H04N 21/40
Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content
Official title: Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
H04N21/40 (Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content) appears on 74,040 US grants and 94,721 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 74,040
- Published applications
- 94,721
- Assignees
- 9,995
- Inventors
- 93,950
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 26 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 38 | 0 |
| 1990 | 47 | 0 |
| 1991 | 61 | 0 |
| 1992 | 78 | 0 |
| 1993 | 110 | 0 |
| 1994 | 130 | 0 |
| 1995 | 203 | 0 |
| 1996 | 380 | 0 |
| 1997 | 410 | 0 |
| 1998 | 597 | 0 |
| 1999 | 640 | 0 |
| 2000 | 684 | 0 |
| 2001 | 817 | 596 |
| 2002 | 790 | 2472 |
| 2003 | 807 | 2433 |
| 2004 | 949 | 2604 |
| 2005 | 819 | 3172 |
| 2006 | 1394 | 3575 |
| 2007 | 1231 | 4010 |
| 2008 | 1316 | 4171 |
| 2009 | 1727 | 4414 |
| 2010 | 2399 | 4379 |
| 2011 | 2662 | 4114 |
| 2012 | 3349 | 4101 |
| 2013 | 3724 | 4611 |
| 2014 | 4952 | 5313 |
| 2015 | 4543 | 4933 |
| 2016 | 4258 | 4485 |
| 2017 | 4215 | 4394 |
| 2018 | 3761 | 3979 |
| 2019 | 4042 | 3833 |
| 2020 | 4131 | 3902 |
| 2021 | 3734 | 3704 |
| 2022 | 3481 | 3693 |
| 2023 | 3400 | 3609 |
| 2024 | 3315 | 3521 |
| 2025 | 3007 | 2861 |
| 2026 | 1717 | 1842 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Replay of game play between a video frame where a snapshot was captured and a selected video frame to begin a new game play of a video game6 Oct 2026US 12,752,200 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Audio-visual navigation and communication dynamic memory architectures6 Oct 2026US 12,754,651 B2Aq Media, Inc.
- Interface circuit and display device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,701 B2Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
- System and method for simultaneously displaying multiple GUIs via the same display6 Oct 2026US 12,754,747 B2App-Pop-Up Inc.
- System and method for streaming session data management6 Oct 2026US 12,754,850 B2DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited
- Gameplay video system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306942 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to determine a conditional probability based on audience member probability distributions for media audience measurement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311010 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Prompt content display method, electronic device and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311239 A1Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Virtual interaction method and apparatus, device and medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311440 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Adaptive comprehension enhancement system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311511 A1inFormed Consent LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection3,563US 5,892,900 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Intelligent electronic appliance system and method2,708US 6,850,252 B12005
- Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information2,572US 6,177,931 B1Index Systems, Inc. · 2001
- System for generation of user profiles for a system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects2,365US 5,754,939 A1998
- Synchronous network for digital media streams2,236US 6,611,537 B1Centillium Communications, Inc. · 2003