H04H 60/38
For identifying broadcast time or space
Official title: for identifying broadcast time or space
H04H60/38 (For identifying broadcast time or space) appears on 1,258 US grants and 1,336 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04H- Granted patents
- 1,258
- Published applications
- 1,336
- Assignees
- 466
- Inventors
- 2,116
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 5 |
| 2002 | 14 | 63 |
| 2003 | 16 | 37 |
| 2004 | 9 | 36 |
| 2005 | 15 | 49 |
| 2006 | 25 | 84 |
| 2007 | 19 | 103 |
| 2008 | 19 | 79 |
| 2009 | 50 | 57 |
| 2010 | 69 | 81 |
| 2011 | 72 | 63 |
| 2012 | 67 | 55 |
| 2013 | 68 | 53 |
| 2014 | 82 | 63 |
| 2015 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016 | 51 | 45 |
| 2017 | 42 | 44 |
| 2018 | 53 | 68 |
| 2019 | 49 | 41 |
| 2020 | 72 | 66 |
| 2021 | 73 | 50 |
| 2022 | 51 | 43 |
| 2023 | 35 | 30 |
| 2024 | 25 | 33 |
| 2025 | 26 | 27 |
| 2026 | 15 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method29 Sep 2026US 12,750,174 B2Sony Corporation
- Opportunistic muting of all-digital stations during noisy acquisition22 Sep 2026US 12,744,610 B2iBiquity Digital Corporation
- Substituting streaming station for over-the-air broadcast8 Sep 2026US 12,731,174 B2iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Responding to a tuning request by presenting an alternate media station30 Jun 2026US 12,670,512 B1iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Media data processing method and media data processing apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,652,424 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Augmented audio control1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303243 A1
- Transitioning Of Content24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292298 A1Google Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for optimizing station reference fingerprint loading using reference watermarks3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261352 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Receiver with real-time spectrum analyzer providing station identifiers6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230212 A1Sound Devices LLC
- Selecting options by uttered speech2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186739 A1Saturn Licensing LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Network controller for cable television delivery systems1,167US 5,600,364 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1997
- Audience measurement system utilizing ancillary codes and passive signatures1,063US 5,481,294 AA. C. Nielsen Company · 1996
- Television program delivery system971US 5,559,549 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1996
- Audio message exchange system964US 5,732,216 AInternet Angles, Inc. · 1998
- Targeted advertisement using television delivery systems916US 6,463,585 B1Discovery Communications, Inc. · 2002