H04N 21/8193
Dedicated tools
Official title: {dedicated tools, e.g. video decoder software or IPMP tool}
H04N21/8193 (Dedicated tools) appears on 411 US grants and 523 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 411
- Published applications
- 523
- Assignees
- 218
- Inventors
- 984
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 19 |
| 2003 | 7 | 20 |
| 2004 | 5 | 36 |
| 2005 | 6 | 21 |
| 2006 | 10 | 28 |
| 2007 | 11 | 31 |
| 2008 | 15 | 30 |
| 2009 | 14 | 34 |
| 2010 | 13 | 36 |
| 2011 | 19 | 30 |
| 2012 | 24 | 17 |
| 2013 | 29 | 30 |
| 2014 | 30 | 37 |
| 2015 | 37 | 24 |
| 2016 | 32 | 27 |
| 2017 | 32 | 21 |
| 2018 | 18 | 15 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5 |
| 2020 | 19 | 12 |
| 2021 | 13 | 22 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9 |
| 2023 | 13 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for optimizing video playback start, device and storage medium17 Mar 2026US 12,581,159 B2Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.
- Multimedia processing method and apparatus, and device, and medium17 Feb 2026US 12,556,782 B2Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Adaptive media streaming method and apparatus according to decoding performance13 Jan 2026US 12,526,331 B2Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for selecting digital data for archival11 Nov 2025US 12,468,753 B2Bevara Technologies, LLC
- Point cloud compression with supplemental information messages7 Oct 2025US 12,439,083 B2Apple Inc.
- Systems and methods for selecting digital data for archival18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170048 A1Bevara Technologies, LLC
- Decoding method and electronic device26 Feb 2026US 2026/0059132 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Projection method and device26 Feb 2026US 2026/0059159 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Modular pipelines for accessing digital data9 Oct 2025US 2025/0315265 A1Bevara Technologies, LLC
- Video processing method based on plugin and video processing system utilizing the same5 Jun 2025US 2025/0184559 A1Mediatek Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Real-time receipt, decompression and play of compressed streaming video/hypervideo; with thumbnail display of past scenes and with replay, hyperlinking and/or recording permissively intiated retrospectively683US 6,154,771 AMediastra, Inc. · 2000
- Method for controlling real-time presentation of audio/visual data on a computer system353US 5,692,213 AXerox Corporation · 1997
- User interface and search system for internet and other applications305US 7,627,598 B12009
- Reprogrammable security for controlling piracy and enabling interactive content298US 8,571,993 B2Irdeto USA, Inc. · 2013
- System and method for selection and retrieval of diverse types of video data on a computer network290US 6,421,726 B1Akamai Technologies, Inc. · 2002