Granted U.S. PatentUS 12,528,021 B2

Patent Position Mapping

13Patent Position Mapping

Strategic Patent Relevance to iRacing

Why the Granted Patent Position May Be Relevant to iRacing's Current and Future Motorsport Technology. This section follows completion of the detailed claim analysis across all 18 issued claims and translates it into a carefully qualified strategic IP proposition for general counsel, IP counsel, external patent counsel, technology and product leadership, corporate development and senior management. It is an invitation to review, not an infringement assertion.

Granted U.S. Patent —US 12,528,021 B2

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Opening strategic proposition

Relevance to iRacing's Technology Evolution

Claim mapping outcome

The detailed claim mapping identifies substantial public correspondence between iRacing's existing virtual-racing infrastructure and numerous individual limitations and dependent-claim features of U.S. Patent No. 12,528,021 B2.

Principal unresolved element

The principal unresolved element is the specific physical-event-data-to-event-participant bridge contained within the independent claims.

Why that matters strategically

That distinction is strategically important because iRacing is increasingly integrating real-world motorsport, professional telemetry, official racing licences and virtual racing into a broader physical-to-digital motorsport ecosystem.

SourceUS 12,528,021 B2 — issued claims

The patent position

Granted patent territory

Real-world racing event

Event data

Physical participant movement

Corresponding virtual participants

Interactive virtual racing environment

Remote user participation

Granted U.S. Patent

US 12,528,021 B2

The patent defines a particular technical bridge between a physical racing event and an interactive virtual racing experience.

iRacing today — publicly disclosed

iRacing's current position

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Real-world motorsport partners

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  • NASCAR
  • INDYCAR
  • FIA-related relationships
  • Manufacturers
  • Tracks
  • Teams
  • Cosworth

iRacing — Partners

Real-world data / assets

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  • Physical circuits
  • Vehicle data
  • Engineering data
  • Professional telemetry tools

iRacing — Track Technology

iRacing technology

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  • 3D tracks
  • Simulation physics
  • Virtual vehicles
  • Telemetry
  • Dynamic Track
  • Weather
  • User controls
  • Networked competition

iRacing — Simulation

iRacing products

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  • Core iRacing
  • Ghost Racing
  • NASCAR 26
  • INDYCAR Racing The Game
  • Other iRacing Studios titles

iRacing Studios

Current iRacing materials describe more than 180 racecars and a large library of real-world track recreations, while its vehicles are built using laser scans and data from teams that race them in the real world.

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The strategic intersection

Where the two positions intersect

Granted patent

  • Real event
  • Event data
  • Physical participants
  • Virtual reconstruction
  • User participation

Strategic intersection

Physical-to-virtual motorsport

iRacing

  • Real motorsport
  • Physical circuit replication
  • Virtual racing
  • Telemetry
  • Ghost Racing
  • Official series partnerships

Commercial relevance

The commercial relevance lies not in the fact that iRacing operates a racing simulator, but in the extent to which its technology is increasingly positioned at the boundary between real-world motorsport and interactive virtual racing.

Patent asset

Granted U.S. Patent No. 12,528,021 B2

A granted U.S. patent position directed to the technical bridge between physical racing-event data and interactive virtual participation.

iRacing's existing virtual capability

Real-world motorsport access

Data / telemetry evolution

Granted patent position

Potential strategic IP opportunity

Strategic review conclusion

Commercial conclusion

iRacing is a credible strategic review target for U.S. Patent No. 12,528,021 B2 because its publicly disclosed technology and commercial direction place it at the intersection of real-world motorsport, advanced simulation, telemetry, virtual competition and official racing-platform development.

The public claim mapping does not presently establish complete correspondence with the independent claims.

However, iRacing already possesses many of the surrounding technical capabilities and dependent-claim features, while its partnerships with Cosworth, NASCAR and INDYCAR demonstrate continued movement toward deeper integration between physical motorsport and virtual racing.

Accordingly, the patent warrants consideration not merely as a potential claim-mapping issue, but as a potentially relevant strategic IP asset for the continued evolution of iRacing's technology ecosystem.

The commercial question

Does U.S. Patent No. 12,528,021 B2 represent a strategically relevant intellectual-property position for the next stage of iRacing's convergence between physical motorsport and interactive virtual racing?

The preceding claim mapping provides the technical basis for that discussion.

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Evidence Repository, Legal Qualifications & Review Pathway

Sources, evidentiary provenance, prosecution / prior-art context and commercial review framework.

  • Consolidate every evidence source
  • Identify evidence provenance
  • Distinguish current and historical sources
  • Provide direct public links
  • Identify patent and prosecution records
  • State the legal limitations of the review
  • Identify unresolved prior-art issues
  • Include Formula E / Virtually Live only as qualified historical context
  • Provide a clean pathway for confidential follow-up