H04N 21/80
Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently
Official title: Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se {(arrangements for generating broadcast information H04H60/02)}
H04N21/80 (Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently) appears on 35,237 US grants and 45,528 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 35,237
- Published applications
- 45,528
- Assignees
- 5,991
- Inventors
- 49,253
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 22 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 36 | 0 |
| 1996 | 79 | 0 |
| 1997 | 94 | 0 |
| 1998 | 159 | 0 |
| 1999 | 196 | 0 |
| 2000 | 203 | 0 |
| 2001 | 309 | 281 |
| 2002 | 280 | 1198 |
| 2003 | 306 | 1100 |
| 2004 | 369 | 1107 |
| 2005 | 310 | 1209 |
| 2006 | 527 | 1358 |
| 2007 | 497 | 1457 |
| 2008 | 506 | 1597 |
| 2009 | 664 | 1693 |
| 2010 | 962 | 1716 |
| 2011 | 984 | 1552 |
| 2012 | 1258 | 1712 |
| 2013 | 1454 | 2112 |
| 2014 | 2195 | 2579 |
| 2015 | 2060 | 2421 |
| 2016 | 2078 | 2305 |
| 2017 | 2100 | 2338 |
| 2018 | 1925 | 2125 |
| 2019 | 2210 | 2071 |
| 2020 | 2324 | 2309 |
| 2021 | 2185 | 2268 |
| 2022 | 2105 | 2203 |
| 2023 | 2048 | 2097 |
| 2024 | 2004 | 1933 |
| 2025 | 1724 | 1648 |
| 2026 | 975 | 1139 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Audio-visual navigation and communication dynamic memory architectures6 Oct 2026US 12,754,651 B2Aq Media, Inc.
- Modifying buffer delay in a media broadcast system6 Oct 2026US 12,756,490 B1iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture6 Oct 2026US 12,756,624 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Method and network equipment for local encoding of digital terrestrial television content into segments of adaptive content over http6 Oct 2026US 12,756,878 B2Orange
- Transmitting method, receiving method, transmitting apparatus, and receiving apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,756,885 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Virtual interaction method and apparatus, device and medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311440 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Method, system, and apparatus for updating statistical databases based on sensed movement data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311567 A1AdrenalineIP
- Monitoring streaming media content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312894 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Packet lake: novel network primitive for low latency volumetric streaming8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313174 A1Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Systems and methods for dynamic stitching of advertisements in live stream content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313176 A1SnifferCat, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection3,563US 5,892,900 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- 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
- Information and advertising distribution system and method2,044US 5,740,549 APointCast, Inc. · 1998
- Computer system and process for transferring multiple high bandwidth streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner1,970US 6,374,336 B1Avid Technology, Inc. · 2002