H04N 21/4396
By muting the audio signal
Official title: {by muting the audio signal}
H04N21/4396 (By muting the audio signal) appears on 413 US grants and 549 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 413
- Published applications
- 549
- Assignees
- 179
- Inventors
- 803
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 18 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for classification and delivery of content22 Sep 2026US 12,744,962 B2Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Dynamic output of content based on detection of intended or unintended audio15 Sep 2026US 12,739,463 B2DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited
- Audio signal processing system and method for providing noise cancellation using user-defined markers30 Jun 2026US 12,671,862 B2
- Distributed audio playing method and electronic device19 May 2026US 12,632,216 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Seamless audio and video transition19 May 2026US 12,634,545 B2Thomson Licensing
- Focused Volume Control of Characters in a Stream10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267590 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Facilitating Audio Content Auditioning by Controller Device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236217 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Dynamic adjustment of audio intensity output for target users13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238849 A1DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited
- Systems and method for providing video on demand in an intelligent television6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227864 A1Multimedia Technologies Pte, Ltd
- Image display apparatus6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230670 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ambient noise based augmentation of media playback312US 8,977,974 B2Apple Inc. · 2015
- Method and apparatus for automatically identifying and selectively altering segments of a television broadcast signal in real-time241US 6,002,443 A1999
- Web browser allowing navigation between hypertext objects using remote control212US 6,034,689 AWebTV Networks, Inc. · 2000
- User interface for controlling audio functions in a web browser186US 6,005,563 AWebTV Networks, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for automatically identifying and selectively altering segments of a television broadcast signal in real-time181US 6,597,405 B12003