H04N 21/4126
The peripheral being portable
Official title: {The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones}
H04N21/4126 (The peripheral being portable) appears on 4,734 US grants and 6,550 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 4,734
- Published applications
- 6,550
- Assignees
- 1,165
- Inventors
- 8,183
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 18 | 28 |
| 2002 | 24 | 138 |
| 2003 | 17 | 109 |
| 2004 | 25 | 150 |
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| 2006 | 38 | 184 |
| 2007 | 48 | 169 |
| 2008 | 38 | 225 |
| 2009 | 65 | 215 |
| 2010 | 100 | 225 |
| 2011 | 121 | 269 |
| 2012 | 140 | 357 |
| 2013 | 237 | 424 |
| 2014 | 364 | 630 |
| 2015 | 402 | 551 |
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| 2017 | 441 | 458 |
| 2018 | 361 | 333 |
| 2019 | 380 | 279 |
| 2020 | 301 | 242 |
| 2021 | 260 | 212 |
| 2022 | 207 | 219 |
| 2023 | 209 | 185 |
| 2024 | 191 | 152 |
| 2025 | 136 | 122 |
| 2026 | 73 | 70 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Remotely controlling playback devices22 Sep 2026US 12,744,955 B2Apple Inc.
- Set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of same22 Sep 2026US 12,744,961 B2Enseo, LLC
- Device pairing22 Sep 2026US RE51,041 E1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for live content streaming and associated actions via internet appliances1 Sep 2026US 12,726,671 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Display device for transmitting a UIBC trigger and operation method thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,717,534 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Mobile terminal, image display device and user interface provision method using the same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288292 A1InnoTV Labs, LLC
- Digital jukebox device with karaoke and/or photo booth features, and associated methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292283 A1TouchTunes Music Corporation
- Data processing method and data processing apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292294 A1Anypoint Media Co., Ltd.
- Communication terminal, communication management system, remote operation method, processing method, and communication management method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281487 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- System and method for reconfiguration of an entertainment system controlling device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281490 A1Universal Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for providing content, management, and interactivity for client devices1,890US 7,130,616 B2Simple Devices · 2006
- Programmable remote control device for interacting with a plurality of remotely controlled devices1,549US 5,410,326 A1995
- Television schedule system1,133US 5,353,121 AStarsight Telecast, Inc. · 1994
- User interface for television schedule system1,011US 5,479,268 AStarsight Telecast, Inc. · 1995
- Portable information and transaction processing system and method utilizing biometric authorization and digital certificate security873US 6,016,476 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 2000