G06F 3/162
Interface to dedicated audio devices
Official title: {Interface to dedicated audio devices, e.g. audio drivers, interface to CODECs}
G06F3/162 (Interface to dedicated audio devices) appears on 1,605 US grants and 2,105 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,605
- Published applications
- 2,105
- Assignees
- 608
- Inventors
- 3,476
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 126 | 192 |
| 2025 | 148 | 193 |
| 2026 | 114 | 202 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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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
- Method and device for an internet radio capable of obtaining playlist content from a content server732US 8,050,652 B2Horsham Enterprises, LLC · 2011
- User interfaces for controlling and manipulating groupings in a multi-zone media system670US 8,290,603 B1Sonos, Inc. · 2012
- Shaping sound responsive to speaker orientation476US 9,042,556 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2015