H04M 1/72442
For playing music files
Official title: for playing music files
H04M1/72442 (For playing music files) appears on 1,186 US grants and 1,681 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 1,186
- Published applications
- 1,681
- Assignees
- 413
- Inventors
- 2,373
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 11 |
| 2002 | 1 | 31 |
| 2003 | 9 | 38 |
| 2004 | 13 | 50 |
| 2005 | 17 | 82 |
| 2006 | 32 | 69 |
| 2007 | 38 | 141 |
| 2008 | 23 | 145 |
| 2009 | 42 | 115 |
| 2010 | 79 | 116 |
| 2011 | 98 | 63 |
| 2012 | 97 | 79 |
| 2013 | 92 | 67 |
| 2014 | 74 | 102 |
| 2015 | 79 | 78 |
| 2016 | 71 | 66 |
| 2017 | 46 | 54 |
| 2018 | 52 | 44 |
| 2019 | 63 | 43 |
| 2020 | 42 | 71 |
| 2021 | 48 | 47 |
| 2022 | 37 | 47 |
| 2023 | 33 | 54 |
| 2024 | 47 | 36 |
| 2025 | 34 | 21 |
| 2026 | 16 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Personal audio assistant device and method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196230 A1ST DetectTech, LLC
- User interfaces for generating collections of media content25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178261 A1Apple Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of using a communications device together with another communications device, a communications system, a communications device and an accessory device for use in connection with a communications device1,777US 7,130,608 B2Telefonaktiegolaget LM Ericsson (publ) · 2006
- Integration of music from a personal library with real-time information1,026US 6,192,340 B12001
- System and method for communicating selected information to an electronic device959US 7,187,947 B1Affinity Labs, LLC · 2007
- Pedometer system and method of use566US 7,062,225 B2Affinity Labs, LLC · 2006
- Athletic monitoring system and method551US 7,519,327 B2Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC · 2009