H04N 21/23424
Involving splicing one content stream with another content stream
Official title: {involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement}
H04N21/23424 (Involving splicing one content stream with another content stream) appears on 3,144 US grants and 3,670 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 3,144
- Published applications
- 3,670
- Assignees
- 861
- Inventors
- 4,846
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 24 | 10 |
| 2002 | 25 | 62 |
| 2003 | 24 | 32 |
| 2004 | 36 | 60 |
| 2005 | 20 | 64 |
| 2006 | 37 | 94 |
| 2007 | 18 | 86 |
| 2008 | 24 | 98 |
| 2009 | 34 | 148 |
| 2010 | 44 | 97 |
| 2011 | 53 | 92 |
| 2012 | 86 | 106 |
| 2013 | 98 | 126 |
| 2014 | 167 | 188 |
| 2015 | 162 | 195 |
| 2016 | 205 | 234 |
| 2017 | 208 | 248 |
| 2018 | 211 | 200 |
| 2019 | 211 | 232 |
| 2020 | 259 | 221 |
| 2021 | 231 | 240 |
| 2022 | 240 | 199 |
| 2023 | 224 | 199 |
| 2024 | 187 | 171 |
| 2025 | 168 | 173 |
| 2026 | 108 | 95 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for streaming session data management6 Oct 2026US 12,754,850 B2DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited
- Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicing6 Oct 2026US 12,756,853 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicing6 Oct 2026US 12,756,854 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Syntax and semantics for buffering information to simplify video splicing6 Oct 2026US 12,756,855 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Video composition retargeting6 Oct 2026US 12,756,876 B1Adobe Inc.
- Server-side initiation and playback of primary and secondary media content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313175 A1Google Inc.
- Systems and methods for dynamic stitching of advertisements in live stream content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313176 A1SnifferCat, Inc.
- Systems and methods for dynamic stitching of advertisements in live stream content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313177 A1SnifferCat, Inc.
- Content delivery optimization based on predicted effectiveness of linear content schedule8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313181 A1Roku, Inc.
- Systems and methods for playing media assets stored on a digital video recorder based on a determined beginning of a recorded program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313199 A1DISH Network L.L.C.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for automatically tracking a zoomed video image730US 5,610,653 A1997
- Method and apparatus for multiplexing separately-authored metadata for insertion into a video data stream689US 6,357,042 B22002
- Interactive computer system for providing an interactive presentation with personalized video, audio and graphics responses for multiple viewers637US 5,861,881 AACTV, Inc. · 1999
- Splicing compressed packetized digital video streams618US 5,917,830 AGeneral Instrument Corporation · 1999
- Compressed digital data interactive program system462US 5,724,091 AACTV, Inc. · 1998