H04N 21/4781
Games
Official title: {Games}
H04N21/4781 (Games) appears on 1,274 US grants and 1,689 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,274
- Published applications
- 1,689
- Assignees
- 449
- Inventors
- 2,635
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 21 |
| 2003 | 1 | 19 |
| 2004 | 6 | 30 |
| 2005 | 4 | 24 |
| 2006 | 4 | 29 |
| 2007 | 6 | 61 |
| 2008 | 11 | 43 |
| 2009 | 7 | 66 |
| 2010 | 18 | 48 |
| 2011 | 26 | 50 |
| 2012 | 47 | 62 |
| 2013 | 57 | 86 |
| 2014 | 84 | 99 |
| 2015 | 95 | 98 |
| 2016 | 77 | 71 |
| 2017 | 87 | 91 |
| 2018 | 63 | 78 |
| 2019 | 79 | 85 |
| 2020 | 80 | 96 |
| 2021 | 92 | 122 |
| 2022 | 95 | 108 |
| 2023 | 92 | 106 |
| 2024 | 106 | 92 |
| 2025 | 77 | 62 |
| 2026 | 36 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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.
- Dynamic encoding parameters for low latency streaming22 Sep 2026US 12,741,207 B2Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Video special effect processing method and apparatus, and electronic device22 Sep 2026US 12,744,859 B2Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program22 Sep 2026US 12,744,969 B2Gree Holdings, Inc.
- Display device22 Sep 2026US 12,744,971 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Gameplay video system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306942 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Virtual interaction method and apparatus, device and medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311440 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Methods and systems for content management1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303918 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- System and method for synchronising lighting event among devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284521 A1Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
- Information processing device and information processing method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214303 A1Sony Group Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for playing games on a network616US 6,264,560 B12001
- Network gaming system595US 5,823,879 A1998
- Network gaming system528US 6,183,366 B22001
- Global speech user interface415US 8,005,679 B2Promptu Systems Corporation · 2011
- Global speech user interface389US 7,324,947 B2Promptu Systems Corporation · 2008