H04N 21/47
End-user applications
H04N21/47 (End-user applications) appears on 35,748 US grants and 47,627 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 35,748
- Published applications
- 47,627
- Assignees
- 5,774
- Inventors
- 52,176
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 25 | 0 |
| 1991 | 30 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 36 | 0 |
| 1994 | 52 | 0 |
| 1995 | 80 | 0 |
| 1996 | 145 | 0 |
| 1997 | 174 | 0 |
| 1998 | 238 | 0 |
| 1999 | 290 | 0 |
| 2000 | 310 | 0 |
| 2001 | 363 | 306 |
| 2002 | 360 | 1317 |
| 2003 | 328 | 1267 |
| 2004 | 406 | 1320 |
| 2005 | 330 | 1538 |
| 2006 | 596 | 1693 |
| 2007 | 529 | 1934 |
| 2008 | 572 | 2076 |
| 2009 | 741 | 2165 |
| 2010 | 1052 | 2186 |
| 2011 | 1166 | 1976 |
| 2012 | 1541 | 2106 |
| 2013 | 1778 | 2413 |
| 2014 | 2573 | 2820 |
| 2015 | 2376 | 2648 |
| 2016 | 2261 | 2348 |
| 2017 | 2140 | 2283 |
| 2018 | 1908 | 1986 |
| 2019 | 2077 | 1881 |
| 2020 | 2029 | 1869 |
| 2021 | 1857 | 1889 |
| 2022 | 1709 | 1795 |
| 2023 | 1663 | 1805 |
| 2024 | 1651 | 1732 |
| 2025 | 1454 | 1423 |
| 2026 | 807 | 851 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 21/472End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services15,522
- H04N 21/478Supplemental services11,053
- H04N 21/482End-user interface for programme selection10,198
- H04N 21/475End-user interface for inputting end-user data5,227
- H04N 21/488Data services5,093
- H04N 21/485End-user interface for client configuration3,891
Recent patents
- Replay of game play between a video frame where a snapshot was captured and a selected video frame to begin a new game play of a video game6 Oct 2026US 12,752,200 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Audio-visual navigation and communication dynamic memory architectures6 Oct 2026US 12,754,651 B2Aq Media, Inc.
- System and method for simultaneously displaying multiple GUIs via the same display6 Oct 2026US 12,754,747 B2App-Pop-Up Inc.
- Picture content enhancement method and system, and electronic device6 Oct 2026US 12,755,460 B1Uc Global Trade Inc.
- Systems and methods for identifying content corresponding to a language spoken in a household6 Oct 2026US 12,755,729 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Gameplay video system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306942 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Prompt content display method, electronic device and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311239 A1Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Virtual interaction method and apparatus, device and medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311440 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Ephemeral content in video conferences8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313071 A1Zoom Communications, Inc.
- Live-streaming processing method and apparatus, and device and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313172 A1Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Computer system and process for transferring multiple high bandwidth streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner1,970US 6,374,336 B1Avid Technology, Inc. · 2002
- System for customized electronic identification of desirable objects1,946US 6,029,195 A2000