H04N 21/4583
Automatically resolving scheduling conflicts
Official title: {Automatically resolving scheduling conflicts, e.g. when a recording by reservation has been programmed for two programmes in the same time slot}
H04N21/4583 (Automatically resolving scheduling conflicts) appears on 545 US grants and 665 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 545
- Published applications
- 665
- Assignees
- 173
- Inventors
- 907
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 6 |
| 2002 | 7 | 13 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 |
| 2004 | 3 | 9 |
| 2005 | 6 | 25 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18 |
| 2007 | 5 | 23 |
| 2008 | 7 | 51 |
| 2009 | 12 | 38 |
| 2010 | 17 | 43 |
| 2011 | 15 | 27 |
| 2012 | 30 | 41 |
| 2013 | 23 | 35 |
| 2014 | 37 | 49 |
| 2015 | 78 | 50 |
| 2016 | 44 | 44 |
| 2017 | 47 | 40 |
| 2018 | 46 | 27 |
| 2019 | 28 | 20 |
| 2020 | 24 | 22 |
| 2021 | 23 | 20 |
| 2022 | 19 | 18 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 |
| 2024 | 17 | 10 |
| 2025 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 8 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Publishing disparate live media output streams in mixed mode15 Sep 2026US 12,739,460 B2Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Apparatus, systems and methods for synchronizing calendar information with electronic program guide information25 Aug 2026US 12,720,160 B2DISH Technologies L. L. C.
- Systems and methods for recording broadcast programs that will be missed due to travel delays25 Aug 2026US 12,720,167 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Methods and systems for alerting users regarding availability of unconsumed content4 Aug 2026US 12,699,933 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Queue versioning14 Jul 2026US 12,681,985 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Method and system for managing a pre-encoded media asset for immediate playback24 Jul 2025US 2025/0240468 A1Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Publishing a disparate per-client live media output stream based on dynamic insertion of targeted non-programming content and customized programming content24 Jul 2025US 2025/0240469 A1Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Publishing disparate live media output streams in mixed mode24 Jul 2025US 2025/0240473 A1Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Systems and methods for recording broadcast programs that will be missed due to travel delays8 May 2025US 2025/0150685 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Method and apparatus for identifying a single user requesting conflicting content and resolving said conflict3 Apr 2025US 2025/0113081 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- User interface for television schedule system1,011US 5,479,268 AStarsight Telecast, Inc. · 1995
- User interface for television schedule system596US 5,479,266 AStarsight Telecast, Inc. · 1995
- Multiple interactive electronic program guide system and methods508US 6,505,348 B1Starsight Telecast, Inc. · 2003
- Ergonomic man-machine interface incorporating adaptive pattern recognition based control system507US 6,418,424 B12002
- Apparatus and method for tracking the playing of VCR programs447US 5,488,409 A1996