H04N 21/8541
Involving branching
Official title: involving branching, e.g. to different story endings
H04N21/8541 (Involving branching) appears on 290 US grants and 372 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 290
- Published applications
- 372
- Assignees
- 161
- Inventors
- 710
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 10 |
| 2003 | 3 | 11 |
| 2004 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2 | 10 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 13 |
| 2009 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 11 | 9 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13 |
| 2013 | 13 | 18 |
| 2014 | 15 | 19 |
| 2015 | 9 | 17 |
| 2016 | 18 | 19 |
| 2017 | 13 | 11 |
| 2018 | 11 | 19 |
| 2019 | 16 | 22 |
| 2020 | 17 | 27 |
| 2021 | 22 | 26 |
| 2022 | 28 | 29 |
| 2023 | 22 | 23 |
| 2024 | 22 | 19 |
| 2025 | 15 | 11 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for presenting user selected scenes1 Sep 2026US 12,726,684 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- System and method for automating video generation based on historical visits to a website25 Aug 2026US 12,717,598 B2Bank of America Corporation
- Methods and systems for modifying a media content item based on user reaction26 May 2026US 12,641,325 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Method and system for delivery of content over communication networks19 May 2026US 12,634,564 B2Ipar, LLC
- Multi-variant content streaming17 Feb 2026US 12,556,770 B2Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- System and method for automated selection from multiple simultaneous video streams3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261747 A1Vizi Inc.
- Platform, system and method of generating, distributing, and interacting with layered media16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205640 A1
- Interactive digital entertainment platform with multi-modal user engagement16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205672 A1
- Stitching of video, audio or text information7 May 2026US 2026/0129259 A1
- Interactive System Using Speech Recognition and Digital Media19 Mar 2026US 2026/0080871 A1Carnegie Mellon University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interactive computer system for providing an interactive presentation with personalized video, audio and graphics responses for multiple viewers637US 5,861,881 AACTV, Inc. · 1999
- Simulcast of interactive signals with a conventional video signal557US 5,585,858 AACTV, Inc. · 1996
- Distance learning system providing individual television participation, audio responses and memory for every student523US 5,537,141 AACTV, Inc. · 1996
- Multi-channel television system with viewer-selectable video and audio390US 5,894,320 AGeneral Instrument Corporation · 1999
- Method and an optical disc for generating a bitstream containing a plurality of video objects including video and audio data176US 5,884,004 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1999