H04N 21/4333
Processing operations in response to a pause request
Official title: {Processing operations in response to a pause request}
H04N21/4333 (Processing operations in response to a pause request) appears on 770 US grants and 1,024 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 770
- Published applications
- 1,024
- Assignees
- 297
- Inventors
- 1,572
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 8 |
| 2002 | 4 | 35 |
| 2003 | 7 | 33 |
| 2004 | 13 | 30 |
| 2005 | 10 | 36 |
| 2006 | 12 | 40 |
| 2007 | 15 | 46 |
| 2008 | 18 | 53 |
| 2009 | 20 | 51 |
| 2010 | 35 | 39 |
| 2011 | 30 | 44 |
| 2012 | 25 | 41 |
| 2013 | 39 | 46 |
| 2014 | 49 | 56 |
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| 2016 | 36 | 51 |
| 2017 | 61 | 53 |
| 2018 | 48 | 42 |
| 2019 | 38 | 40 |
| 2020 | 49 | 45 |
| 2021 | 41 | 40 |
| 2022 | 40 | 37 |
| 2023 | 36 | 39 |
| 2024 | 38 | 31 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 |
| 2026 | 14 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for resuming playback on a next available active device25 Aug 2026US 12,720,168 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Systems and methods for pausing a digital media stream in response to determining that an associated display device is turned off18 Aug 2026US 12,713,106 B2Netflix, Inc.
- Consumer electronic registration, control and support concierge device and method21 Jul 2026US 12,689,691 B2NexStep, Inc.
- Services over wireless communication with high flexibility and efficiency7 Jul 2026US 12,677,028 B2
- Methods for serving interactive content to a user23 Jun 2026US 12,664,352 B2Yieldmo, Inc.
- Services over wireless communication with high flexibility and efficiency1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303900 A1
- Method of synchronizing audio and video and electronic device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292289 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Audio Playback Adjustment13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236221 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Display apparatus and screen mirroring playback resuming method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219829 A1Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd.
- Methods for serving interactive content to a user9 Jul 2026US 2026/0195522 A1Yieldmo, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for automatically tracking a zoomed video image730US 5,610,653 A1997
- System and method for controlling the broadcast and recording of television programs and for distributing information to be displayed on a television screen371US 6,052,145 AGemstar Development Corporation · 2000
- Interactive video-on-demand system368US 6,543,053 B1The University of Hong Kong · 2003
- Pausing television programming in response to selection of hypertext link316US 6,973,669 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2005
- Technique for effectively accessing programming listing information in an entertainment delivery system307US 7,174,126 B2Time Warner Interactive Video Group, Inc. · 2007