H04N 21/45
Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or
Official title: Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
H04N21/45 (Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or) appears on 21,637 US grants and 28,314 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 21,637
- Published applications
- 28,314
- Assignees
- 3,499
- Inventors
- 30,956
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 39 | 0 |
| 1997 | 60 | 0 |
| 1998 | 94 | 0 |
| 1999 | 142 | 0 |
| 2000 | 166 | 0 |
| 2001 | 216 | 204 |
| 2002 | 201 | 940 |
| 2003 | 189 | 881 |
| 2004 | 266 | 836 |
| 2005 | 247 | 940 |
| 2006 | 405 | 965 |
| 2007 | 330 | 1157 |
| 2008 | 366 | 1201 |
| 2009 | 476 | 1167 |
| 2010 | 729 | 1141 |
| 2011 | 700 | 1042 |
| 2012 | 831 | 1030 |
| 2013 | 1066 | 1274 |
| 2014 | 1485 | 1702 |
| 2015 | 1483 | 1621 |
| 2016 | 1337 | 1534 |
| 2017 | 1328 | 1431 |
| 2018 | 1220 | 1207 |
| 2019 | 1267 | 1154 |
| 2020 | 1227 | 1205 |
| 2021 | 1161 | 1182 |
| 2022 | 1092 | 1030 |
| 2023 | 1110 | 1104 |
| 2024 | 979 | 960 |
| 2025 | 863 | 843 |
| 2026 | 473 | 563 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 21/462Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic programme guide10,588
- H04N 21/4508Management of client data or end-user data8,466
- H04N 21/466Learning process for intelligent management4,375
- H04N 21/458Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream3,206
- H04N 21/454Content or additional data filtering2,736
Recent patents
- Updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture6 Oct 2026US 12,756,624 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Systems and methods for identifying unknown users of a device to provide personalized user profiles6 Oct 2026US 12,756,883 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Transmitting method, receiving method, transmitting apparatus, and receiving apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,756,885 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Display apparatus and method6 Oct 2026US 12,756,890 B2Vidaa (Netherlands) International Holdings B.V.
- Broadcast receiving device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,893 B2Maxell, Ltd.
- Methods and apparatus to determine a conditional probability based on audience member probability distributions for media audience measurement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311010 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Ephemeral content in video conferences8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313071 A1Zoom Communications, Inc.
- Technique for handling filtering-related information in a core network domain of a wireless communication network8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313180 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- System and method for presenting secondary content on a second screen of a dual screen display system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313189 A1Telly, Inc.
- Systems and methods of presenting mixed media in a three-dimensional environment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313190 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection3,563US 5,892,900 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Intelligent electronic appliance system and method2,708US 6,850,252 B12005
- Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information2,572US 6,177,931 B1Index Systems, Inc. · 2001
- System for generation of user profiles for a system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects2,365US 5,754,939 A1998
- System for customized electronic identification of desirable objects1,946US 6,029,195 A2000