H04N 21/4725
Using interactive regions of the image
Official title: using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots {(details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94)}
H04N21/4725 (Using interactive regions of the image) appears on 819 US grants and 1,210 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 819
- Published applications
- 1,210
- Assignees
- 400
- Inventors
- 1,787
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 6 |
| 2002 | 9 | 39 |
| 2003 | 6 | 23 |
| 2004 | 12 | 21 |
| 2005 | 7 | 19 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11 |
| 2007 | 8 | 24 |
| 2008 | 10 | 38 |
| 2009 | 10 | 30 |
| 2010 | 13 | 32 |
| 2011 | 13 | 58 |
| 2012 | 19 | 47 |
| 2013 | 24 | 65 |
| 2014 | 62 | 143 |
| 2015 | 84 | 107 |
| 2016 | 79 | 86 |
| 2017 | 66 | 59 |
| 2018 | 57 | 45 |
| 2019 | 51 | 63 |
| 2020 | 44 | 51 |
| 2021 | 56 | 44 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 |
| 2023 | 31 | 33 |
| 2024 | 41 | 49 |
| 2025 | 32 | 48 |
| 2026 | 19 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Picture content enhancement method and system, and electronic device6 Oct 2026US 12,755,460 B1Uc Global Trade Inc.
- Systems and methods for providing interactive visualizations of digital content to a user8 Sep 2026US 12,731,175 B2Discovery Communications, Inc.
- Methods and systems for improving user engagement with content via an adaptable interactive element1 Sep 2026US 12,726,682 B1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Video overlayers, distribution management systems and computer-implemented methods of overlaying a video with product data11 Aug 2026US 12,707,114 B2Padame +
- Dynamic contextual media filter4 Aug 2026US 12,701,298 B2Snap Inc.
- System and methods for obtaining regulated crowd-sourced funds27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255010 A1
- Method, apparatus, device, and medium for pushing processing13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238855 A1Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Systems and method for providing video on demand in an intelligent television6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227864 A1Multimedia Technologies Pte, Ltd
- Information presentation method and apparatus, and electronic device and computer-readable medium6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230679 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Methods and systems for providing product information23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214282 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Integration of dynamic universal resource locators with television presentations886US 5,929,849 APhoenix Technologies Ltd. · 1999
- Method and system for displaying other information in a TV program guide708US 5,940,073 AStarsight Telecast, Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for multiplexing separately-authored metadata for insertion into a video data stream689US 6,357,042 B22002
- Real-time receipt, decompression and play of compressed streaming video/hypervideo; with thumbnail display of past scenes and with replay, hyperlinking and/or recording permissively intiated retrospectively683US 6,154,771 AMediastra, Inc. · 2000
- System and method for providing television services654US 5,818,438 ABellSouth Corporation · 1998