H04N 21/2543
Billing
Official title: Billing {, e.g. for subscription services (payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21)}
H04N21/2543 (Billing) appears on 2,930 US grants and 3,767 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 2,930
- Published applications
- 3,767
- Assignees
- 901
- Inventors
- 4,518
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 37 | 46 |
| 2002 | 31 | 204 |
| 2003 | 26 | 187 |
| 2004 | 32 | 229 |
| 2005 | 38 | 165 |
| 2006 | 87 | 181 |
| 2007 | 69 | 203 |
| 2008 | 74 | 164 |
| 2009 | 73 | 150 |
| 2010 | 145 | 140 |
| 2011 | 134 | 123 |
| 2012 | 139 | 164 |
| 2013 | 162 | 153 |
| 2014 | 205 | 284 |
| 2015 | 206 | 175 |
| 2016 | 186 | 211 |
| 2017 | 162 | 159 |
| 2018 | 156 | 109 |
| 2019 | 140 | 119 |
| 2020 | 149 | 139 |
| 2021 | 126 | 118 |
| 2022 | 114 | 91 |
| 2023 | 103 | 90 |
| 2024 | 96 | 81 |
| 2025 | 54 | 53 |
| 2026 | 29 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for client-based addressable advertising15 Sep 2026US 12,739,459 B2Adeia Media Holdings LLC
- Systems and methods for identifying and correlating an advertised object from a media asset with a demanded object from a group of interconnected computing devices embedded in a living environment of a user25 Aug 2026US 12,720,163 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Addressable measurement framework18 Aug 2026US 12,713,094 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Systems and methods for management of media content subscriptions11 Aug 2026US 12,707,106 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Methods and systems for alerting users regarding availability of unconsumed content4 Aug 2026US 12,699,933 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Digital jukebox device with karaoke and/or photo booth features, and associated methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292283 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Methods and systems for managing recommendations for media content items17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281479 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- System and method for building interactive web3 streaming networks as a service10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270497 A1Digital Independents LLC
- Unified Business Operations and Management Suite10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270516 A1
- Systems and/or methods for distributing advertisements from a central advertisement network to a peripheral device via a local advertisement server20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245116 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Techniques for intelligent video ad insertion1,777US 6,698,020 B1WebTV Networks, Inc. · 2004
- Multi-room entertainment system with in-room media player/dispenser1,755US 6,256,554 B12001
- System and method for delivery of video data over a computer network1,423US 5,956,716 AIntervu, Inc. · 1999
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,270US 5,982,891 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Method and apparatus for providing interactive electronic programming guide1,223US 5,592,551 AScientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 1997