H04H 60/72
Using electronic programme guides [epg]
Official title: using electronic programme guides [EPG] (focusing on identifying broadcast space time H04H60/39 {; menu type display of EPG in television receivers H04N21/47})
H04H60/72 (Using electronic programme guides [epg]) appears on 438 US grants and 586 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04H- Granted patents
- 438
- Published applications
- 586
- Assignees
- 179
- Inventors
- 942
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Display apparatus and method6 Oct 2026US 12,756,890 B2Vidaa (Netherlands) International Holdings B.V.
- System and method for streaming content identification18 Aug 2026US 12,712,653 B2ACK Ventures Holdings, LLC
- Broadcast receiving apparatus and portable information terminal2 Jun 2026US 12,647,652 B2Maxell, Ltd.
- Broadcast receiving apparatus and display control method31 Mar 2026US 12,593,095 B2Maxell, Ltd.
- Broadcast receiver and broadcast receiving system13 Jan 2026US 12,526,466 B2Maxell, Ltd.
- Broadcast receiving apparatus and portable information terminal8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313200 A1Maxell, Ltd.
- Broadcast receiving apparatus and display control method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189745 A1Maxell, Ltd.
- Apparatus and Method for Coding, Transport and Signaling of Logos and Icons in Television and Radio Broadcasts16 Apr 2026US 2026/0107034 A1Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
- Broadcast receiver and broadcast receiving system9 Apr 2026US 2026/0101079 A1Maxell, Ltd.
- Broadcast receiver and broadcast receiving system16 Oct 2025US 2025/0324125 A1Maxell, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Television program delivery system971US 5,559,549 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for creating a television viewer profile711US 5,801,747 AHyundai Electronics America · 1998
- Advanced set top terminal for cable television delivery systems699US 5,990,927 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1999
- Set top terminal for cable television delivery systems688US 5,734,853 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1998
- Client-server electronic program guide563US 6,898,762 B2United Video Properties, Inc. · 2005