H04N 21/436
Interfacing a local distribution network
Official title: Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB {or one or more peripheral devices} inside the home
H04N21/436 (Interfacing a local distribution network) appears on 10,254 US grants and 13,812 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 10,254
- Published applications
- 13,812
- Assignees
- 1,925
- Inventors
- 16,315
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 30 | 0 |
| 1998 | 35 | 0 |
| 1999 | 51 | 0 |
| 2000 | 58 | 0 |
| 2001 | 82 | 73 |
| 2002 | 89 | 266 |
| 2003 | 89 | 302 |
| 2004 | 106 | 435 |
| 2005 | 112 | 461 |
| 2006 | 176 | 591 |
| 2007 | 173 | 592 |
| 2008 | 172 | 689 |
| 2009 | 238 | 613 |
| 2010 | 350 | 598 |
| 2011 | 397 | 655 |
| 2012 | 438 | 608 |
| 2013 | 588 | 721 |
| 2014 | 746 | 860 |
| 2015 | 686 | 786 |
| 2016 | 673 | 722 |
| 2017 | 685 | 739 |
| 2018 | 628 | 585 |
| 2019 | 609 | 516 |
| 2020 | 548 | 550 |
| 2021 | 494 | 476 |
| 2022 | 480 | 555 |
| 2023 | 441 | 443 |
| 2024 | 441 | 407 |
| 2025 | 390 | 338 |
| 2026 | 204 | 231 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 21/4363Adapting the video stream to a specific local network5,426
- H04N 21/43615Interfacing a home network5,047
- H04N 21/4367Establishing a secure communication between the client and a peripheral device or931
- H04N 21/43622Interfacing an external recording device472
- H04N 21/43607Interfacing a plurality of external cards140
Recent patents
- Interface circuit and display device6 Oct 2026US 12,754,701 B2Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
- Updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture6 Oct 2026US 12,756,624 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Playback of synthetic media content via multiple devices6 Oct 2026US 12,756,886 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Facilitating streaming in a local network with a client-server architecture29 Sep 2026US 12,750,277 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Method and system of image processing with power reduction while using a universal serial bus camera22 Sep 2026US 12,743,146 B2Intel Corporation
- Source device, display device, and operating method of source device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313191 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- System and method for providing an app store and deploying applications on a dual screen television8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313201 A1Telly, Inc.
- Failure Recovery of Wearable Playback Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313313 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Immersive audio in a media playback system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303676 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Display device and content sharing method for sharing content with external display device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303896 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Synchronous network for digital media streams2,236US 6,611,537 B1Centillium Communications, Inc. · 2003
- System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices1,949US 8,234,395 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2012
- System and method for providing content, management, and interactivity for client devices1,890US 7,130,616 B2Simple Devices · 2006
- Controlling and manipulating groupings in a multi-zone media system1,881US 8,483,853 B1Sonos, Inc. · 2013
- Multimedia wired/wireless content synchronization system and method1,810US 6,631,410 B1Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. · 2003