H04N 21/278
Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access
Official title: Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access {(details of content or meta data based information retrieval of video data in video databases G06F16/739)}
H04N21/278 (Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access) appears on 589 US grants and 726 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 589
- Published applications
- 726
- Assignees
- 235
- Inventors
- 963
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 17 |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 12 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 21 |
| 2009 | 2 | 20 |
| 2010 | 14 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11 |
| 2012 | 15 | 24 |
| 2013 | 16 | 27 |
| 2014 | 30 | 85 |
| 2015 | 55 | 55 |
| 2016 | 45 | 46 |
| 2017 | 60 | 84 |
| 2018 | 46 | 54 |
| 2019 | 49 | 30 |
| 2020 | 45 | 70 |
| 2021 | 51 | 38 |
| 2022 | 40 | 30 |
| 2023 | 33 | 22 |
| 2024 | 31 | 30 |
| 2025 | 25 | 12 |
| 2026 | 10 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Descriptor-based contextualization and streaming of media content items6 Oct 2026US 12,756,904 B2Spotify AB
- Generating a customized highlight sequence depicting multiple events8 Sep 2026US 12,732,674 B2Stats LLC
- Systems and methods for media content navigation and filtering25 Aug 2026US 12,720,138 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Systems and methods for customizing delivery of advertisements25 Aug 2026US 12,720,169 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Customized generation of highlights show with narrative component18 Aug 2026US 12,713,111 B2Stats LLC
- Descriptor-Based Contextualization and Streaming of Media Content Items24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292308 A1Spotify AB
- System and Method for Analyzing Videos in Real-Time9 Apr 2026US 2026/0101070 A1Edisn Inc.
- System and method for continuous media segment identification19 Feb 2026US 2026/0052283 A1Inscape Data, Inc.
- Generating media content keywords based on video-hosting website content19 Feb 2026US 2026/0052288 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Systems and methods for providing synchronized supplemental content to a subset of users that are disinterested in live content1 Jan 2026US 2026/0006281 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Client-server electronic program guide563US 6,898,762 B2United Video Properties, Inc. · 2005
- System and method for hosting of video content over a network278US 7,222,163 B1Virage, Inc. · 2007
- Client-server electronic program guide250US 7,065,709 B2United Video Properties, Inc. · 2006
- Request routing utilizing popularity information228US 8,756,341 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2014
- Broadcast management system179US 8,606,073 B2Woodman Labs, Inc. · 2013