H04N 21/441
Acquiring end-user identification
Official title: Acquiring end-user identification {, e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card}
H04N21/441 (Acquiring end-user identification) appears on 1,156 US grants and 1,625 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,156
- Published applications
- 1,625
- Assignees
- 438
- Inventors
- 2,172
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 49 | 48 |
| 2026 | 22 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for a smart remote-control device for users in need of assistance22 Sep 2026US 12,743,946 B2DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited
- Device pairing22 Sep 2026US RE51,041 E1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Automated scalable identity-proofing and authentication process15 Sep 2026US 12,739,243 B2Vercrio, Inc.
- Image security using segmentation18 Aug 2026US 12,713,082 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Method and apparatus for providing video stream based on machine learning4 Aug 2026US 12,701,293 B2Hyperconnect Inc.
- Systems and methods for controlling access to media assets using two-factor authentication8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313193 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Realtime wireless synchronization of live event audio stream with a video recording8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314022 A1Bygge Technologies Inc.
- Automatic parental control using a remote control or mobile app1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303895 A1Roku, Inc.
- AI Smart Handsfree Television1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303904 A1
- Transitioning Of Content24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292298 A1Google Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Steganographic techniques for securely delivering electronic digital rights management control information over insecure communication channels1,021US 5,943,422 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Method and apparatus for automatically configuring a system based on a user's monitored system interaction and preferred system access times926US 5,977,964 AIntel Corporation · 1999
- Interactive computer system for providing television schedule information808US 6,388,714 B1Starsight Telecast, Inc. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for automatically determining and dynamically updating user preferences in an entertainment system731US 5,945,988 AIntel Corporation · 1999
- Parental control for CATV converters401US 4,718,107 ARCA Corporation · 1988