G06Q 10/4 Business processes related to social networking or social networking services
Introduced: January 2026
Full Title
Administration; Management > Business processes related to social networking or social networking services
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- Subclass:
- INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Additional Content
social networking the interaction between individuals or entities who have common relations or interests social networking service social networking services an ICT system, tool or application that implements social networking and social media SM social media SN social network SNS social networking service business process business processes a business operation or activity performed by entities, e.g. organisations or enterprises, that operate for commercial, financial, industrial or professional purposes
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G06Q 10/42 Determination of affinities or common interests between users
- G06Q 10/44 Identification of trends within social networks, e.g. identification of trending topics
- G06Q 10/46 Determination of level of influence of users within social networking services
- G06Q 10/48 using social graphs
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 66,669
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,313
- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 41,918
- GOOGLE US 32,969
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 30,822
- INTEL CORPORATION US 30,010
- TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 28,235
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 26,079
- APPLE US 21,891
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,505