H04N 21/472
End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services
Official title: End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content {(end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612)}
H04N21/472 (End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services) appears on 15,522 US grants and 20,591 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 15,522
- Published applications
- 20,591
- Assignees
- 3,110
- Inventors
- 25,270
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0 |
| 1996 | 57 | 0 |
| 1997 | 64 | 0 |
| 1998 | 85 | 0 |
| 1999 | 95 | 0 |
| 2000 | 113 | 0 |
| 2001 | 131 | 116 |
| 2002 | 131 | 545 |
| 2003 | 119 | 485 |
| 2004 | 145 | 577 |
| 2005 | 114 | 603 |
| 2006 | 207 | 704 |
| 2007 | 187 | 722 |
| 2008 | 224 | 817 |
| 2009 | 290 | 869 |
| 2010 | 416 | 837 |
| 2011 | 464 | 810 |
| 2012 | 599 | 875 |
| 2013 | 713 | 974 |
| 2014 | 1121 | 1283 |
| 2015 | 1090 | 1230 |
| 2016 | 1048 | 1048 |
| 2017 | 980 | 1064 |
| 2018 | 882 | 933 |
| 2019 | 976 | 930 |
| 2020 | 924 | 876 |
| 2021 | 910 | 901 |
| 2022 | 789 | 806 |
| 2023 | 765 | 777 |
| 2024 | 770 | 811 |
| 2025 | 652 | 618 |
| 2026 | 356 | 380 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 21/47202For requesting content on demand4,296
- H04N 21/4722For requesting additional data associated with the content3,133
- H04N 21/47217For controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content3,031
- H04N 21/47214For content reservation or setting reminders2,739
- H04N 21/47205For manipulating displayed content1,357
- H04N 21/4728For selecting a region of interest [roi]1,147
- H04N 21/47211For requesting pay-per-view content633
- H04N 21/47208For requesting near-video-on-demand content222
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.
- Broadcast receiving device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,893 B2Maxell, 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.
- Server-side initiation and playback of primary and secondary media content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313175 A1Google Inc.
- Systems and methods for dynamic stitching of advertisements in live stream content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313176 A1SnifferCat, Inc.
- Systems and methods for dynamic stitching of advertisements in live stream content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313177 A1SnifferCat, Inc.
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
- 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 and method for request, delivery and use of multimedia files for audiovisual entertainment in the home environment1,801US 6,778,869 B2Sony Corporation · 2004
- Multi-room entertainment system with in-room media player/dispenser1,755US 6,256,554 B12001
- Computer system and process for transferring streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner1,737US 6,449,688 B1Avid Technology, Inc. · 2002