H04N 21/478
Supplemental services
Official title: Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
H04N21/478 (Supplemental services) appears on 11,053 US grants and 15,175 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 11,053
- Published applications
- 15,175
- Assignees
- 2,778
- Inventors
- 20,313
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 29 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 59 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 105 | 0 |
| 2001 | 132 | 116 |
| 2002 | 101 | 556 |
| 2003 | 90 | 449 |
| 2004 | 130 | 456 |
| 2005 | 93 | 471 |
| 2006 | 197 | 517 |
| 2007 | 189 | 522 |
| 2008 | 207 | 637 |
| 2009 | 215 | 624 |
| 2010 | 305 | 644 |
| 2011 | 356 | 629 |
| 2012 | 459 | 688 |
| 2013 | 563 | 781 |
| 2014 | 766 | 976 |
| 2015 | 773 | 858 |
| 2016 | 713 | 760 |
| 2017 | 701 | 653 |
| 2018 | 577 | 552 |
| 2019 | 672 | 537 |
| 2020 | 574 | 523 |
| 2021 | 554 | 597 |
| 2022 | 521 | 590 |
| 2023 | 529 | 669 |
| 2024 | 550 | 599 |
| 2025 | 487 | 495 |
| 2026 | 233 | 276 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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.
- Picture content enhancement method and system, and electronic device6 Oct 2026US 12,755,460 B1Uc Global Trade Inc.
- Updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture6 Oct 2026US 12,756,624 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Page display method and apparatus, and storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,756,889 B2Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for generating comment information based on large model, electronic device and storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,756,903 B2Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.
- 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
- 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 providing content, management, and interactivity for client devices1,890US 7,130,616 B2Simple Devices · 2006
- Techniques for intelligent video ad insertion1,777US 6,698,020 B1WebTV Networks, Inc. · 2004