H04N 21/2662
Controlling the complexity of the video stream
Official title: Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities
H04N21/2662 (Controlling the complexity of the video stream) appears on 2,090 US grants and 2,449 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 2,090
- Published applications
- 2,449
- Assignees
- 713
- Inventors
- 3,869
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 19 |
| 2002 | 24 | 71 |
| 2003 | 25 | 70 |
| 2004 | 18 | 68 |
| 2005 | 35 | 87 |
| 2006 | 49 | 101 |
| 2007 | 26 | 85 |
| 2008 | 49 | 81 |
| 2009 | 51 | 120 |
| 2010 | 65 | 93 |
| 2011 | 65 | 71 |
| 2012 | 88 | 74 |
| 2013 | 96 | 93 |
| 2014 | 101 | 100 |
| 2015 | 102 | 101 |
| 2016 | 116 | 141 |
| 2017 | 92 | 96 |
| 2018 | 106 | 99 |
| 2019 | 107 | 109 |
| 2020 | 116 | 126 |
| 2021 | 140 | 135 |
| 2022 | 135 | 121 |
| 2023 | 137 | 124 |
| 2024 | 100 | 102 |
| 2025 | 106 | 104 |
| 2026 | 57 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for encoding and streaming video encoded using a plurality of maximum bitrate levels6 Oct 2026US 12,756,877 B2Divx, LLC
- Adaptive bitrate ladder optimization for live video streaming29 Sep 2026US 12,750,545 B2Bitmovin, Inc.
- Storage, video recording system, and method for controlling storage29 Sep 2026US 12,750,550 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Machine learning for adaptive bitrate selection22 Sep 2026US 12,744,953 B2Roku, Inc.
- Systems and methods for performing adaptive bitrate streaming15 Sep 2026US 12,739,430 B2Divx, LLC
- Video transmission system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313183 A1Zixi, LLC
- Data objects for content distribution24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292276 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Techniques for network congestion control24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292285 A1Netflix, Inc.
- Systems and methods for personalized spatial video/light field content delivery17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281481 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Live stream data processing method and device, and storage medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281482 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Audio network distribution system1,807US 7,643,894 B2Netstreams, LLC · 2010
- Multimedia server1,367US 6,301,604 B1Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2001
- System for adaptive video/audio transport over a network627US 6,014,694 ACitrix Systems, Inc. · 2000
- Network speaker for an audio network distribution system600US 8,131,390 B2Netstreams, LLC · 2012
- Headend cherrypicker multiplexer with switched front end571US 7,039,048 B1Terayon Communication Systems, Inc. · 2006