H04N 21/42227
The keys being reprogrammable
Official title: {the keys being reprogrammable, e.g. soft keys}
H04N21/42227 (The keys being reprogrammable) appears on 365 US grants and 462 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for configuring controlling device functionality11 Aug 2026US 12,707,111 B2Universal Electronics Inc.
- Electronic apparatus and method of operating the same26 May 2026US 12,636,577 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- System and method for reconfiguration of an entertainment system controlling device5 May 2026US 12,621,517 B2Universal Electronics Inc.
- Display system and method of operating the same17 Mar 2026US 12,581,150 B2Top Victory Investments Ltd.
- Control method and electronic device24 Feb 2026US 12,558,613 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- System and method for reconfiguration of an entertainment system controlling device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281490 A1Universal Electronics Inc.
- Display device and control method thereof2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189757 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Controlling device configurable to enable selection of one or more services12 Mar 2026US 2026/0075275 A1Universal Electronics Inc.
- Smart tv remote-control system or method with non-standard rc command translation capability1 Jan 2026US 2026/0006279 A1Home Control Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Display system and method of operating the same11 Dec 2025US 2025/0380019 A1Top Victory Investments Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for automatically tracking a zoomed video image730US 5,610,653 A1997
- Image display and remote control system capable of displaying two distinct images479US 6,496,122 B2Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. · 2002
- Channel bar user interface for an entertainment system386US 6,141,003 AMicrosoft Corporation · 2000
- Technique for effectively accessing programming listing information in an entertainment delivery system307US 7,174,126 B2Time Warner Interactive Video Group, Inc. · 2007
- Graphical user interface for control of a home entertainment system271US 6,359,636 B1Gateway, Inc. · 2002