H04L 12/2812
Describing content present in a home automation network
Official title: {describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content (retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95)}
H04L12/2812 (Describing content present in a home automation network) appears on 588 US grants and 799 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 588
- Published applications
- 799
- Assignees
- 242
- Inventors
- 1,196
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 7 |
| 2002 | 2 | 13 |
| 2003 | 2 | 16 |
| 2004 | 0 | 30 |
| 2005 | 3 | 24 |
| 2006 | 4 | 35 |
| 2007 | 11 | 48 |
| 2008 | 11 | 39 |
| 2009 | 13 | 57 |
| 2010 | 19 | 78 |
| 2011 | 32 | 36 |
| 2012 | 42 | 41 |
| 2013 | 36 | 39 |
| 2014 | 51 | 46 |
| 2015 | 36 | 33 |
| 2016 | 41 | 23 |
| 2017 | 28 | 19 |
| 2018 | 31 | 41 |
| 2019 | 30 | 34 |
| 2020 | 39 | 45 |
| 2021 | 47 | 28 |
| 2022 | 39 | 21 |
| 2023 | 28 | 15 |
| 2024 | 16 | 17 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8 |
| 2026 | 8 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Social playback queues28 Apr 2026US 12,613,614 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for establishing connection, storage medium and server17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280925 A1Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- Playback Transfer in a Media Playback System10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267593 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Data acquisition system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203244 A1Sick AG
- Multi-Network Playback Devices9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197197 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Distributed system of home device controllers18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172305 A1Brilliant NextGen Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and device for obtaining playlist content over a network1,821US 8,045,952 B2Horsham Enterprises, LLC · 2011
- Methods and apparatuses for sharing media content, libraries and playlists756US 7,483,958 B1Microsoft Corporation · 2009
- Graphical user interface for interactive television with an animated agent733US 5,524,195 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 1996
- Method and device for an internet radio capable of obtaining playlist content from a content server732US 8,050,652 B2Horsham Enterprises, LLC · 2011
- Browser based command and control home network693US 6,288,716 B1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2001