H04N 21/2181
Comprising remotely distributed storage units
Official title: {comprising remotely distributed storage units, e.g. when movies are replicated over a plurality of video servers (distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097)}
H04N21/2181 (Comprising remotely distributed storage units) appears on 541 US grants and 639 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 541
- Published applications
- 639
- Assignees
- 259
- Inventors
- 969
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 10 |
| 2003 | 4 | 32 |
| 2004 | 4 | 24 |
| 2005 | 2 | 10 |
| 2006 | 6 | 22 |
| 2007 | 4 | 14 |
| 2008 | 8 | 10 |
| 2009 | 9 | 12 |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 |
| 2011 | 17 | 24 |
| 2012 | 22 | 37 |
| 2013 | 32 | 45 |
| 2014 | 33 | 41 |
| 2015 | 51 | 42 |
| 2016 | 39 | 45 |
| 2017 | 44 | 54 |
| 2018 | 32 | 33 |
| 2019 | 33 | 34 |
| 2020 | 36 | 20 |
| 2021 | 38 | 26 |
| 2022 | 21 | 26 |
| 2023 | 17 | 12 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 |
| 2025 | 17 | 11 |
| 2026 | 6 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for automated extraction of closed captions in real time or near real-time and tagging of streaming data for advertisements25 Aug 2026US 12,720,139 B2Crossbar Media Group, Inc
- Management system, remote operation method, processing method, and communication management method7 Jul 2026US 12,677,020 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Efficient storage of content with user-generic copies16 Jun 2026US 12,659,522 B2Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- System for sharing content, and electronic device16 Jun 2026US 12,659,536 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Grouping in a system with multiple media playback protocols24 Mar 2026US 12,587,700 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Distributed storage of content across storage subsystems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292279 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Efficient storage of content with user-generic copies17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281466 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Communication terminal, communication management system, remote operation method, processing method, and communication management method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281487 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Cloud Queue Tombstone14 May 2026US 2026/0135906 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Systems and methods for interactive content viewing and discovery30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120172 A1Righ, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Network controller for cable television delivery systems1,167US 5,600,364 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1997
- Terminal for suggesting programs offered on a television program delivery system1,065US 5,798,785 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1998
- Television program delivery system971US 5,559,549 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1996
- Audio and video transmission and receiving system941US 5,132,992 A1992
- Advanced set top terminal for cable television delivery systems699US 5,990,927 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1999