H04N 21/4222
Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus
Official title: {Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy (remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415)}
H04N21/4222 (Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus) appears on 792 US grants and 1,127 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 792
- Published applications
- 1,127
- Assignees
- 287
- Inventors
- 1,530
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 9 |
| 2003 | 0 | 7 |
| 2004 | 0 | 12 |
| 2005 | 0 | 11 |
| 2006 | 0 | 19 |
| 2007 | 2 | 17 |
| 2008 | 1 | 21 |
| 2009 | 3 | 21 |
| 2010 | 5 | 41 |
| 2011 | 12 | 39 |
| 2012 | 16 | 65 |
| 2013 | 36 | 101 |
| 2014 | 56 | 120 |
| 2015 | 78 | 102 |
| 2016 | 71 | 84 |
| 2017 | 85 | 96 |
| 2018 | 66 | 83 |
| 2019 | 95 | 58 |
| 2020 | 49 | 44 |
| 2021 | 57 | 39 |
| 2022 | 39 | 38 |
| 2023 | 43 | 32 |
| 2024 | 36 | 33 |
| 2025 | 23 | 21 |
| 2026 | 15 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Television video and/or audio overlay entertainment device and method6 Oct 2026US 12,756,792 B2
- Device control method and electronic device8 Sep 2026US 12,730,523 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for saving and restoring scenes in a multimedia system8 Sep 2026US 12,732,655 B2Apple Inc.
- Display device and method for displaying thereof for displaying additional data areas of an external display screen25 Aug 2026US 12,720,141 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Display device and display device control method18 Aug 2026US 12,713,100 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Systems and methods for a customized media access user experience with privacy settings17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281489 A1Universal Electronics Inc.
- Portable terminal, information processing apparatus, content display system and content display method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238844 A1Maxell, Ltd.
- Monitoring a display apparatus13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238860 A1
- Method of controlling electronic device by using wearable device, and wearable device performing the method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178129 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Media controls user interface25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178267 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Extended functionally remote control system and method therefore418US 6,437,836 B1Navispace, Inc. · 2002
- Method and system for generating a smart time-lapse video clip290US 9,170,707 B1Google Inc. · 2015
- Device configuration233US 8,433,778 B1Marvell International Ltd. · 2013
- Remote control via local area network191US 8,885,552 B2AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P. · 2014
- Power strip with control and monitoring functionality147US 7,274,303 B2Universal Electronics Inc. · 2007