H04N 21/60
Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or
Official title: Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client {, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream}; Communication details between server and client
H04N21/60 (Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or) appears on 25,279 US grants and 31,995 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 25,279
- Published applications
- 31,995
- Assignees
- 4,597
- Inventors
- 35,336
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 36 | 0 |
| 1996 | 62 | 0 |
| 1997 | 78 | 0 |
| 1998 | 126 | 0 |
| 1999 | 151 | 0 |
| 2000 | 172 | 0 |
| 2001 | 228 | 174 |
| 2002 | 182 | 899 |
| 2003 | 192 | 781 |
| 2004 | 249 | 919 |
| 2005 | 225 | 934 |
| 2006 | 408 | 1179 |
| 2007 | 358 | 1314 |
| 2008 | 424 | 1375 |
| 2009 | 563 | 1615 |
| 2010 | 782 | 1524 |
| 2011 | 897 | 1397 |
| 2012 | 1142 | 1450 |
| 2013 | 1408 | 1750 |
| 2014 | 1889 | 2051 |
| 2015 | 1821 | 1869 |
| 2016 | 1741 | 1838 |
| 2017 | 1762 | 1699 |
| 2018 | 1532 | 1423 |
| 2019 | 1551 | 1331 |
| 2020 | 1500 | 1381 |
| 2021 | 1319 | 1270 |
| 2022 | 1192 | 1157 |
| 2023 | 1141 | 965 |
| 2024 | 973 | 791 |
| 2025 | 745 | 575 |
| 2026 | 349 | 334 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Secure digital data collection6 Oct 2026US 12,755,057 B2Imagekeeper LLC
- Updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture6 Oct 2026US 12,756,624 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Transmitting method, receiving method, transmitting apparatus, and receiving apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,756,885 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Playback crosstalk detection method, device, and storage medium29 Sep 2026US 12,749,511 B2Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Context-dependent in-call video codec switching29 Sep 2026US 12,750,251 B2Google Inc.
- Monitoring streaming media content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312894 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Techniques for dynamic resolutions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313007 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Video transmission system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313183 A1Zixi, LLC
- Method of joint viewing remote multimedia content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313207 A1G-Core Innovations S.à.r.l
- Realtime wireless synchronization of live event audio stream with a video recording8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314022 A1Bygge Technologies 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 request, delivery and use of multimedia files for audiovisual entertainment in the home environment1,801US 6,778,869 B2Sony Corporation · 2004
- Techniques for intelligent video ad insertion1,777US 6,698,020 B1WebTV Networks, Inc. · 2004
- Computer system and process for transferring streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner1,737US 6,449,688 B1Avid Technology, Inc. · 2002
- Computer system and process for transferring streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner1,529US 6,785,768 B2Avid Technology, Inc. · 2004