H04N 21/2547
Third party billing
Official title: Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
H04N21/2547 (Third party billing) appears on 705 US grants and 953 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 705
- Published applications
- 953
- Assignees
- 282
- Inventors
- 1,167
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 18 |
| 2003 | 3 | 18 |
| 2004 | 4 | 40 |
| 2005 | 5 | 34 |
| 2006 | 17 | 46 |
| 2007 | 7 | 55 |
| 2008 | 14 | 53 |
| 2009 | 17 | 38 |
| 2010 | 25 | 39 |
| 2011 | 16 | 34 |
| 2012 | 38 | 29 |
| 2013 | 32 | 38 |
| 2014 | 39 | 48 |
| 2015 | 43 | 43 |
| 2016 | 48 | 70 |
| 2017 | 45 | 44 |
| 2018 | 50 | 36 |
| 2019 | 42 | 39 |
| 2020 | 61 | 57 |
| 2021 | 38 | 50 |
| 2022 | 48 | 37 |
| 2023 | 35 | 28 |
| 2024 | 38 | 25 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 |
| 2026 | 6 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Addressable measurement framework18 Aug 2026US 12,713,094 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Methods and apparatus of media device detection for minimally invasive media meters28 Jul 2026US 12,695,944 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Dynamic digital object placement in video stream28 Apr 2026US 12,615,400 B2Adeia Media Holdings LLC
- Systems and methods for video/audio production and architecture to optimize unused capacity21 Apr 2026US 12,608,231 B2
- Methods and apparatus to identify media presentations by analyzing network traffic31 Mar 2026US 12,593,101 B2
- Unified Business Operations and Management Suite10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270516 A1
- Watch time units and ad-conditioned monetization control for a user-generated video sharing platform13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238840 A1
- Methods and apparatus to identify media presentations by analyzing network traffic9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197522 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Third-party service access dashboard2 Jul 2026US 2026/0187271 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Under-addressable advertisement measurement18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172646 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Techniques for intelligent video ad insertion1,777US 6,698,020 B1WebTV Networks, Inc. · 2004
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,270US 5,982,891 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,156US 5,910,987 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Trusted and secure techniques, systems and methods for item delivery and execution944US 6,185,683 B2Intertrust Technologies Corporation · 2001
- Systems and methods for the secure transaction management and electronic rights protection933US 6,253,193 B1Intertrust Technologies Corporation · 2001