G06F 16/639
Using playlists
Official title: {using playlists}
G06F16/639 (Using playlists) appears on 1,097 US grants and 1,449 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,097
- Published applications
- 1,449
- Assignees
- 324
- Inventors
- 1,702
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 18 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16 |
| 2004 | 4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 12 | 28 |
| 2006 | 14 | 53 |
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| 2008 | 12 | 100 |
| 2009 | 16 | 62 |
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| 2012 | 39 | 70 |
| 2013 | 40 | 68 |
| 2014 | 58 | 80 |
| 2015 | 74 | 93 |
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| 2017 | 69 | 65 |
| 2018 | 69 | 69 |
| 2019 | 97 | 86 |
| 2020 | 78 | 76 |
| 2021 | 77 | 66 |
| 2022 | 60 | 58 |
| 2023 | 63 | 59 |
| 2024 | 59 | 56 |
| 2025 | 50 | 51 |
| 2026 | 24 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Navigating an ordering of digital-content15 Sep 2026US 12,737,418 B1Synergyze Technologies LLC
- Display apparatus, background music providing method thereof and background music providing system11 Aug 2026US 12,705,279 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Generating a playlist based on taste profiles14 Jul 2026US 12,681,980 B2Malibu Entertainment, Inc.
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- Biometric sensor systems and methods for auditory applications10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267913 A1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Systems and methods for interactively displaying user images27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252212 A1
- Method, apparatus, device, storage medium and program product for playlist recommendation27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252624 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Music Playing System Based on a Location and a Solar Term, and its Music Recommendation Method and Player30 Jul 2026US 2026/0220193 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices1,949US 8,234,395 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2012
- Method and device for obtaining playlist content over a network1,821US 8,045,952 B2Horsham Enterprises, LLC · 2011
- System and methods for selecting music on the basis of subjective content1,226US 5,616,876 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1997
- Multimedia content delivery system and method935US 6,248,946 B1iJockey, Inc. · 2001
- Audio program player including a dynamic program selection controller776US 6,199,076 B12001