD INC. Patent Application Trends in 2024

DISCORD INC. patent applications in 2024

Top 10 Technology Areas

• H04L51/52 (for supporting social networking services)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240106781. REAL-TIME MESSAGE MODERATION simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• G06N20/00 (Machine learning)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240119066. ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP EMBEDDINGS simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• H04L67/131 (Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240198218. UNDEDICATED LOBBY SERVERS simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• H04L51/212 (using filtering or selective blocking)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240106781. REAL-TIME MESSAGE MODERATION simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• H04L51/04 (Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM])
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240106781. REAL-TIME MESSAGE MODERATION simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• G06F16/285 ({Clustering or classification})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240119066. ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP EMBEDDINGS simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• G06F16/9024 ({Graphs; Linked lists ()
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240119066. ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP EMBEDDINGS simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• H04L63/0853 ({using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240187405. THIRD-PARTY AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOLS FOR NATIVE ACCESS CONTROL simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• H04L63/102 ({Entity profiles})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240187405. THIRD-PARTY AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOLS FOR NATIVE ACCESS CONTROL simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• A63F13/352 (involving special game server arrangements, e.g. regional servers connected to a national server or a plurality of servers managing partitions of the game world)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240198218. UNDEDICATED LOBBY SERVERS simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)

Emerging Technology Areas

• A63F2300/552 (for downloading to client devices, e.g. using OS version, hardware or software profile of the client device)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240149172. SERVERLESS NETWORKING PROTOCOL FOR MULTIPLAYER GAMES simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• G06F8/65 (Updates (security arrangements therefor)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240149172. SERVERLESS NETWORKING PROTOCOL FOR MULTIPLAYER GAMES simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• A63F13/35 (CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240149172. SERVERLESS NETWORKING PROTOCOL FOR MULTIPLAYER GAMES simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• A63F13/77 (involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or amount of memory)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240149172. SERVERLESS NETWORKING PROTOCOL FOR MULTIPLAYER GAMES simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• G06F40/30 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240037333. DETECTING ONLINE CONTEXTUAL EVOLUTION OF LINGUISTIC TERMS simplified abstract (Discord Inc.)
• G06F40/279 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240037333. DETECTING ONLINE CONTEXTUAL EVOLUTION OF LINGUISTIC TERMS simplified abstract (Discord Inc.)
• G06Q50/01 ({Social networking})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240056410. MACHINE-LEARNING NOTIFICATION SERVICE simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• G06F9/542 (Interprogram communication)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240056410. MACHINE-LEARNING NOTIFICATION SERVICE simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• H04L51/224 (providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240056410. MACHINE-LEARNING NOTIFICATION SERVICE simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)
• A63F13/537 (using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240207740. GAME DESIGNER TOOL FOR SCRIPTING COMPLEX GAMEPLAY ACTIONS simplified abstract (DISCORD INC.)

Top Inventors

• Mathew Kleppin of Charlotte NC (US) (1 patent)
• Hemagiri Arumugam of Hagerstown MD (US) (1 patent)
• August Karlstedt of Walnut Creek CA (US) (1 patent)
• John Gilbert Avent, JR. of Gulf Shores AL (US) (1 patent)
• Jeffrey Cailteux of San Francisco CA (US) (1 patent)
• Janie Jia Gu of San Francisco CA (US) (1 patent)
• Zachary Zapasnik of Orlando FL (US) (1 patent)
• Michael Coker of Richardson TX (US) (1 patent)
• Mark Lohstroh of Plano TX (US) (1 patent)
• Joseph Houston of Flagstaff AZ (US) (1 patent)

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