G06F 16/78
Retrieval characterised by using metadata
Official title: Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
G06F16/78 (Retrieval characterised by using metadata) appears on 4,505 US grants and 5,474 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 1,404
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2020 | 314 | 344 |
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| 2024 | 313 | 245 |
| 2025 | 254 | 216 |
| 2026 | 126 | 151 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for automatically generating queries and displaying visual representations of query results using graphics processing units29 Sep 2026US 12,748,806 B2Pluto Inc.
- Fine-grained segmentation of content items for tiered cloud archival using machine-learned models22 Sep 2026US 12,743,466 B1Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Method and system for generating podcast metadata to facilitate searching and recommendation8 Sep 2026US 12,730,836 B2Gracenote, Inc.
- Determining video provenance utilizing deep learning8 Sep 2026US 12,732,657 B2Adobe Inc.
- Montaging system1 Sep 2026US 12,724,822 B2Insightful Mechanisms LLC
- Fine-grained segmentation of content items for tiered cloud archival using machine-learned models8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310721 A1Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Distributed video storage and search with edge computing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310722 A1Netradyne, Inc.
- Audio synchronization through large language models and differential equation-based mel spectogram inversion8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310723 A1Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Two level vector embedding indexing in vector databases for scalable semantic search8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310724 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Methods, devices, and systems for video segmentation and annotation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311728 A1Wev Labs, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Terminal for suggesting programs offered on a television program delivery system1,065US 5,798,785 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1998
- Generation, archiving, and retrieval of digital images with evoked suggestion-set captions and natural language interface765US 5,493,677 ASystems Research & Applications Corporation · 1996
- Method and system for recognition of broadcast segments587US 5,436,653 AArbitron Inc. · 1995
- System and method for creating dynamic playlists571US 6,526,411 B12003
- Client-server electronic program guide563US 6,898,762 B2United Video Properties, Inc. · 2005