H04N 21/4431
Characterized by the use of application program interface [api] libraries
Official title: {characterized by the use of Application Program Interface [API] libraries}
H04N21/4431 (Characterized by the use of application program interface [api] libraries) appears on 437 US grants and 581 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 437
- Published applications
- 581
- Assignees
- 223
- Inventors
- 1,064
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 19 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 |
| 2004 | 2 | 32 |
| 2005 | 10 | 26 |
| 2006 | 8 | 19 |
| 2007 | 6 | 46 |
| 2008 | 7 | 25 |
| 2009 | 18 | 21 |
| 2010 | 17 | 16 |
| 2011 | 16 | 23 |
| 2012 | 8 | 20 |
| 2013 | 19 | 31 |
| 2014 | 23 | 44 |
| 2015 | 37 | 26 |
| 2016 | 39 | 34 |
| 2017 | 19 | 18 |
| 2018 | 20 | 25 |
| 2019 | 23 | 15 |
| 2020 | 30 | 26 |
| 2021 | 17 | 23 |
| 2022 | 25 | 19 |
| 2023 | 23 | 28 |
| 2024 | 22 | 13 |
| 2025 | 17 | 10 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Application programming interface including ingestion and update module15 Sep 2026US 12,739,469 B1iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Systems, methods, and media for presenting media content7 Jul 2026US 12,677,025 B2Google Inc.
- Bot factory environment23 Jun 2026US 12,664,005 B2American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
- Shoe with knit upper having thermoplastic yarn regions3 Mar 2026US 12,567,916 B2Cole Haan LLC
- Method of and system for managing client resources and assets for activities on computing devices10 Feb 2026US 12,549,827 B2Winview IP Holdings, LLC
- Bot factory environment1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299977 A1American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
- Systems and methods for substantially real-time speech, transcription, and translation27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252824 A1OneMeta Inc
- Shoe with Knit Upper Having Thermoplastic Yarn Regions13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232066 A1Cole Haan LLC
- System and method for real-time video broadcasting, authentication, and electronic transaction processing in a distributed network event setting21 May 2026US 2026/0141387 A1
- Artificial intelligence (ai)-based speech and non-speech subtitle information generation from multimedia content16 Apr 2026US 2026/0107044 A1Sony Group Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Downloading operating system software through a broadcast channel820US 5,666,293 ABell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. · 1997
- Downloading applications software through a broadcast channel448US 5,978,855 ABell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. · 1999
- Dynamically programmable digital entertainment terminal using downloaded software to control broadband data operations375US 5,635,979 ABell Atlantic · 1997
- Downloading applications software through a broadcast channel364US 5,768,539 ABell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. · 1998
- Playlists for real-time or near real-time streaming283US 8,843,586 B2Apple Inc. · 2014