H04H 60/45
For identifying users
Official title: for identifying users
H04H60/45 (For identifying users) appears on 478 US grants and 575 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04H- Granted patents
- 478
- Published applications
- 575
- Assignees
- 195
- Inventors
- 823
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 5 |
| 2002 | 4 | 17 |
| 2003 | 0 | 14 |
| 2004 | 2 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17 |
| 2006 | 4 | 14 |
| 2007 | 2 | 34 |
| 2008 | 7 | 32 |
| 2009 | 10 | 25 |
| 2010 | 15 | 21 |
| 2011 | 17 | 31 |
| 2012 | 24 | 39 |
| 2013 | 27 | 27 |
| 2014 | 35 | 35 |
| 2015 | 40 | 30 |
| 2016 | 30 | 22 |
| 2017 | 24 | 25 |
| 2018 | 27 | 26 |
| 2019 | 23 | 25 |
| 2020 | 24 | 25 |
| 2021 | 22 | 25 |
| 2022 | 21 | 26 |
| 2023 | 24 | 21 |
| 2024 | 17 | 10 |
| 2025 | 16 | 14 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and apparatus to credit media based on presentation rate4 Aug 2026US 12,700,935 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Methods and apparatus to determine a conditional probability based on audience member probability distributions for media audience measurement14 Jul 2026US 12,682,263 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Transitioning of content26 May 2026US 12,641,311 B2Google Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to classify all other tuning data5 May 2026US 12,621,523 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Methods and apparatus to detect people10 Feb 2026US 12,549,811 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Methods and apparatus to determine a conditional probability based on audience member probability distributions for media audience measurement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311010 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Transitioning Of Content24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292298 A1Google Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to classify all other tuning data20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247002 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Audio watermarking for people monitoring23 Apr 2026US 2026/0112377 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Systems and methods for identifying users based on voice data and media consumption data29 Jan 2026US 2026/0031091 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Audience measurement system utilizing ancillary codes and passive signatures1,063US 5,481,294 AA. C. Nielsen Company · 1996
- Method and apparatus for providing demographically targeted television commercials998US 5,155,591 AGeneral Instrument Corporation · 1992
- System and method for playing games and rewarding successful players816US 5,697,844 AResponse Reward Systems L.C. · 1997
- Central and remote evaluation of responses of participatory broadcast audience with automatic crediting and couponing763US 5,759,101 AResponse Reward Systems L.C. · 1998
- Apparatus and methods for including codes in audio signals and decoding713US 5,450,490 AArbitron Inc. · 1995