Content or additional data distribution scheduling
Official title: Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists {(scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62)}
H04N21/262 (Content or additional data distribution scheduling) appears on 6,510 US grants and 7,985 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 6,510
- Published applications
- 7,985
- Assignees
- 1,401
- Inventors
- 9,747
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 33 |
| 2002 | 45 | 225 |
| 2003 | 35 | 187 |
| 2004 | 45 | 186 |
| 2005 | 31 | 147 |
| 2006 | 88 | 219 |
| 2007 | 82 | 210 |
| 2008 | 65 | 213 |
| 2009 | 93 | 271 |
| 2010 | 152 | 302 |
| 2011 | 182 | 220 |
| 2012 | 200 | 290 |
| 2013 | 285 | 364 |
| 2014 | 422 | 547 |
| 2015 | 481 | 492 |
| 2016 | 439 | 431 |
| 2017 | 402 | 478 |
| 2018 | 402 | 397 |
| 2019 | 444 | 427 |
| 2020 | 465 | 448 |
| 2021 | 418 | 425 |
| 2022 | 438 | 396 |
| 2023 | 403 | 351 |
| 2024 | 339 | 327 |
| 2025 | 292 | 235 |
| 2026 | 137 | 164 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
- H04N 21/26258For generating a list of items to be played back in a2,293
- H04N 21/26208The scheduling operation being performed under constraints1,844
- H04N 21/26283For associating distribution time parameters to content1,145
- H04N 21/26291For providing content or additional data updates500
- H04N 21/2625For delaying content or additional data distribution272
- H04N 21/26266For determining content or additional data repetition rate265
- H04N 21/26275For distributing content or additional data in a staggered manner174
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- Server-side initiation and playback of primary and secondary media content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313175 A1Google Inc.
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- 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.
Most cited
- System for generation of user profiles for a system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects2,365US 5,754,939 A1998
- Computer system and process for transferring multiple high bandwidth streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner1,970US 6,374,336 B1Avid Technology, Inc. · 2002
- System for customized electronic identification of desirable objects1,946US 6,029,195 A2000
- Computer system and process for transferring streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner1,737US 6,449,688 B1Avid Technology, Inc. · 2002
- System and method for scheduling broadcast of and access to video programs and other data using customer profiles1,609US 5,758,257 A1998