H04N 21/4184
Providing storage capabilities
Official title: {providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick}
H04N21/4184 (Providing storage capabilities) appears on 478 US grants and 621 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 621
- Assignees
- 215
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for intelligently managing storage space occupied by media assets25 Aug 2026US 12,720,150 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- System and method for accessing a user interface via a secondary device8 Jul 2025US 12,353,669 B2Universal Electronics Inc.
- Memory system allowing host to easily transmit and receive data8 Jul 2025US 12,355,853 B2Kioxia Corporation
- Computer based system for configuring, manufacturing, testing, diagnosing, and resetting target unit equipment and methods of use thereof24 Jun 2025US 12,342,029 B2
- Cloud storage expansion apparatus of video recorder15 Apr 2025US 12,279,076 B2
- Computer based system for configuring, manufacturing, testing, diagnosing, and resetting target unit equipment and methods of use thereof9 Oct 2025US 2025/0317615 A1
- Memory system allowing host to easily transmit and receive data25 Sep 2025US 2025/0301052 A1Kioxia Corporation
- Systems and methods for intelligently managing storage space occupied by media assets24 Apr 2025US 2025/0133261 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Cloud storage expansion apparatus of video recorder10 Oct 2024US 2024/0340393 A1
- Systems and methods for intelligently managing storage space occupied by media assets9 May 2024US 2024/0155181 A1Rovi Guides, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Television program delivery system971US 5,559,549 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1996
- Signal processing appparatus and methods797US 5,335,277 AThe Personalized Mass Media Corporation · 1994
- System and method for secure purchase and delivery of video content programs716US 6,055,314 AMicrosoft Corporation · 2000
- Advanced set top terminal for cable television delivery systems699US 5,990,927 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1999
- Set top terminal for cable television delivery systems688US 5,734,853 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1998