H04H 20/14
For monitoring programmes
Official title: for monitoring programmes
H04H20/14 (For monitoring programmes) appears on 302 US grants and 232 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04H- Granted patents
- 302
- Published applications
- 232
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
- 412
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 13 |
| 2003 | 5 | 15 |
| 2004 | 3 | 12 |
| 2005 | 4 | 15 |
| 2006 | 8 | 15 |
| 2007 | 1 | 17 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 10 | 17 |
| 2010 | 24 | 17 |
| 2011 | 21 | 8 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8 |
| 2013 | 27 | 11 |
| 2014 | 37 | 8 |
| 2015 | 18 | 12 |
| 2016 | 11 | 5 |
| 2017 | 14 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 11 | 6 |
| 2020 | 9 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for automated extraction of closed captions in real time or near real-time and tagging of streaming data for advertisements25 Aug 2026US 12,720,139 B2Crossbar Media Group, Inc
- Advertising audience monitoring in a content distribution system11 Nov 2025US 12,470,311 B2TELECOM ITALIA S p.A.
- Device, system, and method for scheduled avail tone validation24 Jun 2025US 12,342,021 B2Viacom International Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentations18 Feb 2025US 12,231,720 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- System and method of verifying display of visual information24 Dec 2024US 12,176,999 B2Vojo IP Limited
- Systems, methods, and devices for scanning broadcasts12 Jun 2025US 2025/0193472 A1Stratosaudio, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to detect commercial advertisements associated with media presentations29 May 2025US 2025/0175671 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- System and method of verifying display of visual information24 Apr 2025US 2025/0132849 A1Vojo IP Limited
- Media monitoring using multiple types of signatures24 Apr 2025US 2025/0133264 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Media system validation6 Feb 2025US 2025/0046297 A1Lexmark International, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for providing demographically targeted television commercials998US 5,155,591 AGeneral Instrument Corporation · 1992
- Signal processing apparatus and methods832US 4,694,490 A1987
- Signal processing appparatus and methods797US 5,335,277 AThe Personalized Mass Media Corporation · 1994
- Apparatus and methods for including codes in audio signals and decoding713US 5,450,490 AArbitron Inc. · 1995
- Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding broadcast or recorded segments and monitoring audience exposure thereto674US 5,579,124 AArbitron Inc. · 1996