G06F 16/632
Query formulation
G06F16/632 (Query formulation) appears on 700 US grants and 888 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 700
- Published applications
- 888
- Assignees
- 279
- Inventors
- 1,432
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 14 |
| 2003 | 4 | 14 |
| 2004 | 6 | 18 |
| 2005 | 9 | 37 |
| 2006 | 16 | 36 |
| 2007 | 19 | 37 |
| 2008 | 18 | 47 |
| 2009 | 24 | 49 |
| 2010 | 28 | 35 |
| 2011 | 26 | 25 |
| 2012 | 29 | 30 |
| 2013 | 29 | 38 |
| 2014 | 30 | 28 |
| 2015 | 35 | 42 |
| 2016 | 38 | 35 |
| 2017 | 27 | 27 |
| 2018 | 38 | 34 |
| 2019 | 41 | 52 |
| 2020 | 39 | 37 |
| 2021 | 46 | 53 |
| 2022 | 42 | 37 |
| 2023 | 43 | 41 |
| 2024 | 44 | 48 |
| 2025 | 34 | 38 |
| 2026 | 26 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and system for understanding and fulfilling verb-based succinct queries15 Sep 2026US 12,737,416 B2Google Inc.
- Watermarking of AI-generated derivative works8 Sep 2026US 12,730,862 B2Music IP Holdings (MIH), Inc.
- Artificial intelligence device for a digital avatar with 3D interaction capabilities and control method thereof1 Sep 2026US 12,725,338 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Interruption detection and handling by digital assistants25 Aug 2026US 12,718,819 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Natural language-guided music audio recommendation for video using machine learning11 Aug 2026US 12,705,275 B2Adobe Inc.
- Audio question answering with grounding1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300386 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Watermarking of generative audio works1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300445 A1Music IP Holdings, Inc.
- Guidance query for cache system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279360 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Approval and controlled distribution of ai-generated content10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267942 A1Music IP Holdings, Inc.
- Artificial intelligence system for detecting musical infringement through similarity analysis3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259927 A1Sound Patrol Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and methods for selecting music on the basis of subjective content1,226US 5,616,876 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1997
- Method and article of manufacture for content-based analysis, storage, retrieval, and segmentation of audio information904US 5,918,223 AMuscle Fish · 1999
- System and methods for recognizing sound and music signals in high noise and distortion669US 6,990,453 B2Landmark Digital Services LLC · 2006
- Method and apparatus for identifying media content presented on a media playing device536US 6,834,308 B1Audible Magic Corporation · 2004
- Music identification system406US 6,941,275 B12005