H04N 21/8173
End-user applications
Official title: {End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game}
H04N21/8173 (End-user applications) appears on 1,166 US grants and 1,618 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,166
- Published applications
- 1,618
- Assignees
- 421
- Inventors
- 2,084
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 7 |
| 2002 | 7 | 25 |
| 2003 | 12 | 21 |
| 2004 | 4 | 29 |
| 2005 | 6 | 19 |
| 2006 | 17 | 20 |
| 2007 | 7 | 72 |
| 2008 | 10 | 42 |
| 2009 | 13 | 55 |
| 2010 | 17 | 52 |
| 2011 | 29 | 82 |
| 2012 | 33 | 65 |
| 2013 | 54 | 106 |
| 2014 | 102 | 209 |
| 2015 | 130 | 166 |
| 2016 | 114 | 118 |
| 2017 | 108 | 97 |
| 2018 | 66 | 69 |
| 2019 | 86 | 59 |
| 2020 | 78 | 70 |
| 2021 | 61 | 46 |
| 2022 | 46 | 47 |
| 2023 | 40 | 53 |
| 2024 | 52 | 34 |
| 2025 | 39 | 37 |
| 2026 | 16 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for enabling quick multi-application menu access to media options1 Sep 2026US 12,724,819 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Linear interactive television data insertion11 Aug 2026US 12,707,112 B2Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Decoding a video stream within a browser11 Aug 2026US 12,707,130 B2V-Nova International Limited
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program2 Jun 2026US 12,647,640 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Media sharing and communication system2 Jun 2026US 12,647,655 B2
- Information display method and apparatus, device and computer-readable storage medium10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270522 A1Chengdu Guanghexinhao Technology Co., Ltd.
- Port-connected television upgrader device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255020 A1Roku, Inc.
- Content transmission system and method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238859 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Systems and method for providing video on demand in an intelligent television6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227864 A1Multimedia Technologies Pte, Ltd
- Display device and specific platform app use inducement method thereof30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222650 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Television program delivery system971US 5,559,549 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1996
- Cable connected wan interconnectivity services for corporate telecommuters702US 6,452,923 B1AT&T Corp. · 2002
- Advanced set top terminal for cable television delivery systems699US 5,990,927 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1999
- Set top terminal for cable television delivery systems688US 5,734,853 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1998
- Digital cable headend for cable television delivery system450US 5,682,195 ADiscovery Communications, Inc. · 1997