H04N 21/4825
Using a list of items to be played back in a given
Official title: {using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists}
H04N21/4825 (Using a list of items to be played back in a given) appears on 1,288 US grants and 1,700 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,288
- Published applications
- 1,700
- Assignees
- 427
- Inventors
- 2,405
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 72 | 70 |
| 2025 | 67 | 61 |
| 2026 | 26 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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 presenting user selected scenes1 Sep 2026US 12,726,684 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Display device and display device control method18 Aug 2026US 12,713,100 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Primary-ambient playback on audio playback devices11 Aug 2026US 12,705,020 B2Sonos, Inc.
- Systems and methods for modifying commercials28 Jul 2026US 12,695,958 B2Adeia Media Holdings LLC
- Location Based Playback System Control3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261727 A1Sonos, Inc.
- Media content playing method and apparatus, and device, storage medium and program product27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252226 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Display apparatus for displaying short-form contents and control method thereof13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238856 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Multiple Household Management30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222652 A1Sonos, Inc.
- System and method for generating a custom summary of unconsumed portions of a series of media assets23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214308 A1Adeia Guides Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for providing content, management, and interactivity for client devices1,890US 7,130,616 B2Simple Devices · 2006
- System and method for audio and video portable publishing system611US 8,745,132 B2Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc. · 2014
- Graphic user interface that is usable as a PC interface and an A/V interface596US 6,118,450 ASony Corporation · 2000
- Client-server electronic program guide563US 6,898,762 B2United Video Properties, Inc. · 2005
- Establishing and interacting with on-line media collections using identifiers in media signals443US 6,829,368 B2Digimarc Corporation · 2004