H04H 60/58
Of audio
Official title: of audio {(determination or detection of speech characteristics in general G10L25/00; speech recognition in general G10L15/00)}
H04H60/58 (Of audio) appears on 656 US grants and 735 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04H- Granted patents
- 656
- Published applications
- 735
- Assignees
- 229
- Inventors
- 871
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 2 | 16 |
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| 2007 | 12 | 48 |
| 2008 | 11 | 40 |
| 2009 | 12 | 25 |
| 2010 | 24 | 35 |
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| 2014 | 46 | 58 |
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| 2017 | 58 | 40 |
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| 2022 | 26 | 23 |
| 2023 | 33 | 24 |
| 2024 | 17 | 20 |
| 2025 | 19 | 22 |
| 2026 | 9 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of signaling an audio stream properties descriptor, device for signaling an audio stream properties descriptor, and device for receiving an audio stream properties descriptor25 Aug 2026US 12,718,794 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Methods and apparatus for supplementing partially readable and/or inaccurate codes in media18 Aug 2026US 12,711,969 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Methods and apparatus to credit media based on presentation rate4 Aug 2026US 12,700,935 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Systems and methods for displaying subjects of an audio portion of content and displaying autocomplete suggestions for a search related to a subject of the audio portion23 Jun 2026US 12,664,781 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Methods, apparatus, and machine-readable storage media to monitor a media presentation9 Jun 2026US 12,652,436 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Methods, apparatus, and machine-readable storage media to monitor a media presentation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303906 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Systems and methods for selecting portions of a content item for play and search using representations of subjects depicted in the content item10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268669 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for optimizing station reference fingerprint loading using reference watermarks3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261352 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Media identification using watermarks and signatures27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254547 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Computerized systems and methods for hosting and dynamically generating and providing customized media and media experiences25 Dec 2025US 2025/0390273 A1Super Hi Fi, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Audience measurement system utilizing ancillary codes and passive signatures1,063US 5,481,294 AA. C. Nielsen Company · 1996
- Broadcast program identification method and apparatus928US 4,677,466 AA. C. Nielsen Company · 1987
- Broadcast program identification method and system881US 4,230,990 A1980
- Audio player device for synchronous playback of audio signals with a compatible device745US 7,742,740 B2SyncroNation, Inc. · 2010
- Apparatus and methods for including codes in audio signals and decoding713US 5,450,490 AArbitron Inc. · 1995