H04N 21/42215
By measuring the time interval during which a key is pressed
Official title: {by measuring the time interval during which a key is pressed, e.g. for inputting sequences of digits when selecting a television channel}
H04N21/42215 (By measuring the time interval during which a key is pressed) appears on 86 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 226
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Dynamic generation of delay factor for content receiver14 May 2026US 2026/0136059 A1DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited
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- Display apparatus for performing function of user selected menu item on a user interface and method for controlling display apparatus13 Feb 2025US 2025/0053291 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Favorite channel selection using extended keypress168US 5,317,403 AThomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. · 1994
- System and method for focused navigation within a user interface78US 7,107,532 B1Digeo, Inc. · 2006
- Remote controller for a multi-device television receiving system providing channel number auto-completion, presettable audio hush level and base channel auto-reaffirm66US 6,396,549 B12002
- Control device with easy lock feature62US 6,947,101 B2Universal Electronics Inc. · 2005
- System and method for focused navigation within a user interface22US 7,574,656 B2Vulcan Ventures, Inc. · 2009