H04N 21/2668
Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group
Official title: Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles {(information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063)}
H04N21/2668 (Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group) appears on 3,585 US grants and 4,617 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- System for generation of user profiles for a system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects2,365US 5,754,939 A1998
- System and method for scheduling broadcast of and access to video programs and other data using customer profiles1,609US 5,758,257 A1998
- System for generation of object profiles for a system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects1,475US 5,835,087 A1998
- Pseudonymous server for system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects1,258US 5,754,938 A1998
- Network controller for cable television delivery systems1,167US 5,600,364 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1997