G06F 16/686
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G06F16/686 (Using information manually generated) appears on 755 US grants and 965 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 755
- Published applications
- 965
- Assignees
- 318
- Inventors
- 1,481
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 26 |
| 2008 | 1 | 34 |
| 2009 | 3 | 16 |
| 2010 | 13 | 25 |
| 2011 | 16 | 20 |
| 2012 | 19 | 28 |
| 2013 | 24 | 30 |
| 2014 | 38 | 45 |
| 2015 | 38 | 64 |
| 2016 | 57 | 71 |
| 2017 | 55 | 68 |
| 2018 | 37 | 42 |
| 2019 | 48 | 60 |
| 2020 | 61 | 68 |
| 2021 | 62 | 87 |
| 2022 | 60 | 57 |
| 2023 | 71 | 64 |
| 2024 | 61 | 56 |
| 2025 | 49 | 42 |
| 2026 | 30 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Natural language-guided music audio recommendation for video using machine learning11 Aug 2026US 12,705,275 B2Adobe Inc.
- Sound search using caption embeddings11 Aug 2026US 12,705,280 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Method and systems for providing personalized supplemental audio streams28 Jul 2026US 12,694,054 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Supplemental content output21 Jul 2026US 12,688,855 B2Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Audio question answering with grounding1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300386 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Publish and subscribe call center architecture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303701 A1Intrado Life & Safety, Inc.
- Audiovisual content curation system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288861 A1Gracenote, Inc.
- Vault-Based Lottery System for Exclusive Content Distribution Network24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289601 A1JSS Alliance LLC Dba Music Exclusive
- Hearing aid or hearing aid system comprising a sound source localization estimator24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292409 A1Oticon A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and device for obtaining playlist content over a network1,821US 8,045,952 B2Horsham Enterprises, LLC · 2011
- Network apparatus and method for preview of music products and compilation of market data981US 5,963,916 AIntouch Group, Inc. · 1999
- Method and device for an internet radio capable of obtaining playlist content from a content server732US 8,050,652 B2Horsham Enterprises, LLC · 2011
- System and method for creating dynamic playlists571US 6,526,411 B12003
- Blocking of unlicensed audio content in video files on a video hosting website349US 7,707,224 B2Google Inc. · 2010