G06F 16/447
Temporal browsing
Official title: {Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline}
G06F16/447 (Temporal browsing) appears on 330 US grants and 403 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 330
- Published applications
- 403
- Assignees
- 154
- Inventors
- 849
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 9 |
| 2006 | 2 | 13 |
| 2007 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 21 |
| 2009 | 4 | 12 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 16 |
| 2012 | 11 | 17 |
| 2013 | 13 | 19 |
| 2014 | 23 | 42 |
| 2015 | 26 | 21 |
| 2016 | 29 | 37 |
| 2017 | 30 | 18 |
| 2018 | 23 | 30 |
| 2019 | 31 | 25 |
| 2020 | 30 | 21 |
| 2021 | 24 | 20 |
| 2022 | 21 | 18 |
| 2023 | 17 | 14 |
| 2024 | 17 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for generating interactive composite media assets comprising common objects8 Sep 2026US 12,730,838 B2EmergeX, LLC
- User interfaces for managing media libraries9 Jun 2026US 12,650,756 B2Apple Inc.
- Systems and methods for dynamically extending or shortening segments in a playlist9 Jun 2026US 12,652,445 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Method and apparatus for managing digital media content31 Mar 2026US 12,591,353 B2LiTL LLC
- Location-based timeline media content system28 Oct 2025US 12,455,917 B2Snap Inc.
- User interfaces for managing media libraries24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288308 A1Apple Inc.
- Autonomous adaptative multi-modal artificial intelligence media editing systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277990 A1OpenExchange, Inc.
- Methods and systems for generating interactive composite media assets comprising common objects17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277991 A1EmergeX, LLC
- System and method for documenting recorded events23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212889 A1Advisor360 LLC
- Media browsing user interface with intelligently selected representative media items15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016930 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for generating a smart time-lapse video clip290US 9,170,707 B1Google Inc. · 2015
- Interactive content guide for television programming212US 7,139,983 B2Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. · 2006
- System and method for linking an audio stream with accompanying text material185US 6,636,238 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2003
- Media content creating and publishing system and process162US 6,976,028 B2Sony Corporation · 2005
- Method and system for indexing and searching timed media information based upon relevance intervals132US 7,490,092 B2Streamsage, Inc. · 2009