G06F 16/634
Query by example
Official title: {Query by example, e.g. query by humming}
G06F16/634 (Query by example) appears on 410 US grants and 529 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 410
- Published applications
- 529
- Assignees
- 160
- Inventors
- 787
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 11 |
| 2003 | 4 | 13 |
| 2004 | 5 | 15 |
| 2005 | 6 | 37 |
| 2006 | 16 | 32 |
| 2007 | 17 | 29 |
| 2008 | 16 | 41 |
| 2009 | 20 | 40 |
| 2010 | 26 | 32 |
| 2011 | 23 | 19 |
| 2012 | 26 | 24 |
| 2013 | 22 | 19 |
| 2014 | 17 | 9 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 |
| 2016 | 20 | 11 |
| 2017 | 10 | 9 |
| 2018 | 19 | 17 |
| 2019 | 22 | 27 |
| 2020 | 12 | 19 |
| 2021 | 20 | 22 |
| 2022 | 21 | 23 |
| 2023 | 20 | 19 |
| 2024 | 21 | 20 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Interruption detection and handling by digital assistants25 Aug 2026US 12,718,819 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Systems and methods for identifying a media asset from an ambiguous audio indicator16 Jun 2026US 12,657,239 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Background audio identification for query disambiguation19 May 2026US 12,632,496 B1Google Inc.
- Cover song identification method and system12 May 2026US 12,626,718 B2Gracenote, Inc.
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program27 Jan 2026US 12,536,227 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Audio question answering with grounding1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300386 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Guidance query for cache system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279360 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Cover Song Identification Method and System20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245579 A1Gracenote, Inc.
- Method for spatial mapping and event detection in dynamic environments6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228231 A1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Detecting patient change in a conversation23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211911 A1Oracle International Corporation
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
- System and method of linking items in audio, visual, and printed media to related information stored on an electronic network using a mobile device336US 6,766,363 B1Barpoint.com, Inc. · 2004