H04H 60/41
For identifying broadcast space, i.e. broadcast channels, broadcast stations or broadcast areas
Official title: for identifying broadcast space, i.e. broadcast channels, broadcast stations or broadcast areas
H04H60/41 (For identifying broadcast space, i.e. broadcast channels, broadcast stations or broadcast areas) appears on 842 US grants and 849 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04H- Granted patents
- 842
- Published applications
- 849
- Assignees
- 339
- Inventors
- 1,438
- Latest grant
- 22 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 33 |
| 2003 | 11 | 21 |
| 2004 | 5 | 24 |
| 2005 | 10 | 30 |
| 2006 | 14 | 59 |
| 2007 | 15 | 71 |
| 2008 | 12 | 59 |
| 2009 | 42 | 37 |
| 2010 | 51 | 59 |
| 2011 | 58 | 51 |
| 2012 | 43 | 38 |
| 2013 | 51 | 35 |
| 2014 | 61 | 37 |
| 2015 | 44 | 39 |
| 2016 | 34 | 27 |
| 2017 | 29 | 29 |
| 2018 | 35 | 40 |
| 2019 | 29 | 21 |
| 2020 | 43 | 31 |
| 2021 | 40 | 30 |
| 2022 | 27 | 24 |
| 2023 | 16 | 20 |
| 2024 | 15 | 18 |
| 2025 | 17 | 10 |
| 2026 | 9 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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.
- Methods, devices, and systems for distributing content in community of over-the-air broadcast content receivers12 May 2026US 12,627,388 B2DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited
- Projection mode for vehicle receiver sources12 May 2026US 12,627,389 B2Panasonic Automotive Systems America, LLC.
- Augmented audio control1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303243 A1
- 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
- Radio Head Unit with Dynamically Updated Tunable Channel Listing5 Feb 2026US 2026/0039406 A1Gracenote, Inc.
- Information processing device, television receiver, and information processing method13 Nov 2025US 2025/0350701 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Network controller for cable television delivery systems1,167US 5,600,364 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1997
- Targeted advertisement using television delivery systems916US 6,463,585 B1Discovery Communications, Inc. · 2002
- 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