H04N 21/4516
Involving client characteristics
Official title: {involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available}
H04N21/4516 (Involving client characteristics) appears on 858 US grants and 1,021 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 858
- Published applications
- 1,021
- Assignees
- 315
- Inventors
- 1,566
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 7 |
| 2002 | 6 | 24 |
| 2003 | 7 | 31 |
| 2004 | 11 | 15 |
| 2005 | 8 | 15 |
| 2006 | 19 | 32 |
| 2007 | 15 | 33 |
| 2008 | 13 | 35 |
| 2009 | 17 | 28 |
| 2010 | 21 | 31 |
| 2011 | 16 | 37 |
| 2012 | 27 | 41 |
| 2013 | 29 | 60 |
| 2014 | 48 | 65 |
| 2015 | 58 | 64 |
| 2016 | 59 | 75 |
| 2017 | 63 | 60 |
| 2018 | 62 | 58 |
| 2019 | 61 | 46 |
| 2020 | 59 | 58 |
| 2021 | 55 | 47 |
| 2022 | 46 | 42 |
| 2023 | 51 | 52 |
| 2024 | 33 | 31 |
| 2025 | 43 | 24 |
| 2026 | 16 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture6 Oct 2026US 12,756,624 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Facilitating streaming in a local network with a client-server architecture29 Sep 2026US 12,750,277 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Addressable measurement framework18 Aug 2026US 12,713,094 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- System and method for configuring controlling device functionality11 Aug 2026US 12,707,111 B2Universal Electronics Inc.
- Methods, systems, and media for selecting video formats for adaptive video streaming16 Jun 2026US 12,659,366 B2Google Inc.
- Methods, architectures, apparatuses and systems for energy-saving video processing13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238853 A1DRNC Holdings, Inc.
- Display device for immersive screen, and control method thereof9 Jul 2026US 2026/0195976 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Display device and method for operating same9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197524 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Systems and methods for switching content providers to maintain streaming experience25 Jun 2026US 2026/0181215 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Apparatus and method for screen related audio object remapping5 Mar 2026US 2026/0065921 A1Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
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
- Supporting common interactive television functionality through presentation engine syntax258US 7,055,169 B2OpenTV, Inc. · 2006