H04H 60/44
For identifying broadcast stations
Official title: for identifying broadcast stations
H04H60/44 (For identifying broadcast stations) appears on 205 US grants and 227 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04H- Granted patents
- 205
- Published applications
- 227
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 384
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 10 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 16 |
| 2007 | 4 | 21 |
| 2008 | 4 | 12 |
| 2009 | 7 | 6 |
| 2010 | 9 | 16 |
| 2011 | 16 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 | 7 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 |
| 2014 | 12 | 12 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 |
| 2016 | 12 | 13 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 3 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 |
| 2023 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 |
| 2026 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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.
- Projection mode for vehicle receiver sources12 May 2026US 12,627,389 B2Panasonic Automotive Systems America, LLC.
- Selecting options by uttered speech20 Jan 2026US 12,530,168 B2Saturn Licensing LLC
- Radio head unit with dynamically updated tunable channel listing28 Oct 2025US 12,457,051 B2Gracenote, Inc.
- 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.
- Generation of Media Station Previews Using a Secondary Tuner22 May 2025US 2025/0164982 A1Gracenote, Inc.
- Methods and systems to meter media content presented on a wireless communication device27 Mar 2025US 2025/0106451 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Broadcast information classification system and method549US 4,843,562 ABroadcast Data Systems Limited Partnership · 1989
- Apparatus and methods for accessing information relating to radio and television programs493US 5,703,795 A1997
- Method and apparatus for automatically identifying a program including a sound signal469US 5,581,800 AArbitron Inc. · 1996