H04N 21/2407
Monitoring of transmitted content
Official title: {Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads (arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14)}
H04N21/2407 (Monitoring of transmitted content) appears on 1,481 US grants and 1,633 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,481
- Published applications
- 1,633
- Assignees
- 463
- Inventors
- 2,416
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 10 |
| 2003 | 1 | 25 |
| 2004 | 2 | 25 |
| 2005 | 2 | 18 |
| 2006 | 6 | 18 |
| 2007 | 5 | 36 |
| 2008 | 9 | 27 |
| 2009 | 12 | 33 |
| 2010 | 26 | 33 |
| 2011 | 32 | 23 |
| 2012 | 40 | 44 |
| 2013 | 53 | 57 |
| 2014 | 81 | 95 |
| 2015 | 70 | 95 |
| 2016 | 96 | 94 |
| 2017 | 123 | 108 |
| 2018 | 90 | 89 |
| 2019 | 110 | 93 |
| 2020 | 110 | 96 |
| 2021 | 120 | 127 |
| 2022 | 121 | 125 |
| 2023 | 123 | 136 |
| 2024 | 113 | 92 |
| 2025 | 86 | 76 |
| 2026 | 37 | 54 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and system for video quality monitoring6 Oct 2026US 12,756,880 B2Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Reducing signature matching uncertainty in media monitoring systems29 Sep 2026US 12,750,539 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Application programming interface including ingestion and update module15 Sep 2026US 12,739,469 B1iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to monitor advertising on media access clients1 Sep 2026US 12,726,666 B1Directv, LLC
- Techniques for selectively delaying responses to premature requests for encoded media content25 Aug 2026US 12,720,134 B2Netflix, Inc.
- Methods and systems for generating and providing program guides and content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313179 A1Pluto Inc.
- Reporting presentation latency data for media streaming1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303888 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Methods and systems for streaming content24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292010 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Methods and apparatus to monitor television advertising24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292281 A1Directv, LLC
- Methods and systems for generating and providing program guides and content24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292282 A1Pluto Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Signal processing apparatus and methods832US 4,694,490 A1987
- Signal processing appparatus and methods797US 5,335,277 AThe Personalized Mass Media Corporation · 1994
- Signal processing apparatus and methods615US 4,965,825 AThe Personalized Mass Media Corporation · 1990
- Signal processing apparatus and methods594US 4,704,725 A1987
- Usage management system480US 5,778,182 AAT&T Corp. · 1998