H04N 21/482
End-user interface for programme selection
H04N21/482 (End-user interface for programme selection) appears on 10,198 US grants and 13,624 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 10,198
- Published applications
- 13,624
- Assignees
- 1,685
- Inventors
- 15,305
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 56 | 0 |
| 1999 | 71 | 0 |
| 2000 | 75 | 0 |
| 2001 | 76 | 74 |
| 2002 | 103 | 318 |
| 2003 | 88 | 372 |
| 2004 | 102 | 402 |
| 2005 | 81 | 410 |
| 2006 | 154 | 465 |
| 2007 | 131 | 567 |
| 2008 | 123 | 618 |
| 2009 | 209 | 616 |
| 2010 | 327 | 683 |
| 2011 | 371 | 624 |
| 2012 | 407 | 647 |
| 2013 | 580 | 798 |
| 2014 | 895 | 997 |
| 2015 | 838 | 933 |
| 2016 | 775 | 775 |
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| 2018 | 621 | 565 |
| 2019 | 595 | 471 |
| 2020 | 503 | 454 |
| 2021 | 444 | 459 |
| 2022 | 439 | 404 |
| 2023 | 395 | 388 |
| 2024 | 391 | 390 |
| 2025 | 323 | 298 |
| 2026 | 194 | 179 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Display apparatus and method6 Oct 2026US 12,756,890 B2Vidaa (Netherlands) International Holdings B.V.
- Descriptor-based contextualization and streaming of media content items6 Oct 2026US 12,756,904 B2Spotify AB
- Profiling media characters29 Sep 2026US 12,750,555 B2CharacTour LLC
- Asset quality management using multimodality29 Sep 2026US 12,750,559 B1Roku, Inc.
- Systems and methods for ensuring continued access to media of a playlist despite geographic content restrictions22 Sep 2026US 12,744,832 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Systems and methods for controlling access to media assets using two-factor authentication8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313193 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Systems and methods for providing a contextual menu with information related to an emergency alert8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313205 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Content-related recommendation and associated reasoning1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303910 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Dynamic title and thumbnail modification of partially viewed video content1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303914 A1Motorola Mobility LLC
- Display device and operating method thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303922 A1LG Electronics 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
- System and method for providing content, management, and interactivity for client devices1,890US 7,130,616 B2Simple Devices · 2006
- 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
- Inter-active program guide with default selection control1,314US 5,850,218 ATime Warner Entertainment Co., L. P. · 1998
- Electronic television program guide schedule system and method with data feed access1,287US 5,589,892 A1996