H04N 21/8402
Involving a version number
Official title: {involving a version number, e.g. version number of EPG data (arrangements for version control in computers G06F8/71)}
H04N21/8402 (Involving a version number) appears on 134 US grants and 162 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 134
- Published applications
- 162
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 242
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 17 |
| 2008 | 2 | 12 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 |
| 2010 | 10 | 7 |
| 2011 | 7 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 9 |
| 2014 | 13 | 20 |
| 2015 | 27 | 12 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method to customizing video6 Jan 2026US 12,518,795 B2Idomoo Ltd
- Content versioning system21 Oct 2025US 12,452,484 B2Spooler Media, Inc.
- Method, apparatus and computer program product for signaling information of a media track20 Aug 2024US 12,068,007 B2Nokia Technologies Oy
- Ratings information16 Jul 2024US 12,041,307 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Content versioning system28 May 2024US 11,997,348 B2Spooler Media, Inc.
- Content Manifest Delivery System20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246986 A1Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Techniques for reducing the amount of resources used to stream live events19 Mar 2026US 2026/0081964 A1Netflix, Inc.
- Content versioning system12 Feb 2026US 2026/0046476 A1Spooler Media, Inc.
- Content versioning system5 Dec 2024US 2024/0406494 A1Spooler Media, Inc.
- Ratings information3 Oct 2024US 2024/0334013 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multicast downloading of software and data modules and their compatibility requirements188US 5,951,639 APowerTV, Inc. · 1999
- Digital television system channel guide having a limited lifetime139US 5,841,433 AThomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. · 1998
- Multicast downloading of software and data modules and their compatibility requirements63US 6,487,723 B1Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 2002
- Settop cable television control device and method including bootloader software and code version table for maintaining and updating settop receiver operating system software63US 7,069,578 B1Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 2006
- Group content substitution in media works36US 8,126,938 B2The Invention Science Fund I, LLC · 2012