H04N 21/42225
Characterized by types of remote control
Official title: {characterized by types of remote control, e.g. universal remote control}
H04N21/42225 (Characterized by types of remote control) appears on 453 US grants and 553 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 453
- Published applications
- 553
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 545
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 7 |
| 2006 | 8 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 11 |
| 2008 | 3 | 13 |
| 2009 | 5 | 15 |
| 2010 | 8 | 14 |
| 2011 | 7 | 24 |
| 2012 | 10 | 19 |
| 2013 | 12 | 23 |
| 2014 | 26 | 102 |
| 2015 | 43 | 43 |
| 2016 | 51 | 41 |
| 2017 | 26 | 22 |
| 2018 | 26 | 33 |
| 2019 | 30 | 27 |
| 2020 | 32 | 29 |
| 2021 | 33 | 9 |
| 2022 | 26 | 34 |
| 2023 | 25 | 21 |
| 2024 | 24 | 20 |
| 2025 | 16 | 10 |
| 2026 | 9 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for reconfiguration of an entertainment system controlling device5 May 2026US 12,621,517 B2Universal Electronics Inc.
- Systems and methods for selective content distribution14 Apr 2026US 12,604,067 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- System and method for optimized appliance control7 Apr 2026US 12,597,338 B2Universal Electronics Inc.
- Systems and method for providing video on demand in an intelligent television24 Mar 2026US 12,585,333 B2Multimedia Technologies Pte, Ltd
- Display system and method of operating the same17 Mar 2026US 12,581,150 B2Top Victory Investments Ltd.
- System and method for reconfiguration of an entertainment system controlling device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281490 A1Universal Electronics Inc.
- Systems and method for providing video on demand in an intelligent television6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227864 A1Multimedia Technologies Pte, Ltd
- Systems and methods for selective content distribution9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197532 A1DISH Network L.L.C.
- Method of controlling electronic device by using wearable device, and wearable device performing the method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178129 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- System and method for optimized appliance control4 Jun 2026US 2026/0155036 A1Universal Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Extended functionally remote control system and method therefore418US 6,437,836 B1Navispace, Inc. · 2002
- Remote control for digital music terminal with synchronized communications391US 5,282,028 AScientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 1994
- Method and apparatus for transmitting, receiving and communicating digital data signals with corresponding program data signals which describe the digital data signals329US 5,239,540 AScientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 1993
- Apparatus and method for integrating a plurality of video sources305US 6,133,910 AEchoStar Engineering Corp. · 2000
- Methods and apparatus for communication program data signals via a remote control unit238US 5,455,570 A1995