H04N 21/4622
Retrieving content or additional data from different sources
Official title: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)}
H04N21/4622 (Retrieving content or additional data from different sources) appears on 6,006 US grants and 7,913 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 6,006
- Published applications
- 7,913
- Assignees
- 1,410
- Inventors
- 9,906
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 38 | 0 |
| 1999 | 67 | 0 |
| 2000 | 85 | 0 |
| 2001 | 109 | 96 |
| 2002 | 95 | 496 |
| 2003 | 89 | 328 |
| 2004 | 114 | 343 |
| 2005 | 95 | 343 |
| 2006 | 147 | 307 |
| 2007 | 133 | 338 |
| 2008 | 157 | 399 |
| 2009 | 175 | 349 |
| 2010 | 260 | 322 |
| 2011 | 224 | 348 |
| 2012 | 253 | 332 |
| 2013 | 312 | 398 |
| 2014 | 480 | 552 |
| 2015 | 425 | 497 |
| 2016 | 393 | 407 |
| 2017 | 392 | 341 |
| 2018 | 300 | 299 |
| 2019 | 333 | 265 |
| 2020 | 266 | 231 |
| 2021 | 245 | 203 |
| 2022 | 202 | 191 |
| 2023 | 182 | 178 |
| 2024 | 182 | 157 |
| 2025 | 143 | 118 |
| 2026 | 75 | 75 |
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.
- 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.
- Facilitating streaming in a local network with a client-server architecture29 Sep 2026US 12,750,277 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- System and method for improving internet communication by using intermediate nodes29 Sep 2026US 12,750,431 B2Bright Data Ltd.
- System and method for providing an app store and deploying applications on a dual screen television8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313201 A1Telly, Inc.
- Display apparatus, method for operating the same, and computer-readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313204 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- digital contents receiving apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303892 A1NL Giken Incorporated
- System and Method for Improving Internet Communication by Using Intermediate Nodes24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292044 A1Bright Data Ltd.
- Video distribution server, video distribution method and recording medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281281 A1DWANGO Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- System and method for request, delivery and use of multimedia files for audiovisual entertainment in the home environment1,801US 6,778,869 B2Sony Corporation · 2004
- Techniques for intelligent video ad insertion1,777US 6,698,020 B1WebTV Networks, Inc. · 2004