H04N 21/42684
Client identification by a unique number or address
Official title: {Client identification by a unique number or address, e.g. serial number, MAC address, socket ID (network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00)}
H04N21/42684 (Client identification by a unique number or address) appears on 936 US grants and 1,199 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 936
- Published applications
- 1,199
- Assignees
- 338
- Inventors
- 1,528
- Latest grant
- 24 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 7 |
| 2002 | 5 | 47 |
| 2003 | 7 | 33 |
| 2004 | 9 | 70 |
| 2005 | 13 | 50 |
| 2006 | 10 | 46 |
| 2007 | 15 | 66 |
| 2008 | 25 | 88 |
| 2009 | 23 | 55 |
| 2010 | 49 | 41 |
| 2011 | 62 | 35 |
| 2012 | 50 | 56 |
| 2013 | 62 | 52 |
| 2014 | 84 | 124 |
| 2015 | 80 | 65 |
| 2016 | 54 | 68 |
| 2017 | 52 | 43 |
| 2018 | 54 | 42 |
| 2019 | 52 | 43 |
| 2020 | 38 | 42 |
| 2021 | 42 | 37 |
| 2022 | 31 | 28 |
| 2023 | 37 | 25 |
| 2024 | 21 | 15 |
| 2025 | 20 | 14 |
| 2026 | 2 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and method for providing video on demand in an intelligent television24 Mar 2026US 12,585,333 B2Multimedia Technologies Pte, Ltd
- Remote control having hotkeys with dynamically assigned functions10 Mar 2026US 12,574,606 B2Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd.
- Establishing network connections between devices connected by a media connection18 Nov 2025US 12,477,170 B2Promethean Limited
- Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify candidates for media asset qualification28 Oct 2025US 12,457,373 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Methods and apparatus to apply household-level weights to household-member level audience measurement data23 Sep 2025US 12,423,717 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Systems and method for providing video on demand in an intelligent television6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227864 A1Multimedia Technologies Pte, Ltd
- Server device, display device, and program23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214287 A1Radius Inc.
- System and method for enabling communication between host and non-host video conference platforms9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197357 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Methods and apparatus to apply household-level weights to household-member level audience measurement data2 Jul 2026US 2026/0187661 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Display device controlled by remote controller and control method thereof2 Apr 2026US 2026/0095615 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Network controller for cable television delivery systems1,167US 5,600,364 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1997
- Targeted advertisement using television delivery systems916US 6,463,585 B1Discovery Communications, Inc. · 2002
- Signal processing apparatus and methods832US 4,694,490 A1987
- Downloading operating system software through a broadcast channel820US 5,666,293 ABell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. · 1997
- Signal processing appparatus and methods797US 5,335,277 AThe Personalized Mass Media Corporation · 1994