H04N 21/23655
Statistical multiplexing
Official title: {Statistical multiplexing, e.g. by controlling the encoder to alter its bitrate to optimize the bandwidth utilization}
H04N21/23655 (Statistical multiplexing) appears on 393 US grants and 339 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 393
- Published applications
- 339
- Assignees
- 171
- Inventors
- 652
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 13 | 8 |
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| 2006 | 21 | 16 |
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| 2009 | 9 | 21 |
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| 2013 | 15 | 28 |
| 2014 | 25 | 22 |
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| 2017 | 15 | 12 |
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| 2021 | 21 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9 |
| 2023 | 10 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for adjusting buffer size18 Aug 2026US 12,713,093 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Optimizing content item compression for adaptive bitrate streaming by over-the-top (OTT) providers19 May 2026US 12,634,533 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Method for dynamic configuration of multimedia content encoder and apparatus for implementing the same3 Feb 2026US 12,542,938 B2Ateme
- Systems and methods for multiple channel video encoding in a shared resource environment12 Aug 2025US 12,389,002 B2MK Systems USA Inc.
- Video failover recording24 Jun 2025US 12,342,022 B2Axis AB
- Configuration selection for content delivery using server side information30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222636 A1Beijing YoJaJa Software Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- Video transmission method and apparatus, and device and storage medium2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189739 A1
- Optimizing Content Item Compression for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming of User Generated Content1 Jan 2026US 2026/0006269 A1
- Optimizing Content Item Compression for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming by Over-the-Top (OTT) Providers1 Jan 2026US 2026/0006270 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Selecting content transmissions based on encoding parameters2 Oct 2025US 2025/0310550 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for configuring a statistical multiplexer to dynamically allocate communication channel bandwidth403US 5,506,844 ACompression Labs, Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for encoding and formatting data representing a video program to provide multiple overlapping presentations of the video program335US 5,926,205 AImedia Corporation · 1999
- Bandwidth allocation, transmission scheduling, and congestion avoidance in broadband asynchronous transfer mode networks313US 5,463,620 AAT&T IPM Corp. · 1995
- Apparatus and methods for multi-stage multiplexing in a network293US 7,602,820 B2Time Warner Cable Inc. · 2009
- Advertisement insertion techniques for digital video streams289US 6,704,930 B1Expanse Networks, Inc. · 2004