H04H 60/21
Billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information
H04H60/21 (Billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information) appears on 280 US grants and 207 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04H- Granted patents
- 280
- Published applications
- 207
- Assignees
- 98
- Inventors
- 319
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 16 |
| 2003 | 7 | 10 |
| 2004 | 5 | 13 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13 |
| 2006 | 9 | 18 |
| 2007 | 4 | 27 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6 | 12 |
| 2010 | 27 | 14 |
| 2011 | 28 | 4 |
| 2012 | 22 | 7 |
| 2013 | 30 | 12 |
| 2014 | 27 | 9 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Broadcast receiving apparatus and portable information terminal2 Jun 2026US 12,647,652 B2Maxell, Ltd.
- Cooperation between cloud-based application and media automation system for content delivery27 May 2025US 12,314,228 B2iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to improve media monitoring by adjusting for co-viewing11 Mar 2025US 12,250,065 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- System and method to manage streaming video content16 Jan 2024US 11,876,604 B2
- Broadcast receiving apparatus and portable information terminal11 Apr 2023US 11,627,376 B2Maxell, Ltd.
- Broadcast receiving apparatus and portable information terminal8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313200 A1Maxell, Ltd.
- Centralized platform for content aggregation and subscription management11 Dec 2025US 2025/0379675 A1DISH Network L.L.C.
- Broadcast receiving apparatus and portable information terminal27 Jun 2024US 2024/0214636 A1Maxell, Ltd.
- Broadcast receiving apparatus and portable information terminal13 Jul 2023US 2023/0224543 A1Maxell, Ltd.
- Broadcast receiving apparatus and portable information terminal24 Nov 2022US 2022/0377420 A1Maxell, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-room entertainment system with in-room media player/dispenser1,755US 6,256,554 B12001
- Television program delivery system971US 5,559,549 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1996
- Signal processing appparatus and methods797US 5,335,277 AThe Personalized Mass Media Corporation · 1994
- Advanced set top terminal for cable television delivery systems699US 5,990,927 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1999
- Set top terminal for cable television delivery systems688US 5,734,853 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1998