H04N 21/454
Content or additional data filtering
Official title: Content {or additional data} filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
H04N21/454 (Content or additional data filtering) appears on 2,736 US grants and 3,367 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 2,736
- Published applications
- 3,367
- Assignees
- 733
- Inventors
- 4,830
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 44 | 48 |
| 2002 | 41 | 186 |
| 2003 | 36 | 187 |
| 2004 | 47 | 111 |
| 2005 | 45 | 129 |
| 2006 | 80 | 121 |
| 2007 | 52 | 168 |
| 2008 | 50 | 112 |
| 2009 | 71 | 131 |
| 2010 | 118 | 118 |
| 2011 | 118 | 137 |
| 2012 | 106 | 129 |
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| 2021 | 114 | 122 |
| 2022 | 117 | 117 |
| 2023 | 109 | 120 |
| 2024 | 94 | 87 |
| 2025 | 94 | 84 |
| 2026 | 38 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for classification and delivery of content22 Sep 2026US 12,744,962 B2Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Gifted digital picture frame15 Sep 2026US 12,739,326 B2Aura Home, Inc.
- Content filter for information handling systems8 Sep 2026US 12,732,661 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Method to manage a shared or presented media content based on viewer's persona1 Sep 2026US 12,726,677 B2Motorola Mobility LLC
- Electronic device, operating method and computer readable storage medium for providing post masking within image when shooting video18 Aug 2026US 12,711,726 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Technique for handling filtering-related information in a core network domain of a wireless communication network8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313180 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Realtime wireless synchronization of live event audio stream with a video recording8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314022 A1Bygge Technologies Inc.
- Systems and methods for vehicle occupancy based media recommendation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296191 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- AI Smart Handsfree Television1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303904 A1
- Preventing spoilers in autocompleted search queries24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288863 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Techniques for intelligent video ad insertion1,777US 6,698,020 B1WebTV Networks, Inc. · 2004
- System and method for scheduling broadcast of and access to video programs and other data using customer profiles1,609US 5,758,257 A1998
- TV schedule system and process1,601US 4,706,121 A1987